This weekend I went to the gun show with Les. One particularly interesting thing happened to me while there. I was walking around with an AR15 (not that I’m necessarily trying to sell it but, hey, everyone has a price) when a fellow walks up and asks about it and how much I want for it. He then proceeds to ask: So, did you put his flash hider on here? My immediate thought was that he was an ATF agent. I paused and informed him that some arbitrary law made it illegal for me to put a flash hider on that gun because then it would be an assault weapon. I also explained to him that it was a muzzle break because the holes were only at the top instead of all around. After that, he was no longer interested in the gun. I told Les I’d bet $100 he was an ATF agent who thought he had someone.

Via Unknownnews, this St. Louis Post article on gun shows is interesting:

Scrutiny of gun shows in the St. Louis area laid the foundation for raids, quietly conducted in April, in which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives seized 572 guns from the homes of five show participants, according to court documents.

At least one criminal prosecution has resulted, in federal court in East St. Louis.

So, they seize 572 guns and search 5 people and get only one perseprosecution?

Then the article goes into the tired and irrelevant argument of the evil gun show loophole, which doesn’t exist. All that exists is the right of citizens to engage in lawful commerce.

Posted in uncategorized on September 29th, 2003 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |