divemedic
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I know this all happened in June, but I am just hearing about it:
P.A. Luty, the writer of the book "Expedient Homemade Firearms" and owner of www.thehomegunsmith.com has apparently been arrested in Britain. I say apparently, because he disappeared several weeks ago, and the British government is only now admitting that they have him.
The second book, a manual of how to construct your own machine pistol from common hardware store parts, is available for free download here.
P.A. Luty, the writer of the book "Expedient Homemade Firearms" and owner of www.thehomegunsmith.com has apparently been arrested in Britain. I say apparently, because he disappeared several weeks ago, and the British government is only now admitting that they have him.
Then came word from a mutual friend in Portugal. A veteran of their armed forces, he had lived for many years here in Arizona, working as a gunsmith, and maintained an interest in the manufacture of guns. He was one of the regular visitors to Phil’s website. His home had been raided by a task force of Interpol and the Portuguese equivalent of the FBI’s counter-terrorism squad. They had specifically been asked to do so by Britain’s MI-5 as part of an investigation surrounding Mr. Luty. Some cyber-sleuthing among webmasters revealed that an RKBA-friendly (Right to Keep and Bear Arms) web guru had been contacted by Phil via his brother and asked to take the website down and wipe it. Phil had once again been scooped up by the British authorities, but under the newly modified anti-terror laws, had been able to do so without notifying anyone for weeks. After being pressured by friends and family, the Metropolitan Police finally only admit that Phil was arrested (on a date still not revealed) for “incitement of crimes” via his website, but would not provide a specific charge against him or any examples of what crimes or incitements to which they were referring.
At this time, there is no address to which to send positive correspondence to Phil, as the police who hold him refuse to say anything more, including where he is held. Phil’s brother John is keeping his head low, fearing the never dismissed charges brought against him in 2005 might be brought back to life if he were to publicly advocate and agitate for Phil. It is even unclear at this point if further proceeds from sales of Phil’s book via the publisher will now ever reach him again.
In short,…the British government has wanted for a very long time to simply take Phillip Luty and drop him down a deep dark hole. It seems they may have finally succeeded. In so doing, Phil has succeeded also. He has succeeded in showing us here in the U.S. that what defenders of the 2nd Amendment have been saying is true;…”If they succeed in repealing the 2nd Amendment, the 1st Amendment is next.”
I’d say ask if Phillip Luty agrees,…but he can’t.
The second book, a manual of how to construct your own machine pistol from common hardware store parts, is available for free download here.