A Volusia County man was arrested after he tried to buy a gun with a fake law enforcement identification card at a Seminole County store.

The Office of the Inspector General was contacted by Gander Mountain, in Lake Mary, on June 3. A store employee said that David Alan Garrity, 46, of Daytona Beach, entered the store and presented the fictitious credentials in an attempt to purchase a firearm on the spot instead of waiting for the required three days associated with the purchase of a handgun in Florida, per state statutes.

Gander Mountain personnel advised that they believed the credentials Garrity presented were fraudulent and refused to sell him the handgun. Gander Mountain personnel advised Garrity he could go ahead and pay for the handgun and then return in three days to pick up the gun.

Garrity agreed to the terms, paid for the handgun and left the store. Gander Mountain personnel then notified officials of the incident and advised that Garrity would be returning to the store to collect the handgun on June 6.

Investigators with the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement Bureau of Investigative Services responded to the store on June 6 and waited for Garrity to arrive.

The man got to the store around 1:30 p.m. and proceeded to the gun counter to retrieve the handgun. As Garrity arrived at the gun counter, investigators confronted Garrity and arrested him.

He admitted to investigators that he was not a former law enforcement officer.

Garrity was booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on $3,100 bond.