Here's Where FPS Russia Has Been

This is sad. And people will say that “they” won’t find find a reason to arrest you if you piss them off.

I really liked his videos.
 
You'd think they would at least have to compensate you for the guns if they weren't used in a crime.
 
It’s ridiculous that they can seize $400k of assets and not provide any compensation at all when the assets were not complicit to the crime.
 
As stated above, if you piss the wrong people off, they will find a way to put you in jail and make you pay. I dont know his back story but he must have been (at one time anyway) wealthy but also must have had a shitty lawyer.
 
The crazy thing is...correct me if I'm wrong...his original offense sounds like a misdemeanor. Since the state bumbled his case, the Feds picked it up. Even though his sentence was only two months, he's now somehow got a felony?
 
He had a bunch of NFA firearms, right - so they should have been "owned" by a trust? I wouldn't think they could take what's owned by a trust as it is it's own legal entity - so long as it's a multi-person trust, the other person should become the sole trustee.

IMO of course.
 
As stated above, if you piss the wrong people off, they will find a way to put you in jail and make you pay. I dont know his back story but he must have been (at one time anyway) wealthy but also must have had a shitty lawyer.
He owns quite a bit of rental property.
 
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He had a bunch of NFA firearms, right - so they should have been "owned" by a trust? I wouldn't think they could take what's owned by a trust as it is it's own legal entity - so long as it's a multi-person trust, the other person should become the sole trustee.

IMO of course.

Not necessarily. He and partner had an FFL and SOT. The firearms that he owned were mainly semi auto and legally owned. From what a friend of his had said, the full autos he had were transferable. His partner who ended up shot, had the SOT and possession of the “class 3 post samples”. Either way it is possible to have these without a trust. You can have a LLC or Sole-Proprietorship and have an FFL/SOT. But to my understanding, he owned many firearms himself. These were what the .gov took possession of.
 
Unlawful user of or addict to a controlled substance 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g) (3) and case law do not provide clear guidance on who is considered to be an unlawful user of or addict to a controlled substance. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regulations require that the use must have occurred "recently enough to indicate that the individual is actively 4 Summary Of Federal Firearms Laws—September 2010 engaged in such conduct." 27 C.F.R. pt 178.11. While case law is limited in this area, most cases have reached a similar conclusion. Several early cases claimed that the statute is unconstitutionally vague because it fails to define a period during which the drug use and the possession of the firearm must have occurred. United States v. Reed, 114 F.3d 1067, 1071 (10th Cir. 1997) held that the judicially created requirement of a temporal nexus is sufficient to overcome the vagueness of the statute. Courts now examine the "pattern and recency" of the defendant's drug use in determining if there is a temporal nexus between the possession of the firearm and drug use. Obviously, the easiest method of demonstrating drug use is to question the defendant regarding his or her drug use habits." Use" also may be demonstrated through drug tests and arrest records. If a defendant is found with a small quantity of drugs and a gun, good police work is essential in determining the most appropriate charge. If the defendant says that drugs are only for personal use, he or she may be charged under § 922(g) (3). If the defendant is a distributor, then § 924 (c) may apply.

I would say that this was the charge if I had to guess.
 
Pretty sure some of his property that was stolen made its way into some private collections...either that, or maybe it was sold/ given to the cartels.
 
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Unlawful user of or addict to a controlled substance 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g) (3) and case law do not provide clear guidance on who is considered to be an unlawful user of or addict to a controlled substance. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regulations require that the use must have occurred "recently enough to indicate that the individual is actively 4 Summary Of Federal Firearms Laws—September 2010 engaged in such conduct." 27 C.F.R. pt 178.11. While case law is limited in this area, most cases have reached a similar conclusion. Several early cases claimed that the statute is unconstitutionally vague because it fails to define a period during which the drug use and the possession of the firearm must have occurred. United States v. Reed, 114 F.3d 1067, 1071 (10th Cir. 1997) held that the judicially created requirement of a temporal nexus is sufficient to overcome the vagueness of the statute. Courts now examine the "pattern and recency" of the defendant's drug use in determining if there is a temporal nexus between the possession of the firearm and drug use. Obviously, the easiest method of demonstrating drug use is to question the defendant regarding his or her drug use habits." Use" also may be demonstrated through drug tests and arrest records. If a defendant is found with a small quantity of drugs and a gun, good police work is essential in determining the most appropriate charge. If the defendant says that drugs are only for personal use, he or she may be charged under § 922(g) (3). If the defendant is a distributor, then § 924 (c) may apply.

