[GeZe]

The article tries to paint the two dealers as "a couple of stoner kids", but in reality Diveroli, the creator of the business, was greatly helped by his family situation:

"Efraim Diveroli, by contrast, knew exactly what he wanted to be: an arms dealer. It was the family business. His father brokered Kevlar jackets and other weapons-related paraphernalia to local police forces, and his uncle B.K. sold Glocks, Colts and Sig Sauers to law enforcement. Kicked out of school in the ninth grade, Diveroli was sent to Los Angeles to work for his uncle. As an apprentice arms dealer, he proved to be a quick study. By the time he was 16, he was traveling the country selling weapons."

In this business, which is all about connections, Diveroli was blessed with a network of contacts through his family. Without these, it is doubtful Diveroli would ever have achieved anything close to what he did.

[mryan]

I must admit I was looking for this as soon as I started reading the article - I just knew there would be a family connection in there somewhere.

The article also notes that:

* Diveroli's company was actually a shell company transferred to him by his father

* He got financing from someone who worked for his father

[loc779]

local police != federal government

[yardie]

Where do you think the feds do their recruiting? The college job fair is a drop in the bucket compared to the applications they get from local LEOs.