Posted on 06/21/2023 4:44:02 PM PDT by CFW
A 22-year old man from Becker, Minn., is facing two felonies for possessing privately made firearms lacking serial numbers in a case his mother called a gross abuse of Minnesota law.
Sara Forgues, the mother of Matthew “Walker” Anderson, spoke with Alpha News regarding her son’s distressing legal battle. The case has concerning implications for gun owners across Minnesota, she said.
The charges According to Forgues, in May 2022, Anderson and a friend were target shooting on private property in Sherburne County. The incident prompted a complaint from a neighbor, leading to the intervention of local sheriff’s deputies.
The neighbor alleged that a bullet had struck his house, but Forgues said no evidence was found to support this claim.
The charging documents provide few details about the incident, saying that the neighbor “heard glass shatter” on the lower level of his home. Discovering a broken sliding glass door, “he believed [to be] from a gunshot,” the neighbor called the police.
Anderson fully cooperated with the deputy who arrived to inspect the shooting range. He and his friend agreed to show the deputy their firearms, which included Anderson’s privately made firearms that did not have serial numbers.
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“The potential consequences of a successful conviction in this case are significant, Forgues said. She said that if Anderson were to be convicted, the precedent would mean that every single firearm in Minnesota without a serial number, including those made before 1968, would render their owners instant felons. The ramifications would extend to hunters and countless families who have inherited firearms over generations, along with those who build their own weapons.”
There is an ATF form that one can fill out, I think it’s Form 1.
The Podesta’s, Clinton’s and a host of others were allowed to backdate their FARA paperwork and amend their taxes, why can’t this guy be allowed to do the same with the ATF?
“The Podesta’s, Clinton’s and a host of others were allowed to backdate their FARA paperwork and amend their taxes, why can’t this guy be allowed to do the same with the ATF?”
Could question.
That’s what I’d like to know!
Learn the magic words, "Come back with a warrant" and "I want to speak to a lawyer". Never invite police into your house, never go outside to talk to them. Keep the screen door between you locked at all times.
I know people want to be "good citizens" because "the police are our friends". You are not six anymore. Time to leave fairy tales behind.
Yes, he should just plead “Biden”.
Making your own firearm is an American tradition. Requiring serial numbers is not.
So what was determined about the broken glass door? Was that a false claim by a homeowner unhappy with firearms noise? (Where are the pics of the bullet hole?) Or were young yahoos shooting without making sure their projectiles were being stopped? Extremely bad to fire towards someone’s home.
If the firearms were manufactured in the state, for personal use, with no intent to sell, I’d expect the case to be dismissed at trial or appeal. The prosecutor is just showing how they can ruin a citizen without needing no stinkin’ law on their side.
Why do people speak with law enforcement? If the officer is asking, he can’t. It is not your job to help him make a case against you.
Wrong question. How is the requirement for a serial number constitutional?
I do agree with you.
But, this kid had, basically, a ghost gun. Not sure where this goes in the courts.
https://www.jackricelaw.com/blog/are-ghost-guns-legal-in-minnesota
A ghost gun is a gun that is:
Designed to avoid gun laws (not exactly true);
Untraceable and unserialized (also not exactly true);
Available to buy without a background check (true)
It has no historical background before 1900. It is clearly unconstitutional under the Bruen decision.
This may be a good test case.
The police never were anyones friends. Thats the fairy tale. Andy Griffith and Mayberry was a tv show, not reality. Sanitized and scripted for easy digestion. Cops are either wonderful, or clumsy but good at heart.
“Under the plain meaning of the statute, the rifles made and possessed by Anderson were not ‘firearms’ as contemplated in [the federal law] and thus no serial number was required,” his attorney said in court documents. “Federal law does not require serial numbers to be placed on personally manufactured firearms created for private use.”
Additionally, if state law actually does ban Anderson’s privately made firearms with no serial numbers, then it should be ruled unconstitutional, his attorney argued.
There is no federal law requiring serial numbers on privately made firearms.
If Minnesota enacted such a law, it would be unconstitutional under the Bruen decision and the Second Amendment.
They are fighting this. I expect the prosecution to be dropped, but it takes money to fight the charges. The state law is muddy and references the federal law. No crime committed.
“The police never were anyone’s friends.”
Well today that is a largely true statement. But in the past and still today in some rural places they can be.
The issue today is seated in DC. (District of Corruption)
They have disdain for the rule of law as per the Constitution, their respect for it is ZERO. We are ruled by edict today. Outside of the limits of the Constitution.
They may have been friends to some. Not to all.
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