Calmoney
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Vietnam War hero sentenced to 7 years for decades-old rifle purchase: report
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Vietnam War hero from Plano gets 7 years in prison for decades-old rifle purchase
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Celt
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For something that is supposed to be protected by the Second Amendment, this is a tragedy.
M_F
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I hope President Trump pardons him. The NFA needs to go!
Acer-m14
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how was the serial num defaced ? oh it was a decommissioned item and cut up to sell as parts and then someone can fix it buy welding it back together making it look all new and sell it WTF ..
"A federal judge recently slapped Pick, a decorated Vietnam vet, with a seven-year sentence for buying the M14, a fully automatic weapon unlawful for citizens to own."
I think the seller is the one really at fault on this .. not the Vet ..
"A federal judge recently slapped Pick, a decorated Vietnam vet, with a seven-year sentence for buying the M14, a fully automatic weapon unlawful for citizens to own."
I think the seller is the one really at fault on this .. not the Vet ..
Depick
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Seller should be the one getting locked up.
minderasr
6.5 Creedmoor
How did the ATF even know he had it?
spat
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Technically he wasn't imprisoned for having it, he got 7 years over not paying a $200 tax he probably didn't know he owed......
Robin
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Where is the justice in this, where? Efem all!!!!
Robin
Robin
C3D
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There is little chance this vet did not know it was an illegal machinegun, with the serial number scratched out.
It's not as if things were any less enforced in the 80's - the NFA laws were pursued aggressively throughout the whole decade (indeed, since it's adoption, it's always been enforced).
There were some M14s sold where the selectors were welded so they could not shoot full auto, which ATF said were still machineguns due to the receiver configuration. That was an unfortunate mess but it doesn't sound like this is one of those.
Yes, the guy is a veteran, and this reminded him of his service weapon. That's unfortunate, but he still broke the law, whether we like the law or not or think it's constitutional we still must comply or risk this result.
I will say this is a good case for DJT to issue some clemency. Sending a 70 year old to prison for this is awful.
It's not as if things were any less enforced in the 80's - the NFA laws were pursued aggressively throughout the whole decade (indeed, since it's adoption, it's always been enforced).
There were some M14s sold where the selectors were welded so they could not shoot full auto, which ATF said were still machineguns due to the receiver configuration. That was an unfortunate mess but it doesn't sound like this is one of those.
Yes, the guy is a veteran, and this reminded him of his service weapon. That's unfortunate, but he still broke the law, whether we like the law or not or think it's constitutional we still must comply or risk this result.
I will say this is a good case for DJT to issue some clemency. Sending a 70 year old to prison for this is awful.
I can't read the article. Not paying money.
How the heck did this come up now?
Calmoney
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Calmoney
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It's crazy he purchase it back in 1980s and took the atf all this year's looking for it.
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thegatman
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He should have had a boating accident.
Catskillkid
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I too want to know how the ATF found out about it. Did a grabber know about it and tip them off?
Saltwater60
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Even better. Don’t pay me my taxes you go to jail.
Saltwater60
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I read the comments and one guy commented that his own daughter a Hilary Clinton supporter turned him in. Who knows, but sounds about right in this day and age. One less Cruz vote and Beto might win.
This has something to do with the mother's death, guaranteed. The daughter probably turned him in to get the inheritance.
Acer-m14
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could be ... i have been thru that .. my grand dad was in WW2 .. had a bunch of overseas $$$$ and Coins he came back with ,,,
when he passed it was a fight over the collection .. were rich ... went on for months .. final appraisal .. 350 bucks ..
some of us were just on the floor laffin ..
I got lucky when that happened with us. My mother's father had a lot of stuff. My uncle took 2 rifles he brought back. The grandsons each got a photo album (he carried a camera the whole time he was overseas). I got his Army dress jacket. A few years after he died, we were rummaging through his tool shed and I found three bayonets wrapped in oil cloth, one American, two German. I kept two and gave one to my Green Beret cousin. Nothing valuable, just sentimental. When my father's father passed, he didn't have much. My aunt took his dress Navy jacket and I got a pair of Navy pants I found while cleaning his house out.
libertysnake
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Well, if old Ruthy croaks before Trump's term ends, we'll finally have enough justices to stay invalidating this liberal horse shit. Then we'd finally start rolling back this horse shit.
It's sad that it's come to down to having 9 kings, in a country supposedly ruled by "we the people."
C3D
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Well, the true story is out. From another board:
- The guy stole the M14 while in the Marines. He told a buddy he hid it at the range during marksmanship and returned later. He scratched out the serial number himself.
- The guy has also sorts of drug problems.
- The guy had made crazy threats to people.
Read about it here:
Vietnam Vet jailed over M14
- The guy stole the M14 while in the Marines. He told a buddy he hid it at the range during marksmanship and returned later. He scratched out the serial number himself.
- The guy has also sorts of drug problems.
- The guy had made crazy threats to people.
Read about it here:
Vietnam Vet jailed over M14
Robin
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Some times there really is more to the story. Thanks C3D!
Robin
Robin
HighlandLofts
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Just like the old TV show DRAGNET
JUST THE FACTS MAM, JUST THE FACTS
so if the gun was stolen I can see the raid. Play with fire you will get burned.
JUST THE FACTS MAM, JUST THE FACTS
so if the gun was stolen I can see the raid. Play with fire you will get burned.