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Martin: Recent case boosts accountability in illegal sale of firearms

Okeymow was convicted by a judge of 10 charges, most notably manslaughter with a firearm of two officers and Shewchuk, as the judge found the offender's illegal selling of the rifle used in the killings was a contributing cause of the deaths

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The conviction last week of drug trafficker Dennis Tyler Okeymow should serve as a stark warning to those who illegally sell contraband firearms that their legal jeopardy just got a lot more significant.

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