Posted on 02/28/2017 5:27:24 AM PST by marktwain
Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)-A machine shop/80% receiver case has resulted in a 3 1/2 year sentence for a California man, Daniel Crowninshield, of Sacramento. Crowninshield is 54 years old. Crowninshield plead guilty. He did not insist on a jury trial. It is easy to see why. Here is the plea agreement. The agreement was signed on April 14, 2016.
Crowninshield is a prohibited possessor. He was convicted of domestic violence in 2000 and again in 2001. The indictment shows that he possessed three pistols, two M-16 type receivers, and an AK type receiver. The receivers were characterized as machine guns.
He was indicted on six counts.
1. Unlawful dealing in firearms – based on the manufacturing of receivers without a license, I would presume.
2. Possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
3. Possession of a machinegun.
4-6 Possession of an unregistered firearm ( U.S.C. Section 5861(d)). Probably 80% receivers that were completed and did not have serial numbers.
Those are the six crimes (counts) mentioned in the indictment.
Potential jail time was up to 55 years in federal prison.
All the charges against Crowninshield were federal charges.
Crowninshield advertised on firearms forums under the name of Dr. Death. He operated in the “open” and did not attempt to conceal his operation. It was an undercover agent from the California Department of Justice that gave critical testimony about Crowninshield’s operation: From justice.gov.com:
51. UC#1 then asked if CROWNINSHIELD had AR-15 blanks for sale. CROWNINSHIELD led UC#1 to the office where CROWNINSHIELD showed UC#1 AR-15 blanks and AR-10 blanks that were available. UC#1 asked CROWNINSHIELD how long it would take to mill the blanks into completed lower receivers. CROWNINSHIELD responded that the process could be completed in under 20 minutes.
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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.I don't see any restrictions based on prohibited persons, type of firearm, 80% receivers, etc. We're already a long way down the road toward totalitarianism.
This is logically impossible. You cannot prove that you didn't do something.
” Possession of an unregistered firearm ( U.S.C. Section 5861(d)). Probably 80% receivers that were completed and did not have serial numbers.”
Must have been set up for full auto, else not illegal.
“unregistered” law only applies to NFA weapons AFAIK.
That is a surreal tale.
In a way it reminds me of some of the oddities of alcohol prohibition. In particular, a label on a large bag of raisins.
“DO NOT add raisins to a large container with four gallons of warm water, two pounds of sugar, and two tablespoons of brewer’s yeast, with a loosely affixed lid, and put in a warm, dark place, or fermentation may result in the creation of alcohol, which is an ILLEGAL PRODUCT.”
The prosection has to prove that you did something.
You do not have to prove that you did not. You only have to provide the jury with reason to doubt a lie.
It is illegal to possess “firearms” that do not have a serial number, if you are manufacturing them for sale.
In the documents linked, U.S.C Section 5861(d), one of the provisions is for the requirement of serial numbers.
We need some Regulatory Decapture.
That is a funny tale.
Giving directions on how to homebrew alcohol as a “warning”.
Might be a good way to sell raisins, though.
As I recall, home manufacture of wine and beer was not prohibited.
I am confused. It is well established that 80% lowers ARE NOT a “gun”. Did he have some finished lowers? Were they full auto? Were they not serialized? There has to be more to this.
The only “firearms” he had as per the indictment, without ser numbers were the “machine guns”, this is an NFA, not 80% manufacturing case.
PruneO recipe as well.
Every freeper us citizen should watch this video on the fifth amendment about once a year.
Yes. Read the indictment. 3 receivers were “guns” and were finished, without ser numbers.
Correction, they were machine guns
Ok, that makes sense then. Guy was playing with fire and got burned.
Machine-gun? Did it have a RPG attachment too?
Surprised they stopped w/ the ‘charges’ they made...They usually will load up enough to catch you on a jay-walking charge at the least.
So much for Federalism and Rights.
The case is being pushed in the national media as an 80% receiver manufacturing case.
Generally no mention of the prohibited possessor charges.
IMHO, this is being used to scare off machine shop owners from setting up tool rentals for people with 80% receivers. The man was a prohibited possessor, so they had him on that. It is probably why he did a plea bargain rather than go to a jury trial.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gear/a25302/three-years-prison-3d-printed-guns/
There are certain holes that are drilled in an AR receiver that would classify it as a machine gun. If your AR doesn’t have them drilled then it’s not a machine gun.
Same for AK. You drill the 3rd set of holes in front of hammer pin, you are building a full auto AK.
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