That's funny.
One of the expert witnesses in the case says he's sent your liaison information and has been ignored.
And I see not being invited didn't stop y'all from inserting yourself in the Parker (now Heller) case. You not only just "stepped in on your own," hell, you tried to derail it. Just like your attorney tried to do with Silveira, a case you were invited, that is practically begged, to support.
Seeing how the outcome of this case affects every owner of a semiautomatic firearm in the country, one must ask what you have done to show the least bit of curiosity AND LEADERSHIP. Did anyone call Olofson's attorneys, ask 'em what's going on, see if there's anything you could do to help? Did they reject your advances?
God, this forked tongue misdirection out of Fairfax drives me nuts.
H.R. 4900. My Congressman has great faith in it as well, but then, he was the main sponsor of the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act.
ReplyDeleteIF BATFU ignores the BILL of RIGHTS, what's a set of "guidelines" to them?
Besides, it seems to be more about describing citizens' gun law "violations" than proscribing abuse by the Bureau of Assault, Terror and Fascism. Oh, forgot Extortion.
4.5 million members, and this is the extent of the NRA's interest?
"Obey existing laws," they say. Even if it just came out of the judge's mouth.
David, this case is not a possession case but a transfer case. I do have one question that Len could answer: Could a AR hammer firing cause a round that wasn't fully chambered to fire injuring the person firing the firearm?
ReplyDeleteAs I said the government is making their case on: No matter how the gun fired full auto Olofson knew it could do it and transfered it.
Frankly speaking the government by making their case on a "transfer" and not "possession" was very slick in how they did it. They knew that keeping out the Olympic Arms recall notice would derail the thinking of the defense to thinking possession and not transfer. If the defence was smart when the person who Olofson gave the AR to, said Olofson told him the 3rd setting was for full auto. The defense should have made the case that Olofson was saying if the AR was a full auto military weapon that is what the setting is for. But being a semiauto AR is was a meaningless setting. This would have derailed the government's case and Olofson's lawyers should have seen this a mile away, I would think.
I would rather have tits on a jeep than an NRA membership card.
ReplyDeleteAt least the jeep wouldn't work against me.
Anybody who doesn't believe the NRA is on the other side, either isn't paying attention or is stupid or dishonest, or all three.
Avgjoe, this is hard to describe without a diagram, but I'll try.
ReplyDeleteThe answer to your question: Could a AR hammer firing cause a round that wasn't fully chambered to fire injuring the person firing the firearm? is yes.
The purpose of the auto sear in an M16/M4 is to retard, or slow down the fall of the hammer onto the firing pin until the bolt has time to fully enter the barrel extension and allow the locking lugs to rotate into the locked position. If the hammer were to follow the bolt carrier down, rather than be held back momentarily by the auto sear, the firing pin would be held in the extended position as the round was being chambered, and this would eventually, but not every time cause a round to ignite before the bolt lugs could engage. Because the case is not fully seated in the chamber at ignition, the shoulder would blow off of the case and the head would separate, releasing an enormous volume of flaming gas into the action, blowing apart the upper receiver, shooting the bolt carrier back into the operator's face, and blasting apart the magazine.
I've seen the results, caused by people tinkering with the innards without knowing what they were doing. NOT pretty.
WOW! Thank you for the heads up in such detail. Makes me enjoy shooting my 10/22 even more.
ReplyDeleteCannot just step in my a$$!
ReplyDeleteThey invited themselves in on Parker after the case was won to claim credit. They piggybacked on SAF in the NOLA federal suit again to be able to show the membership they were really trying for them. Bunch of bald headed hos in my opinion.
Avgjoe, enjoy that 10/22 while you can. If it ever doubles on you, good luck. In fact, based on the Olofson precident, all the BATFE has to do is figure out a way to make any firearm double, find out who owns them, then confiscate yours and test it until it fails. Poof, instant conviction, and without any risk to the agents like they would have dealing with real criminals.