FDNY firefighter busted with "assault" weapon, ‘ghost gun’ parts in sting

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"Thanks for putting out our fires for 27 years, inhaling toxins, and shortening your lifespan. We spotted your NY plates at a gun expo in PA and followed you back until you were just a couple miles from your house. Here are some felony charges."

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A veteran FDNY firefighter was arrested after allegedly buying an assault weapon, ammunition and “ghost gun” parts in Philadelphia, then bringing them into NYC, The Post has learned.

Aaron B. Martin, 49, who works for FDNY’s elite Rescue 4 in Queens, was hit with multiple charges, including felony possession of an assault weapon, records show.

Stemming from a crackdown on illegal guns flowing into the city, Martin’s Feb. 13 arrest was part of a multi-agency firearms trafficking investigation involving the Queens District Attorney’s office and the State Police.

A surveillance team tailed Martin to the “Oaks Extravaganza” gun show at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center on Feb. 13, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Queens District Attorney’s office.

They watched as Martin allegedly paid cash for two “Polymer80 firearm receivers” — parts that can be used to make “ghost guns,” which don’t have serial numbers and can’t be traced.

From another vendor at the show, Martin bought two “high-capacity magazines” capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition, the complaint states.

Martin then went to a third vendor and purchased a Sipahi semi-automatic 12-gauge assault shotgun in a carrying case covered with an American flag pattern, prosecutors contend in court papers.

The surveillance team followed Martin’s black Ford Excursion from Oaks, Pa. into New York via Interstate 95. He was pulled over on the Belt Parkway in Howard Beach and arrested

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Police seized the weapons and parts from Martin’s car, along with brass knuckles, the document states.

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