NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A look at the news any day will confirm a serious gun problem in the area. There appear to be way too many illegal guns on the streets.
Prosecutors say many of them are the result of straw purchases.Early August 2020 and Norristown police are called to a local hospital for a teenager with a gunshot.
Responding officers find 17-year-old Rahajahi Batchelor having shot himself in the arm.They go to his Norristown apartment where investigators allege they find new guns still in boxes, part of what they claim was a major gun ring he boasted about online."How does a 17-year-old get into the gun business?" asked FOX 29’s Jeff Cole."The one you mentioned is an individual who was running a major gun operation that bought 44 guns..