Footage Captures the Moment Federal Agents Storm Calif. Gun Parts Store
Becket Adams
The Blaze
3/17/2014
Federal agents on Saturday executed a search warrant on a gun parts store in California, despite the store owner filing a temporary restraining order against their agency.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had demanded that Dimitri Karras, the CEO of Ares Armor in National City, Calif., turn over the names of nearly 5,000 customers who had purchased an 80 percent lower receiver that reportedly failed to meet ATF specifications.
Karras, a former U.S. Marine, agreed to turn over the receivers, but refused to reveal the names of his customers. He then filed the restraining order…
…It’s worth noting that the ATF application refers to the receivers in question as “firearms,” which would seem to be an incorrect application of the term. Outgoing Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) introduced a bill last August that would define 80 percent lower receivers as “firearms,” but the legislation has not passed…
The entire article, with video, is at The Blaze.
…Under the hastily-passed SAFE Act, Gun owners have until April 15 to register their so-called semi-automatic rifles that fall under the state’s own definition of “military-style assault weapons.” The forms they burned are the very forms the state wants them to turn in registering their firearms…
Conn. gun confiscation: It depends on what the definition of ‘is’ is
Dora Schriro, commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP), announced Friday that her agency had sent a letter to gun owners in the state who missed the Jan. 1 deadline to turn in the newly-designated “illegal weapons.” …
…But official reports indicate that 300,000 out of the state’s 350,000 owners of the banned items have refused to comply. ..
