McCall woman gets probation after sending loaded gun in mail
KTVB 10:46 a.m. MDT August 5, 2015
BOISE - A McCall woman has been ordered to serve one year of probation after mailing a loaded gun through the U.S. Postal Service.
U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson said Tami Dee Bachart, 47, was sentenced in federal court Tuesday.
Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Bachart to serve 200 hours of community service, pay nearly $3,400 in restitution and pay a $1,000 fine. She pleaded guilty in May to mailing injurious articles and causing a firearm to be present in a federal facility.
Bachart admitted that on Dec. 2, 2014, she sent a package with a loaded Ruger Blackhawk .357 revolver and ammunition into the mail at a post office in McCall. The package was sent to an address in Windsor, Connecticut.
While in route to Connecticut, the package arrived at a processing and distribution center in Springfield, Massachusetts. When a U.S. Postal Service employee picked up the package, the gun discharged. The employee was not seriously injured, but sought medical attention for ringing ears and stinging hands.
When the police officers opened the package, they found the loaded revolver with additional ammunition and other items.
Postal inspectors and federal agents contacted the recipient in Connecticut who confirmed Bachart mailed the package.
Bachart admitted sending the package, but denied knowing the gun was loaded and stated she did not intend to hurt anyone.
During sentencing, Judge Winmill cautioned her about the tragic loss of life that could have occurred.
Federal law prohibits the mailing of concealable firearms, except under limited circumstances as prescribed in the U.S. Postal Service regulations. Federal law also prohibits the mailing of ammunition.
I bet if this had been done by a man, he'd have been sent to prison. Fucking sexist courts! (...not that she should be locked up)
Let the girls sign their names on the packs and send em out