[TVenn]

http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2006/tle371-20060611-05.html


JPFO ALERT:
ATF Raids KT Ordnance!
by Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
www.jpfo.org/

Reprinted by The Libertarian Enterprise

June 8, 2006

Yesterday we received word that KT Ordnance, manufacturer of incomplete (80%-finished) frames, was raided for the alleged "illegal manufacture of firearms." KT Ordnance has been a great asset to those who wish to purchase unfinished receivers with which to anonymously manufacture their own firearms—a perfectly legal process, according to the BATFE website (http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/faq2.htm#a6).

You can see from photos of the AR-15 kit (www.jpfo.org/kto1.jpg and www.jpfo.org/kto2.jpg) that the product cannot possibly be a functioning "firearm"—it's simply a chunk of metal! So how can this happen?

Early reports suggest that—as Len Savage warned us in his "Talkin' to America" interview (www.jpfo.org/tta060508.htm)—the BATFE has arbitrarily decided that certain products have the "features and characteristics" of firearms. As can be expected, there exists no definition of exactly what "features and characteristics" are in question at this time.

Other reports indicate that much of KT Ordnance's inventory is being confiscated, and computer hard drives have been duplicated, although the computers themselves remain at KT Ordnance's location.

It appears that certain government agents are indeed getting desperate. Richard Celata, owner of KT Ordnance, has been a long-time supporter of JPFO and a staunch defender of the Second Amendment (see our alert at www.jpfo.org/alert20050513.htm). Did the raid take place because of his association with a Jewish civil rights organization? Was it related to the upcoming UN Conference on small arms (www.jpfo.org/alert20060523.htm)? Or could it be because too many gun owners are discovering that building their own firearms is simple, anonymous, and LEGAL (according to the BATFE's own site—see above)?

Details on the raid are at this time very, VERY sketchy. We will continue to report on this outrageous, vindictive action by the BATFE as more information comes in. Visitors to the KT Ordnance website will note that the site is no longer online. Richard has informed us that this was to prevent orders from coming in during this time, as there is no way to know what is being monitored or otherwise tracked by BATFE.

JPFO and Gun Owners of America (www.gunowners.org) are working to establish legal defense for KT Ordnance, and will keep you posted on our progress. In the meantime, please spread the word far and wide about this outrageous, indefensible action by the BATFE. Ask questions and demand answers from those in power who claim they are "friends" of gun owners.

We must do what we can to help and support our brothers-in- arms at KT Ordnance.

—The Liberty Crew


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[Larry Lucido]

Bump.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

JBT's raid KT Ordnance ^
Posted by M1928A1 Thompson
On News/Activism ^ 06/11/2006 7:17:55 PM PDT · 77 replies · 1,369+ views
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1647598/posts

[ozzymandus]

Jackbooted government thug bump.

[Panzerfaust]

Interesting post. I looked at the pictures of the receivers that JPFO has on their site. I'd buy one, except they have an "AUTO" position for the selector, i.e. a 3-position selector. Maybe the guy makes the standard 2-position selector (i.e. FIRE-SAFE).

I'm betting that the "AUTO" marking is what got him in trouble.

[Wolfie]

“It’s legal to create your own firearm, as long as you do it yourself,” Rhoades said.

Not anymore.

High court's Calif. pot ruling also outlaws homemade machine guns

[houeto]

Richard Celata said agents with the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms went through his home and workshop near Argenta for hours on Wednesday, June 7, but didn’t find anything illegal.

...and just who do those agents ULTIMATELY report to?

[El Gato]

“They’ve been wanting to shut down the 80 percent built market for a while, but they’d have to change the Constitution to do that,

The Constitution didn't seem to stop them when they banned common infantry rifles and machine guns. It didn't stop then when they banned semiautomatic clones of the current issue military rifle. They "don't need no stinking constitutional amendment" they just ban by legislative, or in this case bureaucratic regulations, and then the courts will not enforce the constitution as written.

[Wolfie]

“We haven’t been charged with any crimes, and obviously what they found here didn’t violate any laws because I would have been arrested on the spot".

Oh, Richie boy, you've got a LOT to learn about propery seizure in these United States.