MS-13 member arrested

[vk704]

Doesn't that magazine look too small for 7.62x39???

 

[K3]

Almost looks like 9mm or some other pistol caliber.

 

[BlazingAngel01]

It is a H&K USC.

Cal .45 ACP

 

[jerkyman45]

Wow...first they mislabel "assault weapons" and now they outright call a rifle a WMD. I am honestly appalled at their blatent anti-gun journalism, though I suppose I shouldn't be surprised considering the trend of the media in regard to the 2A. And correct me if I'm wrong, but that gun in VK704's post looks more like a USC to me then anything else.

 

[NetJunkie]

That's an HK. It's either a USC converted to a UMP or a UMP..either way in .45. If it's a real UMP w/ Full Auto then it will fall under the WMD listing in the NC books.

 

[Zoogster]

More important than the individual is the charge. It is a sad thing when people support such wrong and misleading legislation as long as it is used on people we can agree to dislike.

However when we allow the rights of someone else to be reduced we allow our own and those of our children and future generations to be reduced as well.

I think we can all agree that the term "Weapon of Mass Destruction" is extremely misleading legislation when the term is generaly taken to mean chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
They probably passed the law on "weapons of mass destruction" in an underhanded way because nobody opposed the possession of what most consider weapons of mas destruction, when in reality it had to do with a lot of standard infantry weapons.

I don't care if the devil himself was found with a pocket knife, it is not a "skewer of the world" or a "weapon of mass destruction". Neither is any conventional small arm.

The idiocy people will agree with as long as it originaly targets undesirables.

I guess all of us in other states need to be on the lookout for "weapons of mass destruction" laws that might ban guns as well.

 

[fletcher]

We have a terrible illegal immigrant problem in NC.

people in NC can have NFA items.

That is correct. I know of a couple individuals that legally own them.

From 1998 to 2003, he pleaded guilty to driving while license revoked six times in various N.C. counties. It's unknown whether officers checked his immigration status then.

I don't think they are technically allowed to in NC.

 

[30 cal slob]

§ 14?288.8. Manufacture, assembly, possession, storage, transportation, sale, purchase, delivery, or acquisition of weapon of mass death and destruction; exceptions.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for any person to manufacture, assemble, possess, store, transport, sell, offer to sell, purchase, offer to purchase, deliver or give to another, or acquire any weapon of mass death and destruction.
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) Persons exempted from the provisions of G.S. 14?269 with respect to any activities lawfully engaged in while carrying out their duties.
(2) Importers, manufacturers, dealers, and collectors of firearms, ammunition, or destructive devices validly licensed under the laws of the United States or the State of North Carolina, while lawfully engaged in activities authorized under their licenses.(3) Persons under contract with the United States, the State of North Carolina, or any agency of either government, with respect to any activities lawfully engaged in under their contracts.
(4) Inventors, designers, ordnance consultants and researchers, chemists, physicists, and other persons lawfully engaged in pursuits designed to enlarge knowledge or to facilitate the creation, development, or manufacture of weapons of mass death and destruction intended for use in a manner consistent with the laws of the United States and the State of North Carolina.

i think the tax stamp counts as a "license" under NC law.

 

[Erebus]

He also was charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction, a 7.62 mm assault rifle.

Strangely the same people that will insist on calling a semi-auto rifle in 7.62mm a WMD will also scream that Saddam had no WMD.

Even in their hypocrisy they can't keep their story straight.

 

[brigadier]

Gauiesh, don't tell me the makers of the Nuke-50 .50BMG round came out with a 7.62x39.

 

[benEzra]

I'm guessing my AR's are WMD's.

Only if they are SBR's, or are illegally converted to full auto.

I agree that calling even an SBR or machinegun a "weapon of mass destruction" makes the term absolutely meaningless. If a small-caliber rifle is a "WMD", what term are you supposed to use for a nuclear weapon" Weapon of Humongous Destruction (WHD)?

 

[highorder]

Weapons of Terrible Ferociousness...

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[NG VI]

If we're renaming things then I'll name most MSM editorials and stories that are infected with editorializing Weapons of Apoplectic Rage, since that is what they inspire in me.

W.A.R.

 

[CaptMac]

Yes civilians can own NFA firearms in NC, I am a retired LEO from NC and have owned several NFA weapons. NC General Statute 14-288 has been on the books a long time, and long before WMD became a everyday word. One with an understanding of the the general statutes and the elements required for a violation, I would assume the AK the suspect was in possession of had been modified to fire more then once with a single pull of the trigger or had the barrel shortened less than 16 inches. If you want a screwy law research what constitutes a machinegun under District of Columbia Code, you will find it has nothing to do with firing more than one round with a single pull of the trigger.