L.A. County sheriff's deputy to plead guilty to building assault rifle

LA Times ^ | 4/29/14 | Jack Leonard

[2ndDivisionVet]

[bunkerhill7]

a barrel of monkeys

[RC one]

I could have moved to California. But I chose not to. because of their ridiculous gun laws. Just sayin’.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

“...and three assault weapons that are banned under California law.”

In other words, three semi-automatic rifles.

[bgill]

Gee, if he’d waited a few days 0 would have outfitted the entire dept. with all varieties of assault weapons and vehicles to take down Mr. and Mrs. US citizen and their family pets.

[CrazyIvan]

“Richard White Piquette admitted in a document filed in federal court last week that he manufactured a Noveske Rifleworks N-4 .223-caliber rifle with an eight-inch barrel. Under federal law, the rifle's barrel length should have been at least 16 inches, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.”

His crime was not building an assault rifle (when the term is used properly it means a carbine capable of full auto fire) he made a SBR- short barrel rifle.

[Moonman62]

I could have moved to California. But I chose not to. because of their ridiculous gun laws. Just sayin’.

He's being prosecuted by the feds.

[Durus]

If you want to be technical his crime was failure to pay a tax stamp for the NFA rifle.

[coloradan]

Interesting how the LA Slimes seems to intentionally confuse “assault rifle” with NFA firearms. (Not that I agree with the BATFE’s treatment of the latter.)

[B4Ranch]

>>Piquette’s attorney, Ronald Hedding, described his client as “a good man” who has family members in law enforcement. Hedding said he believed it was common practice for sheriff’s deputies to have weapons like the ones his client possessed.

“A lot of these criminals are carrying these types of weapons on the street,” Hedding said, adding that Piquette was a jail deputy but had done training stints on patrol.<<

We’re supposed to weep because the cops don’t have what the criminals have?

[CrazyIvan]

I should have included that. Thanks.

[Bidimus1]

Not an assault rifle but. SBR short barreled rifle a bit of leftovers from FDR. NFA 1934

[SoCal Pubbie]

Please don’t interrupt a Cali bashing thread with facts when the poster is just getting on a roll.

[andyk]

he manufactured a Noveske Rifleworks N-4 .223-caliber rifle with an eight-inch barrel

I'll say this - he has excellent taste.

[smokingfrog]

I assume he could have bought the barrel legitimately and installed it on an AR pistol, but his crime was that the gun had a buttstock?

[RC one]

Does that mean California’s gun laws aren’t completely ridiculous? Should I move out there with my complete firearm collection?

[RC one]

If ever there was a state that deserved to be bashed....

[SoCal Pubbie]

Sure and don’t let facts get in the way!

[RC one]

what facts would that be? I was just pointing out that anyone who cherishes their RKBA would be ill advised to reside in California regardles sof the facts of this case.