Posted on 11/03/2018 8:13:44 AM PDT by Simon Green
SHIRLEY - A 62-year-old man was held without bail on weapons charges Thursday after police found dozens of guns and silencers in his home, according to the Middlesex district attorney.
Jeffrey Dusti of Great Road (Route 2A) was arraigned Thursday in Ayer District Court on 47 counts of possession of a firearm without a license, 44 counts of possession of a silencer, along with charges of possession of a loaded firearm without a license, possession of ammunition and possession of a sawed-off shotgun.
Judge Margaret Guzman ordered Mr. Dusti held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Monday.
“The defendant is alleged to not only have been in possession of multiple illegal firearms, but to also have been illegally modifying the guns making them all the more dangerous,” District Attorney Marian Ryan said. “Simply put, there is no reason that a person with good intentions would require a silencer. Those devices are strictly made for violent and insidious purposes.”
At 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, the Massachusetts State Police gang unit, with a warrant, searched Mr. Dusti’s home, according to the district attorney’s office.
State police had been informed that Mr. Dusti was allegedly in possession of a homemade silencer, according to the district attorney’s office.
Police said they saw a sawed-off shotgun in plain view when they arrived, and said they also found approximately 35,000 rounds of ammunition, 44 homemade silencers and 47 unlicensed firearms.
At the time of his arrest, Mr. Dusti was the subject of a pending arrest warrant from Ayer District Court on charges of assault and battery on a person over the age of 60, two counts of making annoying phone calls and witness intimidation in connection with an unrelated offense.
In addition to state police and the district attorney’s office, investigators included the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Shirley Police Department. Assistant District Attorney William R. Freeman is the prosecutor assigned to the case.
Id like to charge this journalist with hyperbole and misinformation.
Oh, and MA is a totally fascist state if some of those are actual warrant charges.
Shall NOT be infringed...
In the mid 1700s the government’s move to seize arms from the citizenry started a revolution. It may be time for another, against the state which has morphed into the monarch.
“Simply put, there is no reason that a person with good intentions would require a silencer. Those devices are strictly made for violent and insidious purposes.”
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Violent purposes like protecting your hearing.
Where is this story from? Commie Nazi land?
A Shirley man? (sorry, I can never resist a pun opportunity.)
Shirley he’s innocent.
...and stop calling me “Shirley”.
Possession of a firearm without a license???
Many states ban silencers and the U.S. gov’t requires a $200 tax stamp for each silencer possessed in states that allow them. So this guy now has trouble with the feds on that issue. Same goes for the sawed-off shotgun—illegal unless you have the tax stamp.
“... held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Monday.”
‘dangerousness hearing? Hmmm.
The accused did NOT posses silencers rather, sound suppressors!
Sounds almost like a Mob arms depot. Since this in MA I wonder if Whitey Bulger managed to do some talking before he was hit.
I own multiple legal silencers, none for violent or insidious purposes. If I have to defend my home, I will be using a non-silenced firearm. I also own a muffler to reduce the sound level of my car - not as a getaway vehicle, just to be less irritating to myself, my family, and those who are near us when I drive. My gun mufflers are no different from the one on my car, just a matter of courtesy (and of having the money to be courteous).
Or being able to defend yourself without giving away your position.
“Route 2A”
The DA’s position that any sound suppression technology only makes it more inherently dangerous and serves no legitimate purpose seems like a relatively simple point to overcome, perhaps with just a list of all the sound suppression technology possessed by police departments within the state.
The more in depth article indicates that he's got at least prior misdemeanor convictions and apparently could not get a waiver for a firearms license, his wife is licensed, he was carrying without a permit, her permit has been revoked and his initial arrest on a warrant for battery occured away from the home.
1. "State police had been informed that Mr. Dusti was allegedly in possession of a homemade silencer"
2. "...Mr. Dusti was the subject of a pending arrest warrant for two counts of making annoying phone calls"
3. "Knock, knock. Well, well...what have we here?"
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
What’s wrong with the Route 2A explanation?
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“Route 2A”
Ha Ha ha! You’re RIGHT! :-)
I only need one DVD of Silencers.
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