I'm frankly surprised these aren't being blown out of the water by litigation. One might even be able to make the argument that the mall operator, timeshare commission payers, et cetera are complicit.
It's illegal to rent space to businesses you know to be conducting illegal activities. The mall operator can't rent space to a drug dealer or arms dealer, they can't rent a brothel, they can't rent space to human traffickers. Mall operators are not common carriers.
Selling nukes and biological/chemical warfare agents and other things that "arms dealers" provide is not legal in the US. Gun shop owners are not commonly referred to as "arms dealers".
But thanks for shoehorning your political views into an unrelated conversation.
I'm with you, but it does seem like he's referring to "Lord of War" more than "Gun Shop Owner." The guy selling RPGs to known criminals isn't the same as the guy who sells me my AR15s
Read up on accessory laws in the US. Not saying it’s an open and shut case, but there is enough grey area that a DA wanting to make a name for themself for political gain could easily justify trying.
Litigation, not prosecution. This is probably too low a priority for public prosecution, particularly criminal prosecution. But civil litigation? Would appear to be low-hanging fruit, particularly if one can entangle the timeshare promoter’s assets.
