Facebook Gun Sale Backfires

A convicted felon listed a .38 revolver for sale on his Facebook profile, and the would-be buyers robbed him at gunpoint.

Apparently there are people trying to sell guns on Facebook. Or at least one guy was, and then his buyers turned the gun on him.

He’d actually had a posting on his Facebook profile advertising the sale of a .38 revolver Adding to the intrigue, the seller’s a convicted felon on parole, according to CBS Chicago.

The four would-be buyers robbed him while he showed them the gun inside a car. They ordered him to get out of the car and drove off with it.

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