Former FBI agent atrrested for illeal can

[swinokur]

Former FBI agent arrested for illegal can

Don't try this at home.

http://www.cbs19.tv/story/22826549/...upervisor-awaits-sentencing-on-weapons-charge

http://ftpcontent4.worldnow.com/kltv/PDF/Brodyweaponsseized.pdf

Just because it's on EBAY doesn't mean it's legal.

 

[hvymax]

I guess he forgot he wasn't the law anymore.

 

[swinokur]

Even if he was, it's still a felony.

 

[hvymax]

Even if he was, it's still a felony.

Yeah like speed limits.

 

[swinokur]

Exceeding the speed limit doesn't get you 10 years at Club Fed.

 

[john_bud]

Silencers shouldn't even be regulated. Stupid 1930s hysteria.

 

[Oldmarylander]

The process of obtaining a suppressor is a huge pain in the ass, for what? They are easy to obtain on the black market, and that is the way that criminals will go every time.

I technically own 2 suppressors. One .45 caliber, and one .22, but the .22 is part of a complete upper. I really didn't have a good reason for the .45, it was, more of a because I can thing. I had the ruger .22 custom made for semi-suburban groundhogs.

The extra $200 is just enough to piss you off, and there sure is a lot of mark up on the dealer & manufacturer side, I'm sure a lot of that goes to cover the cost of over regulation. And again, what is the point?

As for this particular story, it just goes to show, infringements are the norm. There was nothing about this story that suggested that he did anything illegal, other than possess a suppressor (more like an oil filter with a hex nut) without NFA paperwork. My bet is that most people probably don't even know that making a home made suppressor is illegal.

OMA

 

[pbharvey]

When's the last time a gun with a suppressor was used in a crime?

 

[Les Gawlik]

Silencers shouldn't even be regulated. Stupid 1930s hysteria.

+1

 

[sgt23preston]

Sgt Preston here...

It's just a story about another guy who obviously knew the law...

BUT decided that it didn't apply to him...

"You do the Crime, you serve the Time"...

 

[Klunatic]

This guy was obviously a bad apple to begin with. 2 DUI's, then he suddenly resigns and the cops search his home in relation to other criminal activity and find the can.

 

[Robert]

The process of obtaining a suppressor is a huge pain in the ass, for what? They are easy to obtain on the black market, and that is the way that criminals will go every time.

I technically own 2 suppressors. One .45 caliber, and one .22, but the .22 is part of a complete upper. I really didn't have a good reason for the .45, it was, more of a because I can thing. I had the ruger .22 custom made for semi-suburban groundhogs.

The extra $200 is just enough to piss you off, and there sure is a lot of mark up on the dealer & manufacturer side, I'm sure a lot of that goes to cover the cost of over regulation. And again, what is the point?

As for this particular story, it just goes to show, infringements are the norm. There was nothing about this story that suggested that he did anything illegal, other than possess a suppressor (more like an oil filter with a hex nut) without NFA paperwork. My bet is that most people probably don't even know that making a home made suppressor is illegal.

OMA

As a 'retired' FBI agent are you allowed to keep your official credentials, not to mention FBI business cards and FBI reports??

 

[AssMan]

Silencers shouldn't even be regulated. Stupid 1930s hysteria.

I agree, it's just a tax issue. Stupid altogether.

 

[Oldmarylander]

As a 'retired' FBI agent are you allowed to keep your official credentials, not to mention FBI business cards and FBI reports??

I don't know, are you? And if that was the illegal activity, why not convict him on an actual crime instead of a hysterical reaction to an oil filter?

 

[obsolete]

Credentials are two cards bound in a single commission book, placed in a leather case. On retirement, they stamp "retired" on the cards usually using a tiny holes and generally cut the commission book along the binding. FBI credentials have remained largely unchanged over the years. It's interesting to sets from the 60's. In the old days, the last line read "as imposed on him, by law."

 

[Half-cocked]

"I'm not going to pay a lot for this muffler!"

Actually, he is.

 

[yellowsled]

play stupid games....

 

[Mark75H]

It's interesting to sets from the 60's. In the old days, the last line read "as imposed on him, by law."

Liddy used to point out that's where the term "special" came from in Special Agent ... it referred to the limits imposed by law, not exceptions to it

 

[StantonCree]

Upon further review it was an oil can case. I guess it was attached when arrested?

 

[BradMacc82]

IIRC, you CAN legally build your own suppressor. You just need to file a Form 1 and pay the $200 fee to do it.