Arrowhead Pawn and the Iron Pipeline

Tracing Gun Used to Kill 2 Officers, Officials Wind Up in a Familiar Spot.  (The New York Times, 12/24/2014)

Welcome to Jonesboro, Georgia.

Although Arrowhead is nearly 900 miles away, New York police officials are familiar with the store, where on Tuesday a yellow, black and red sign in a neon-rimmed window promoted a $279.99 “super buy” for a 9-millimeter pistol. Another window featured a three-word advertisement, just above a notice of a Christmas sale, in bold, yellow letters: “We Buy Guns.” 

As recently as 2010, Arrowhead was the leading out-of-state source of guns recovered by the New York Police Department in crimes, according to an article in The Daily News. Georgia is also part of the “Iron Pipeline,” a chain of Southern states with looser gun laws that is responsible for sending a steady stream of firearms into New York and other Northern cities, where there are many more restrictions on who can purchase a gun.

Source:  Angels of Death