To: donmeaker
"The ATF brought an illegal machine gun to Stewart. Then they charged him for posessing an illegal machinegun. That made him a felon."He was already a felon by that time -- he was arrested, tried, and convicted six years earlier on a machine gun possession.
To: robertpaulsen
That is what happened when he was initally charged with posessing a machine gun. He was a gunsmith, who accepted a gun for repairs. The gun had been modified by the ATF to be fully automatic with the external appearance of a semiautomatic.
Do try to keep up.
374 posted on
07/09/2006 9:55:24 AM PDT by
donmeaker
(If the sky don't say "Surrender Dorothy" then my ex wife is out of town.)
To: robertpaulsen
He was already a felon by that time -- he was arrested, tried, and convicted six years earlier on a machine gun possession.I'm still waiting for an answer as to what this has to do with the case at hand. Is there anything in this decision that would disallow the prosectuion of someone who wasn't an ex-felon? If not, why does it matter if Stewart was?
376 posted on
07/09/2006 10:59:46 AM PDT by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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