A man convicted of transferring an unregistered machine gun after his loaned gun fired a burst of bullets and jammed has been released from his 30-month prison term to begin rebuilding his life, according to supporters. [More]That would be David Olofson.
A bit of text pasted into the story from previous articles that I've commented on before:
"It didn't matter the rifle in question had not been intentionally modified for select fire, or that it did not have an M16 bolt carrier … that it did not show any signs of machining or drilling, or that that model had even been recalled a few years back," said a commentary in Guns Magazine on the case.
"It didn't matter the government had repeatedly failed to replicate automatic fire until they replaced the ammunition with a softer primer type. It didn't even matter that the prosecution admitted it was not important to prove the gun would do it again if the test were conducted today," the magazine said. "What mattered was the government's position that none of the above was relevant because '[T]here's no indication it makes any difference under the statute. If you pull the trigger once and it fires more than one round, no matter what the cause it's a machine gun.'
"No matter what the cause."
The guy who wrote those words has a name, you know, WND. And a little bit of credit (and a working link) from a high-traffic site that has used such extensive quotes on several occasions sure would be helpful, not to mention the right thing to do.
David, you know full well that a prophet is not without honor, except in his own country. This kind of thing comes from people who routinely give no consideration to anyone other than themselves. You are known as a man among men, honorable and honoring. Would that you were surrounded by more.
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