BATFE misadventures...

The Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership have caught the Beauro of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives on video trying to lock someone up because their firearm was malfunctioning. Based on an anonymous tip that someone was constructing automatic firearms, they seized an old, worn rifle from someone's inventory and test-fired it. The rifle was worn enough to double-fire occasionally, so they indicted him.

But then a firearms manufacturer with expert knowledge stepped in, took apart the firearm, and demonstrated that it was a semi-automatic firearm with all appropriate semi-automatic parts. The indictment was dropped because prosecutors were honest enough not to charge someone with a felony because his firearm was worn.

But the BATFE hadn't even bothered to take apart the gun to find out.

This could happen to anyone the BATFE decides to target, folks.

Posted on 2005-01-04 19:58:37.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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