Misfired AR-15 Case: Man Convicted for Auto Rifle

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I don't want to rehash this case because I'm sure it's been discussed already...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWWW1WOQpDk

I just have one specific question. Exactly how was BATFE notified of the double shot and malfunction? At my range, I don't think word would have gotten to the BATFE, unless there was a BATFE cop right there. If the guy trying to buy the gun told, that's really low.
 
According to the duplicate thread on this issue, there were police officers at the range who heard the doubling and they started asking questions.
 
If that's true, that's pathetic. The cop could have easily just said, "Ok, get that fixed because you could run into trouble," and left it at that, end of story.

But, no, the cop had to go all robotic on this Veteran. If anybody has a question about how a complete gun ban will be enforced, we have here the blueprint. America is becoming Mexico.

Even if this guy prevails in the end, it's almost like "what's the point?" if your life is going to be unduly disrupted.

Before this case, there was no way any reasonable gun owner could have assumed their gun (any gun) becomes a "machine gun" if it malfunctions in such a manner. It’s scary to think about how I always have to watch my back (in America of all places). :rolleyes:
 
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The problem is this made a criminal out of an otherwise peacefull citizen. That was not the purpose of the law.
 
I friend of mine had an AR that would pop two rounds if you pulled the trigger real easy. He bought it new. Allot of guns could malfunction and do the same.
 
Seems to me I read a column by Massad about a case he was involved in that was just like this a few years ago. Eventually they were able to show that it was a result of a broken part and it ended happily. I'll try and find the column.
 
We have a bunch of guys that come out to our range that have put in different firing pins or (somehow) disassemble their glock completely for cleaning, oiling parts that should not be oiled. We doubling and tripling intermittantly, to which we remind them politely that a Glock should only be disassembled completely by a certified armorer and the appropriate Glock oiling points. Its sad to think that if there was a police officer present at the range and this happened. Especially if the cop was being a hard@ss and decided that was illegal. Sometimes the legal community and government/police are so bloodthirsty in making a poster child that they demean their image in the process. :(
 
I had a Taurus PT111 that simultaneously developed a habit of light striking and going full auto. Just imagine a subcompact 9mm going

click....click.....click....BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG!

If I didn't anticipate before, I developed a bad case of it from that gun! :D

Nobody snitched on me fortunately. I sent the thing back to Taurus. Five whole months later :rolleyes: I got a brand new one.
 
How did they decide that the gun had fired twice with only one pull of the trigger? I understand that the shots would have been fired in a very short period of time, but if they trigger wasn't very heavy you could flinch and accidentally pull it again or just pull it twice.
 
I had a Glock 22 that once every 50 or so rounds would fire twice with one trigger pull. It was terribly annoying when that happened.

Got rid of the G22 - not for the reason stated above though. That's another story entirely.
 
How did they decide that the gun had fired twice with only one pull of the trigger?
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Well that's the whole problem. Tech Branch had to take the rifle into their shop and "work with it" to get it to recreate the problem.

But of course eventually it did, no surprise.
 
The NRA or some pro-gun lawyer should pick this up and run with it. I don't understand how the government can have a solid case on this.

Hope the defending lawyers tack on concealed carry somehow too...
 
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