I would say that this was the charge if I had to guess.
Distilled version....If they Want your ass...they'll Have your ass.
 
Distilled version....If they Want your ass...they'll Have your ass.
Unfortunately for them it works both ways. In a conference with the former Guilford County NC sheriff, BJ Barnes, a lady asked him about being a target. He flat out admitted that if someone wanted him dead badly enough that he would be.
 
Unfortunately for them it works both ways. In a conference with the former Guilford County NC sheriff, BJ Barnes, a lady asked him about being a target. He flat out admitted that if someone wanted him dead badly enough that he would be.

Difference is he's a volunteer and we're all just left hoping the people with authority don't want to screw us.
 
No regular doofus walking down the street with a 1/2 oz of weed goes to local jail, state jail or federal prison...anymore. They aint got room for non violent criminals. See threads about NY and OK releasing hundreds of NV felons for this very reason. He was made an example of and they took away his toys. There is a lesson to be learned here.
 
More detail on his case:


He was originally up against 35 years in Federal Pen. So they strong-armed him into a plea deal.

So...if you're charged with something that *could* bring more than a year's jail time (i.e. a felony), but you plea deal it down to less than a felony time, does it still count as a felony???
 
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More detail on his case:


He was originally up against 35 years in Federal Pen. So they strong-armed him into a plea deal.

So...if you're charged with something that *could* bring more than a year's jail time (i.e. a felony), but you plea deal it down to less than a felony time, does it still count as a felony???


Can you plea guilty to a felony and get less than 1 years time, yes.
 
But, but, but pot is so popular and should be legalized every where!! But it ain't...... Stupid on his part, thought he had the world by the tail...
 
No regular doofus walking down the street with a 1/2 oz of weed goes to local jail, state jail or federal prison...anymore. They aint got room for non violent criminals. See threads about NY and OK releasing hundreds of NV felons for this very reason. He was made an example of and they took away his toys. There is a lesson to be learned here.

The lesson I learned:
If you got caught with a 1/2 oz of weed, they can take everything you own and throw you in prison for months.
 
There is a lesson to be learned here.

The lesson I learned:
If you got caught with a 1/2 oz of weed, they can take everything you own and throw you in prison for months.

One lesson here is registries are evil and ripe for abuse.

The State botched it's case by the willful and malicious violation of his Rights as protected by the Fourth Amendment.

Then the Feds, through an unconstitutional Executive agency, willfully and maliciously acted upon an immoral and unconstitutional rule they created that violated his Rights as protected by the Fourth Amendment (warrantless search and seizure) AND his Rights protected by the Second (restricting what kinds of arms may be kept), Fifth (compensation for takings), the Eighth (excessive fines), Tenth (the whole war on drugs) and Fourteenth (section 1 for abridging the Rights and privileges of citizenship).

The government willfully and maliciously ignores and violates all restrictions imposed upon it by the Constitution.

The real lesson that results is being a law abiding Citizen where the laws are written by the most corrupt people in your society and enforced by malevolent automatons is not virtue and nothing of which to be especially proud.
 
One lesson here is registries are evil and ripe for abuse.

The State botched it's case by the willful and malicious violation of his Rights as protected by the Fourth Amendment.

Then the Feds, through an unconstitutional Executive agency, willfully and maliciously acted upon an immoral and unconstitutional rule they created that violated his Rights as protected by the Fourth Amendment (warrantless search and seizure) AND his Rights protected by the Second (restricting what kinds of arms may be kept), Fifth (compensation for takings), the Eighth (excessive fines), Tenth (the whole war on drugs) and Fourteenth (section 1 for abridging the Rights and privileges of citizenship).

The government willfully and maliciously ignores and violates all restrictions imposed upon it by the Constitution.

The real lesson that results is being a law abiding Citizen where the laws are written by the most corrupt people in your society and enforced by malevolent automatons is not virtue and nothing of which to be especially proud.
 
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Here is what I learned from this example.
He... himself.. not his business... was caught with some pot. Yet the firearms were taken?

The way I see it. He must of had a some sort of ffl to aquire the full auto firearms.

His business should have been in a LLC separating him from the business.

Sure they could say he can’t be around firearms but he would have been able to sell them to another dealer and not lose them.

maybe this was part of the deal?
 
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