United States v. James B. Borum

Because it is my conclusion that the evidence, as a matter of law, shows that Bo-rum was not entrapped to receive a firearm shipped in interstate commerce and to possess same without a license, I respectfully dissent from the decision of the majority opinion.

The court argues that the police in the course of operating their undercover “fence,” “the Sting,” entrapped Borum to commit these firearms offenses merely by telling him on several occasions when he voluntarily came to sell stolen goods that they would also purchase guns. In making these suggestions, however, the Sting did nothing more…