Greer Man Convicted Of Trafficking Semi-Automatic Weapons

A Greer man pleaded guilty this week to a felony for selling dozens of semi-automatic weapons without requiring any mandated background checks, WYFF reports.

Michael Beas pleaded guilty Wednesday to dealing firearms without a license in a federal courtroom in Charlotte, admitting that he had sold numerous guns at various gun shows and even in hotel parking lots. 

Prosecutors alleged that a gun store owner in Charlotte went to the authorities last summer when Beas legally purchased 13 AK-47 rifles over the Internet. Beas later admitted to selling dozens of weapons at gun shows in the Carolinas and Georgia, and never tracked who bought the guns. 

Beas faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for the crime.