Posted on 10/19/2018 12:07:06 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
A 70-year-old Texas man was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to buying an automatic rifle in the 1980s, CBS station KTVT reports. Alfred Pick of Plano purchased the M14 rifle at a gun show that was similar to the weapon he had as an Army lieutenant in the Vietnam War.
"This gun was very rare," Pick attorney Ryne Sandel told KTVT. "You see, at that time it was rare to see one, so he instantly, you know, had a connection to it."
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives raided Pick's house last year on a tip about the weapon, KTVT reports. Two weeks before the raid, his wife of 40 years had died of cancer, according to the station.
Pick and his wife had a gun collection of about 14 weapons, Sandel said. "Many of them were collector's items," he said
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Poor guy fought for the wrong side.
Having said this, this looks like a thing Trump should be made aware of. Why not just take the gun and let the guy go home? This is NOT justice.
Oh,.... and replace the judge. If the guy was a draft dodging 70 yo, Antifa,( back in the day they called it SDS), throw the book at him. That's why they call it "judging".
Okay, let’s start hanging the idiots at batf.
5.56mm
If so then me thinks he kinda screwed up.
To me thats no dif than buying a throw down from a scum bag in the hood.
“I wonder who ratted him out. The article says the ATF acted on a tip.”
Probably his beano o’dork supporting neighbor.
I want to know who the bastard judge is.
Based on the story there doesn’t seem to be much there. Except buying an automatic rifle was even illegal back in the 1980s.
I guess anyone can have one in their basement for thirty years, but my “guess” is he was probably trying to sell it. And selling it, knowing it was illegal will get you in a ton of trouble.
Jeff’s priorities...meanwhile, Hillary walks free.
Kanye West talked to President Trump about prison reform. This would be a good case to advocate for no prison time, and community service.
Yup. I think that’s what happened.
If he just held onto it, no one would have looked at his private stash.
“I hope so. If not, this is a travesty of justice.”
It’s a travesty either way.
Seems extremely excessive considering he’s owned it for over 35 years. Had he intended to use it to cause harm, he would have done so long ago. He’s 70. How much of a danger to society is he?
Ownership of Full Auto Machine Guns are governed by two federal laws:
The National Firearms Act passed in 1934
and
the Firearm Owners Protection Act passed in 1986
Bottom line...this guy owned an illegal full auto machine gun.
This article shows that BATFE has zero tolerance regarding illegal full auto machine guns. Penalties are steep and you will be prosecuted.
The article linked below covers the subject quite well and is worth reading.
No statute of limitations?
Yup. Trying to sell an automatic weapon with the serial number scratched off will get you.
“Two weeks before the raid, his wife of 40 years had died of cancer, according to the station.”
Kick the guy when he is down and grieving. That’s the Union way that Lincoln so zealously preserved.
I can see a vet is more of a threat to society than a murderer.
I’m missing something here even when the auto machine gun’s illegal nature is taken into account.
Its not like the BATF goons had anything better to do with their time.
A “friend” who wanted the $1000.00 reward?
7 years for this? There has to be more to the story. That seems unusually harsh. No other crime than possession of the weapon with defaced serials? He didn’t brandish it, shoot it, try to sell it? Just had it stored in his house? At age 70 and the crap health care in the prison system, it is almost a death sentence.
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