Notice of resignation from Akins Group Inc.(ATF wins again, Akins Accelerator officially dead)

Subguns.com ^ | 11/16/07 | Tom Bowers

[Copernicus]

These were mailed out recently to Akins Group Inc. customers. I've held off on announcing this until I could confirm receipt of my resignation by the remaining Director. I've received that within the last hour.

Thanks,

Tom

-- To Whom It May Concern;

This notice is to inform you of my resignation as President, as a Director, and as Agent for Akins Group Inc. I have also signed my stock shares over to the Corporation, severing all financial interest.

I hereby disclaim any association and/or liabilities associated with Akins Group Inc. and/or William (Bill) Akins, whether in his capacities as an Officer of AGI, as a shareholder of AGI, as a patent holder or as an individual.

With the customer communications (phone line and website) being shut down, the decision having been made over my objections, I am using this means to notify people of the new address and contact information for Akins Group Inc.

Any inquiries related in any fashion to Akins Group Inc. should be directed to the Corporation, through the sole remaining Director, William L. Akins, at 12810 Kitten Trail, Hudson FL 34669, telephone 727-819-8352.

Sincerely,

[Copernicus]

There you have it.

The ATF issues a ruling, the victims squirm and squeal for about a year and then the waters are quiet again.

No word on what will happen to the customers who paid for these Rube Goldberg devices.

For a review of the history of the Akins Accelerator as posted on Free Republic search keywork "Akins"

Best regards to all,

[Copernicus]

Akins Accelerator Ping

Best regards,

[basil]

Could you give us a clue what an Akins Accelerator is?

[PAR35]

I hereby disclaim any association and/or liabilities

So all you have to do to get off the hook is to disclaim liability? Novel legal theory there. Perhaps a clue as to how they ended up where they did.

[PAR35]

My recollection is that it was a hardware device to make an ordinary gun perform much like a full automatic would. Thus, the interest from the BATFE.

[ari-freedom]

No, it is not a new low carb diet that promises faster results

[JCEccles]

Apparently, it's a modification to a Ruger 10/22 that effectively makes it an automatic weapon.

Check out the clip on Youtube.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

“Could you give us a clue what an Akins Accelerator is?”

I thought it was a weight loss product.

[John Jorsett]

Video of Akins Accelerator

[Enchante]

I tried the Akins Diet and it didn’t do much for me...... :^)

[ari-freedom]

you’d gain a lot of weight from all that lead

[Mongeaux]

I really did lose 130 pounds on that diet. Well, after the divorce...

[basil]

Oooohhh Kay! I hope to goodness I never need to shoot that fast! My little 5 load revolver prolly wouldn't do me much good--LOL!

Thanks for the info! I'd love to shoot one!

[Copernicus]

It is a 2nd Amendment topic. Try this link......

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=akins

Best regards,

[coloradan]

OTOH the ATF, in typical fashion, inspected the device before and stated it was not a class III device and its use didn’t turn a firearm into a class III, so Akins went forward with production (at an out-of-pocket expense of 100’s of k$). Then, the ATF turns around and says, yes, it is class III, you don’t have a permit, and all the people you sold it to could now be charged with felonies if they don’t surrender the devices, no compensation. Here’s a case where a “ruling” from the ATF carries the weight of law, even when the ATF contradicts itself. The power to do that is extremely destructive, and any agency with that power needs tight control (e.g. by one or more of the branches of government). Gun owners have gotten no help from the Bush administration, however.

[fuente]

Put one of those on the 44mag version of that weapon and you would have some real firepower

[org.whodat]

“Could you give us a clue what an Akins Accelerator is?”

http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com/airborne_combat_engineer/2007/02/atkins_accelera.html

The device really is the stock and spring, the barrel slides back and forth in the stock an serves as a disconnect link, like in a full auto in a full auto.

[B Knotts]

Good thing we have a Republican administration in charge of this stuff. </sarc>

[supercat]

The device really is the stock and spring, the barrel slides back and forth in the stock an serves as a disconnect link, like in a full auto in a full auto.

My understanding is that the device allows the firearm, including the trigger, to recoil back far enough that the finger that was on the trigger will release it; the spring then pushes the firearm back forward such that if the user's finger hasn't moved it will pull the trigger again.

If the makers of the Atkins Accelerator wanted to push the issue, they should move to the district where the Rock Island Armory case was decided (which struck down the 1986 ban on full autos), register an Accellerator, pay the $200, and then sue for a refund of that $200. That's essentially the approach used by Thompson/Center Arms to get a Supreme Court ruling that a kit containing a Contender pistol frame, a stock, an 18" barrel, a 14" barrel, and a note warning against attaching the 14" barrel and stock simultaneously, was not a "short-barreled rifle".

[org.whodat]

If the makers of the Atkins Accelerator wanted to push the issue,

I think anyone that bought one could make the ATF buy it and pay their attorney's fees and damages. You are correct about the Thompson center, but the case that ATF was trying to make was that attaching the barrel that would chamber and shoot a 410 shot gun shell would be a sawed off shot gun. The supremes laughed at them.