Former Marine Joel Cleve Miller was convicted in U.S. court of possessing a fully automatic AK-47. Weapons experts determined the gun was from Iraq, Afghanistan or Pakistan because of its markings.
Former Marine Joel Cleve Miller was convicted in U.S. court of possessing a fully automatic AK-47. Weapons experts determined the gun was from Iraq, Afghanistan or Pakistan because of its markings.
Earlier FReeeper thread posted about this ...
Hemet: Marine convicted of smuggling rifle from Saddam palace (AK-47 stolen from Saddam’s palace)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2902615/posts
He should have known enough to make it inoperable, at least temporarily.
I think I found a use for “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
On another note, I don’t see a problem with war trophies being registered as long as they don’t create a hazard to the community, like unexploded ordnance. If someone wants an artillery shell, have EOD drill it out. Other than that it’s fine with me. The guy was willing to give his life for this country, why not let him take something home?
When my father walked off the aircraft carrier Kittyhawk on his return from the Pacific after WWII, one of the guys in his bunking area walked down the gangplank and onto US soil with several barrels sticking up out of his seabag - including a Thompson SMG.
My, oh my, how things have changed.
Dang that is one good looking AK.
Too bad he did not lose the firing pin.
Don’t we have a policy of one AK-47 per household?
What a bunch of anti-gun hysteria.
“federal prosecutors found the gun was a functioning machine gun.”
Federal prosecutors have found a shoelace was a functioning machine gun.
Really.
We’re talking an agency which WILL convict you if they want to.
Not saying he was right or wrong, just that there is room for doubt. Lots of room.
We’re doomed.
And Holder probably won’t spend a day in jail and he got people killed.
They should give him a nice walnut show case to display the gun in, pin a nice shiny medal on him that has a place in the case too... and send him on the way after a series of salutes and apologies.
"If you can't do the time, don't do the crime."
Fie on all those in the Marines, the media, the Federal Government who are going after this defender of America.
I am in my 60s — who in my generation did not know a friend whose uncle or father had brought back some flag, bayonet, or weapon captured from the Germans or the Japanese.
Did any of these heroes get prosecuted?
Does no one get that the CommieLibs keep changing the rules and moving the goal posts — like how now here in Texas you may no longer drive with an open container or ride in the back of a pick-up or ride in the back seat of a car without your seatbelts on.
We just keep taking it. We are such good-natured sheeple! We make it easy for the enemy within to assert control, one oppressive law, regulation, or prosecution after another.
I hope this guy survives this rap.
One last question: What benefit is there to prosecuting this guy? Only to the gun-grabbers and the oppressors in the Federal Government. It does nothing to help the Marines, this guy, his ex-wife, or the Iraqis.
The agenda is so transparent: A child could see it. Shoot, even I can see it.
This boy is already soup sandwich. He should be labeled as an ex-Marine. He has brought shame on the Marine Corps.
Once he got the BCD... he shouldn’t complain... he is the Master of his own Destiny IOW he brought this on himself ... and he has a big mouth and an EX with a big mouth
all in all ... a lot of bad choices
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Personally, I think every American male between 18 and dead should be required to have a full auto rifle and plenty of ammo and know how to properly use it.
This weapon would have simply helped him fulfill his civic duty.
And every American female should have at least one if they want to...