70 yo Vietnam Vet sentenced to 7+ years for 40 yo MG

karlac · Oct 18, 2018

Rangerscott said:
When a law makes a good person a criminal.

"... the right of the PEOPLE to KEEP and BEAR arms shall not be infringed."

The prosecution of this case does exactly that.

Screw the intervening precedents, the excuses of those who foment them, thereby perverting the Constitution and violating the oath of office they took by doing so ... that's where the f**king crime is in this very incident.

Saying it's "not that simple" is just another excuse for more of the same, it damn well should be ... we need to take this country back.

</rant>

popper · Oct 18, 2018

Family probably tried to sell it, buyer reprted, ATF gets involved.

TreyG-20 · Oct 18, 2018

popper said:
Family probably tried to sell it, buyer reprted, ATF gets involved.

Could be the case.

Renegade · Oct 18, 2018

popper said:
Family probably tried to sell it, buyer reprted, ATF gets involved.

Why would his family try to sell his gun? How would they get access to it?

His wife sued the Air Park a few years ago, Hmmm.

easy rider · Oct 18, 2018

TreyG-20 said:
Could be the case.

The guy who owns it went to jail for it, his wife who died didn't own it. Why would his family be trying to sell it?

(Renegade beat me to it.)

ZX9RCAM · Oct 18, 2018

If it was purchased while they were married then it was half hers.

Upon her death it should have become "his" property solely.
Maybe her family felt different.

Kar98 · Oct 18, 2018

Bring it all the way to SCOTUS, repeal NFA34 in the bargain. I'll pitch in a $100.

Renegade · Oct 18, 2018

ZX9RCAM said:
If it was purchased while they were married then it was half hers.

She was dead. Terms of her will determine what happened to her half.

easy rider · Oct 18, 2018

In any case the story never mentioned trying to sell it, which could have been another charge. Whether or not the law is just isn't the issue, I have serious doubts he didn't know the consequences, and under those consequences he should have been more discreet.

TreyG-20 · Oct 18, 2018

easy rider said:
The guy who owns it went to jail for it, his wife who died didn't own it. Why would his family be trying to sell it?

(Renegade beat me to it.)

All speculation at this point since we don't know. Maybe he tried to sell it. Wife just died maybe he needed some funding. Or maybe the family wanted him to sell it and he refused.

TreyG-20 · Oct 18, 2018

AustinN4 · Oct 18, 2018

ZX9RCAM said:
If it was purchased while they were married then it was half hers.

Well then, she should go to jail also, dadgumit!

Renegade · Oct 18, 2018

I am reading on other forums the guy was a world class douchebag, and the only reason he was not ratted out sooner was sympathy for his wife. Once she was gone, it was a race to snitch on him.

benenglish · Oct 18, 2018

Every session, someone introduces a bill in DC to have another 1968-style amnesty. I support the idea, given that there are a few full-autos that were lawfully brought back from WWII (and a few arguably less lawfully brought back from Korea and Vietnam) that are hidden in attics by vets who will never use them for anything illegal. Those WWII vets who didn't trust the 1968 amnesty and hid their guns instead of registering them have demonstrated they're not going to shoot up their towns with those technically illegal firearms. At this point, they really deserve a break.

The legislation never goes anywhere. I hate that. I really wish another amnesty, run exactly like the one in 1968, would happen.

deemus · Oct 18, 2018

ZX9RCAM said:
If it was purchased while they were married then it was half hers.

Upon her death it should have become "his" property solely.
Maybe her family felt different.

Depends on her will.

EDIT - Renegade beat me to it.

grumper · Oct 18, 2018

Some folks are saying it was the combination of illicit drugs & his 14 guns that got him such a long sentence.

The weed made him a prohibited person so all of his guns became illegal for him to own. Not just the MG.

V-Tach · Oct 19, 2018

Interesting video on prior machine gun amnesty......

Renegade · Oct 19, 2018

V-Tach said:
Interesting video on prior machine gun amnesty......

That guy is an idiot and is in possession of a stolen M16.

The amnesty only gave relief to possession of unregistered guns, it did not give relief to theft.

V-Tach · Oct 19, 2018

Renegade said:
That guy is an idiot and is in possession of a stolen M16.

The amnesty only gave relief to possession of unregistered guns, it did not give relief to theft.

So he is wrong and the Feds are coming for him?

Why have the Feds not confiscated the firearm since it was registered?

...not being argumentative, but curious

Thought it interesting a couple of felons own legal machine guns because of the amnesty too...

popper · Oct 19, 2018

News stated from a source I don't remember, S/N was scratched off. BIG no no.

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