One of two men on trial on charges of illegal firearms sales knowingly sold a handgun to a convicted felon, a recording in federal court showed Monday.
Carl and Richard Monroe, both of Athens, Tenn., are on trial on charges they sold weapons for profit without a federal firearms license. The brothers were indicted along with two other men last year.
Kevin Dawson, of Ooltewah, and his father-in-law, Jack Wardlaw, of Columbia, Tenn., already have pleaded guilty to weapons charges and await sentencing.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Terra Bay is trying to show the jury that the Monroe brothers had a “pattern” of selling weapons for profit without a license. It is legal to sell privately owned firearms without a license.
But investigators showed evidence that on several occasions the Monroes would get assault rifles, pistols and other weapons not in their collections for buyers.