So he was gotten on tax charges, not gun-related charges?

Pretty much, yes.

Discovery should start doing back round checks of its reality stars

He was conspiring with other FFL's to sell guns.

Sounds like a bunch of people are losing their license and possibly have a RICO violation on their hands.

Never heard of him or his phony show.

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It also really bothered me how he pimped out his daughter for a paycheck.

This right here is what bothered me most.

The show wasn't very good but... you know... it was about guns, and it was something to watch and then later complain about the accuracy or intelligence of the stuff they showed.

The fact that he basically whored-out his daughter as part of the show is the part that disgusted me most.

Perhaps you have to be a self-promoting douche to GET one of these shows in the first place?

Wasn't a good show. One or two decent smiths doing their work, but under stupid, self imposed (and likely fake) time constraints. Plus dad was a grade a d-bag. His temper tantrum when a paying customer wanted to make her new gun pink. But hey, let's get another photoshoot of my daughter weaning next to nothing and holding a gun.

I didn't watch the show, but when we lived in Denver, I went by the shop a few times. I quit going after my FIL, who had the wherewithal to buy four of any given item in that shop, was treated in an unbelievably rude and condescending manner by the staff. I guess they didn't think much of his thick Alabama accent.

I saw one of their marked pistols in the used case in another Denver gunshop and said half-jokingly that I guessed the owner wasn't impressed with the work. The store owner said something to the effect of you don't know the half of it.

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It also really bothered me how he pimped out his daughter for a paycheck.

She was also like 17 when the show first aired so it made it even creepier.

I always got a kick out of how he always had to rent a chopper to go check out a guys collection or try and sell someone a gun. I hear all the top gun dealers do it that way.

They want drama. A truely legitimate business wouldn't likely provide enough to suit them. And if they can get a couple of season's of paying advertisers out of it before it crashes and burns, as far as they're concerned, it was a success.

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Discovery should start doing back round checks of its reality stars

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The fact that he basically whored-out his daughter as part of the show is the part that disgusted me most.

The guy who had a gun show on The History Channel did the same thing to his daughter. And she later accused him of having molested her when she was growing up. I think he is also in the slammer.