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  • Renegade

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

    Yes he is wrong. Whether the Feds are coming for him or not or already have, I do not know as the Feds do not keep me informed of these things.

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

    Why did it take 30 years for the Feds to confiscate the illegal DIASes the guy from Shotgun News was selling?

    Why have the Feds not confiscated all the illegal MJ being sold in dispenseries in many states?

    Why? Why? Why?
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    V-Tach

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    I thought he did a good job of explaining why the amnesty covered it.

    Drop in auto sear (DIAS)

    The Shotgun News guy was selling un-registered DIAS's...........
     

    Renegade

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    I thought he did a good job of explaining why the amnesty covered it.

    As I said, he does not understand the amnesty. The amnesty covered those who unlawfully possessed. It did not give amnesty to possession of stolen property. The amnesty form 4467, is quite clear it only gives relief from section 5861 of the NFA.

    The Shotgun News guy was selling un-registered DIAS's...........

    Correct, and the M16 in question is stolen property. Both are illegal.
     

    V-Tach

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    How can it be proved it was "stolen" there was no serial number....but the one added when registered through the amnesty.....

    The one about the guy who stole an M16 from the Govt. sold it to another guy who registered it through the amnesty....yes I would agree stolen........and should not have been registered, imho....

    Is that the one you were talking about? The one he shows has not been shown to be stolen...however I would assume so.....but assumption is not proof...

    anyway...interesting video...
     

    Renegade

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    How can it be proved it was "stolen" there was no serial number....but the one added when registered through the amnesty.....

    Fully quoted as I think US/DOJ Press Releases are allowed.

    Like I said, World Class douchebag. And his lawyer is a World Class liar, bought it at a gun show BS.
    Press Release:
    https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/plano-man-sentenced-7-years-firearms-violation
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    Friday, October 19, 2018
    Plano Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Firearms Violation
    PLANO, Texas – A 70-year-old Plano, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown.

    Alfred Pick pleaded guilty on May 22, 2018, to a charge of possession of a firearm while an unlawful user of a controlled substance and was sentenced, pursuant to an agreement by all parties, to 87 months in federal prison on Oct. 17, 2018 by U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone.

    According to information presented to the court, Plano police were called to an area hospital on Oct. 2, 2017, regarding a belligerent individual. Officers encountered Pick, who was upset about the treatment of a relative in the hospital, and had told medical staff and others, that he intended to return to the hospital with a firearm and “would shoot [hospital staff] in their kneecaps and elbows first and let them bleed.” Pick was taken into custody and delivered to mental health authorities for an evaluation.

    As a result of the incident at the hospital, agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) opened an investigation that eventually received information that Pick possessed weapons and narcotics at his home. Agents obtained a search warrant and found over 2 grams of cocaine and over 10 grams of marijuana in Pick’s residence. Agents also discover 14 firearms at Pick’s residence, including a fully automatic machine gun with an obliterated serial number that witnesses later told investigators that Pick had admitted he stole while he served in the military.

    The sentencing court also received information that Pick had repeatedly been cited for criminal trespass at various area hospitals for his aggressive behavior, involving both verbal and physical abuse of medical staff and impeding staff. The court also heard that police had been called on two prior occasions in 2014 to restaurant parking lots where patrons reported that Pick had been threatening and brandished handguns in encounters with him.

    Additional information presented at sentencing revealed Pick’s daughter reported to investigators that Pick had sexually abused her from the time she was 4-years-old until the age of 17, taking nude photographs of her to, as he put it, “chart her growth” and sexually assaulting her.

    Finally, the sentencing court received evidence that Pick threatened the Federal Magistrate Judge who detained him indicating he would fly his plane with explosives to kill the Judge and ATF agents who investigated his case. Pick also stated that he would “have taught the Las Vegas shooter a thing or two,” referring to the Oct. 1, 2017 mass shooting.

    “Obviously, there was a lot more to the sentence that was received – a sentence that Mr. Pick and his lawyer agreed to – than a single gun with a missing serial number,” said U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown. “Although Mr. Pick was a decorated veteran, he would use that status routinely to try to excuse his repeated criminal behavior. This was also not a mental health issue. It became a public safety issue.”

    “The people concerned for Mr. Pick’s safety when he honorably served our nation were the same people most-concerned for his and the public’s safety throughout our investigation,” stated ATF Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey C. Boshek II. “I applaud those that recognized and reported Mr. Pick’s abuse of controlled substances, amplified threats and intensified displays of physical and psychological aggression as well as the decisive action of the ATF Agents.”

    In addition to the charge for which he was convicted, Pick was originally charged with two other violations – possession of an unregistered firearm and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. As part of Pick’s agreement to plead guilty and agreement as to the term of his sentence, these charges were dismissed.

    This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracey Batson.
     
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    .....Plano police were called to an area hospital on Oct. 2, 2017, regarding a belligerent individual. ...... he intended to return to the hospital with a firearm and “would shoot [hospital staff] in their kneecaps and elbows first and let them bleed.”

    ...a search warrant and found over 2 grams of cocaine ..., including a fully automatic machine gun with an obliterated serial number that witnesses later told investigators that Pick had admitted he stole while he served in the military.....

    had repeatedly been cited for criminal trespass at various area hospitals for his aggressive behavior, involving both verbal and physical abuse of medical staff and impeding staff. ...that Pick had been threatening and brandished handguns in encounters with him.

    Pick’s daughter reported to investigators that Pick had sexually abused her from the time she was 4-years-old until the age of 17, taking nude photographs of her to, as he put it, “chart her growth” and sexually assaulting her.

    Pick threatened the Federal Magistrate Judge who detained him indicating he would fly his plane with explosives to kill the Judge and ATF agents who investigated his case. Pick also stated that he would “have taught the Las Vegas shooter a thing or two,” referring to the Oct. 1, 2017 mass shooting.

    “Obviously, there was a lot more to the sentence ..........

    That "there was a lot more to the sentence" is an understatement.

    Anybody here remember the late, great Paul Harvey?
    His long-running show "The REST of the Story" comes to mind.
     

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    Wow judges trying to make examples out of people. He had a FA weapon for 40 years and never committed a crime with it other than the unconstitutional law that says you can't own one.

    The Judge is a GW Bush appointee. Graduated from Houston Law and UT with a Bachelors.

    Some of his appointees also seem to think borders are imaginary lines to be crossed like one who stopped daca from being gutted. I would hope governor abbott or president trump will pardon him. If that he/she traitor manning can get out of jail just about anyone should be able to get a pardon.
     
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