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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Federal prison means no probation.
Federal scum.
I would LOVE to have my old M14 ... ‘65 - ‘67
I follow the laws regarding firearms, there's no reason why he shouldn't.........
Looks like you've assumed the position of judging without a factual base, rather than the one qualified to give the sentence based on testimony.
Never used in a crime? No other criminal record? Something is wrong with this picture.
7 years for a 70yo man who just lost his wife of 40 years is torture and cruel and unusual punishment. It would be more merciful to just shoot him now. Sentencing is out of control.
What does the fact that the guy was a vet have to do with his owning an illegal, fully automatic rifle?
Had they left out the fact that the guy was a vet and just identified him as a John Doe have made a difference in your opinion? I'm going out on a limb here but I suspect it would have.............
This should mean they are working their way down the stack of cases and should get to arresting Eric Holder around 2032 for the Fast & Furious crimes.
He received that sentence because of his white privilege. If he were a ghetto gangsta he would have been sentenced to community service at Parks and Recreation.
There are full auto m-14’s available.
You can bid on this one in an upcoming auction if your pockets are deep enough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3iFZSKXRcU
Shooting same gun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAABMvmaGWQ
I can foresee a Trump pardon by Christmas.
PRAY U R RITE !!
I wonder if this is one of the MK Specialties "re-welded" M14s that had BATF so stirred up around 20 years ago? They seem to have made it an agency priority to track down every last one of those.
Yeah. The offender's perception of what the law is and the consequences for deliberately flouting it.
“raided Pick’s house last year on a tip about the weapon, KTVT reports.”
I would sure like to know who and why they provided the tip.
oh wait, that's only for illegal aliens from mexico with multiple arrests and deportations.
Interesting, and it makes sense. These guns were never inspected and accepted by the government which is how they made their way to the market.
I now recall seeing a picture of one of these with the flash suppressor which were copied from the British .303 Jungle Carbine. I’ve never seen a real one.
It’s our Supreme Court now. This should be the case to overturn NFA, GCA, and FOPA.
Like why it took 38 years for BATF to get to him on their list? Or maybe they had a drug dealer in need of one and the BATF inventory was low.
What other unconstitutional "laws" do you support?
I'll bet it's a whole bunch.
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