Libercontrarian

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Section 922(r)

Seen in a email cc'd to me from Dan the AK Man to a prospective customer (he's pretty far out there, usually, but on this I think he's smack on):

"...the ATF has NEVER prosecuted someone for 18 USC 44 Section 922(r) alone, even when Franscisco Duran of Security (Colorado Springs), Colorado was tackled firing a non-922(r) compliant SKS rifle (illegal folding stock & 30 round after-market magazine/clip) at the Whitehouse one Saturday afternoon in October of 1994.

Although the Feds charged Duran with 18 USC 44 Section 922(r), only as a 'tool' to hold him in jail (for the attempted assasination of Clinton), when the case went to trial all 922(r) charges were dropped.

This was/is possibly due to the fact that the ATF & the U.S. Attorney's Office/Justice Department are not so sure that the 'Sporting Purposes' rationale behind 922(r) will survive a constitutional challenge on appeal, should someone be convicted of violating what many feel is a law that conflicts with the actual intent of the 2nd Amendment itself."

An interesting interpretation. Anybody have any information to the contrary?

A funny side note: I did some logo work for Dan's website in 1999, and he's still using it. I was a web designer, and did photoshopping on the rifles, bullets, etc. Kind of neat to see it again, even if it isn't particularly well assembled in its current format.

posted by: underwhelmed at April 06, 2005 15:24 | link | comments |

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