Minnesota soldier shipped AK-47s home!!

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A federal grand jury in Madison indicted Melnichuk on two charges: illegally importing the assault rifles and illegally possessing them. If convicted, he faces up to five years on the importation charge and up to 10 years on the possession charge.
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A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
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which law is being broken exactly?

Would they get up to 15 years for illegaly importing a big bag of rice?
 
military importation

Civil liability is not his only problem, from what I have been told a military person who illegally imports a weapon or imports it for profit can be court marshalled, which means no right to posess any firearm, or vote.
 
dch1978,

You're right, in part. I think one has to be dishonorably discharged to have rights suspended.

I hope he fights the charges.
 
Problem is, those AK's are probably full-auto versions. That means a breach of the NFA, as well as the importation problem. If the charges are proved, he's in a world of legal hurt.

Also, a court-martial conviction is the same as a Federal conviction - it counts as a felony or misdemeanor on your criminal record, depending on the charges. If he is found guilty by a court-martial of what would be a felony in criminal court, he gets a felony record, and loses his civil rights in the same way.
 
It's pounded into their heads the whole time they are over there, NO SOUVENIRS, I don't think this boy should be made an exception.
 
Problem is, those AK's are probably full-auto versions. That means a breach of the NFA, as well as the importation problem. If the charges are proved, he's in a world of legal hurt.
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Exactly what I first thought when I saw the thread subject. The guy's brining home full auto weapons, and BATF is going to want their time in court with him. If found guilty, I'm afraid this soldier is probably in pretty big trouble. :(
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thats a HUGE consequence for bringing over something he could get from some FFL over here if he looked hard enough. I am sure they were full Auto''s, otherwise I doubt he'd bother.
 
The law IS the law, if we don't follow them like it or not WE become one of the BG's. He knew better and got caught.. Like Beretta said, "if you can't do the time, don't do the crime".
 
Cut him loose, give him the firearms and celebrate his safe return. If I were on his jury, I would not convict him.

After all, its not like he's a congressman from California.
 
He probably just got confused about the "mission" in Iraq, and thought it included bringing home rifles. If he's guilty, they'll make an example of this idiot.
 
CraigJS said:
The law IS the law, if we don't follow them like it or not WE become one of the BG's. He knew better and got caught.. Like Beretta said, "if you can't do the time, don't do the crime".
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Poppycock. You don't become a "BADGUY" just because you don't follow the law. While you may become a "criminal" upon conviction, good and bad is determined by the deed, not the law.
 
If, and that's a big IF, I were going to do something like that I would remove the selector (full auto) from the weapon before sending the AK. I'd also send the selector to a different address well before trying to send the AK.

As is, the guy is pretty well screwed. Can you say example?
 
CraigJS said:
The law IS the law, if we don't follow them like it or not WE become one of the BG's. He knew better and got caught.. Like Beretta said, "if you can't do the time, don't do the crime".
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Will you say the same thing if government keeps reducing our rights to bear arms?

Owning military equipment should be unrestricted to citizens. It used to be that way, until legislation started being passed restricting military equipment to civilians.

If a politician makes a law that you cannot be out from 12am til 5am will you still say "oh well, too bad, it's the law"... no offense, but this is sheeple mentality.
 
It's pounded into their heads the whole time they are over there, NO SOUVENIRS, I don't think this boy should be made an exception.
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Well, their Commander-In-Chief has Saddam's sidearm as a souvenir, and he wasn't even over there except for a short visit.

I guess it's OK to make an exception for the King. :rolleyes:
 
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If, and that's a big IF, I were going to do something like that I would remove the selector (full auto) from the weapon before sending the AK. I'd also send the selector to a different address well before trying to send the AK.

As is, the guy is pretty well screwed. Can you say example?
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The selector is not the problem part on an AK, it's that pesky extra hole in the receiver. Well, that and not having proper import permits.
 
We had a Navy vice admiral who got into deep kim-chee when he tried to bring a couple AKs back on a military aircraft after our little excursion to Grenada ... There have been more than a few folks who've tried stuff like since we started in Iraq, and it's not been just lower ranking enlisted personnel that have gotten nailed ...
 
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

Any one stop and think that the law is wrong? The above quote is OUR Constitution and it doesn't specify what an "ARM" is. We are friggin' Americans, why do we have to paint ourselves into corners. I don't see that the guy did anything wrong. That soldier risked his life, did his part for the country, snubbed his nose at this "regulation"/unconstitutional "law" and now he's in trouble.
Those idiots that have made these unconstitutional "laws" haven't done anything for this country but imposed their ignorant will against a free people and it is wrong, they are the ones that should be prosecuted :banghead:. What the h*ll is wrong with us nowadays? We can't trust ourselves? If I recall, not to long ago a full-auto Thompson sub-machine gun could be ordered through the mail. You didn't see an entire country wreck havoc upon itself because of it.
If we're going to make excuses for legitimizing laws restricting our rights under the Constitution we might as well pull out all the stops and toss the dang thing into the Atlantic Ocean! Give me a break. Dude should be given a medal and a bonus check.
 
I was on merchant ships last year picking up and dropping off gear in the gulf, and we would check in wheel wells, and other spaces for hidden souveneirs... Not neccesarily to "bust" anybody but to see if we could find anything cool...:)

No dice (for the most part) but some of the civvy mariners had stories about finding ak's and such the year before...

A guy from the base I'm assigned to got busted with a grenade(s?) from over in afganistan I think... he got brig time... although he did smuggle them in the hold of a chartered aircraft (with 200+ people on it, I imagine) so he got off light for risking all those folks...
 
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Maybe President Bush will pardon all of those convicted of similiar offenses; He does have the pistol saddam had in his hidey-hole at the white house :rolleyes:
 
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