CR woman to serve over three years for firearms charge

CEDAR RAPIDS – A 49-year-old Cedar Rapids woman who made false statements to gun dealers when she bought 22 guns was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison Tuesday.

Debra Meyer pleaded guilty to one charge of making false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealer in September.

In 2008 and 2009, Meyer purchased 21 handguns and one assault rifle from three federally licensed firearms dealers in Cedar Rapids and Marion. Meyer falsely filled out documents required to be prepared and maintained by the firearms dealers each time saying she was the actual buyer of the firearms and was not an unlawful user of any controlled substance.  However, Meyer was a crack user and was buying the firearms for others who were selecting the firearms and paying her or giving her crack cocaine for her buying them.  Several of the guns were recovered from gang members in Chicago.