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Feds to return 130 antique guns to Vt. dealer
chron.com ^
| 5 September, 2011
| AP
Posted on 09/06/2011 7:24:43 PM PDT by marktwain
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — The federal government is planning to return 130 antique guns seized from a St. Johnsbury gun dealer who once owned firearm that was later used in a Boston killing.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; constitution; doj; gun; vt
They are keeping 370 other firearms even though no charges have been made in the case yet. Hard to say if there were any violations of the law from the article.
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posted on
09/06/2011 7:24:51 PM PDT
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
The 370 are probably not returned because cops walked out the door with them.
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posted on
09/06/2011 7:30:02 PM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What does the Republican party stand for////??? absolutely nothing.)
To: marktwain
Let me guess: he resembled a Mexican drug-dealer?
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posted on
09/06/2011 7:30:34 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: marktwain
...guess the Mexican buyer backed out...
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posted on
09/06/2011 7:31:57 PM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: marktwain
WTF?
“because the antiques do not meet the federal government’s definition of a firearm.”
If it can be shot, then what the heck is it? I own some “offcial” antiques. They shoot.
Lots wrong with this story
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posted on
09/06/2011 7:33:12 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: dynachrome
“official” that is.
defective spelchek.
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posted on
09/06/2011 7:34:25 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: dynachrome
“because the antiques do not meet the federal government’s definition of a firearm.” Guns that do not fire fixed ammunition, such as muzzle loaders, and guns made before 1898, are not regulated by the federal government.
The feds are used to confiscating everything and nobody tells them that they can not, they do not have the jurisdiction. Someone stood up to them in this case, so that is a good thing.
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posted on
09/06/2011 7:37:01 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
To: marktwain
“guns made before 1898”
yup.
Some cool Ruskie antiques here:
ANTIQUE M-39 RIFLES****
NO FFL NEEDED FOR PURCHASE
http://www.gunsnammo.com/
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posted on
09/06/2011 7:41:09 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: dynachrome
The Shelburne Farm has a very nice antique gun collection in one of its museums.
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posted on
09/06/2011 7:47:11 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
To: gaijin
My guess is that he was raided because he wouldn’t cooperate with the ATF and their straw buyer.
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posted on
09/06/2011 7:51:16 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
To: org.whodat
ATF ? the 370 were probably walked to Mexico
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posted on
09/06/2011 8:02:53 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(obama..."Fredo-Smart")
To: marktwain
"Sir, we're backing our truck up with you guns right now. Where would you like them?"
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posted on
09/06/2011 8:10:52 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: org.whodat
The 370 are probably not returned because cops walked out the door with the The first thought that crossed my mind.
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posted on
09/07/2011 5:25:20 AM PDT
by
piroque
(Southern born and Raised,)
To: piroque
Several years ago a man was killed in a hunting accident in north Carolina, it took his widow 4 years to get his guns back, and then it only happened because a judge started fining the local sheriff a $1000 a day for violation of a court order to return the property.
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posted on
09/07/2011 5:43:00 AM PDT
by
org.whodat
(What does the Republican party stand for////??? absolutely nothing.)
To: marktwain
They are TAKING our guns.
They are stealing our money and giving it to those who won’t work for their own.
They are groping our little girls at the airport.
They are shutting down our economy using fake environmental concerns.
When, oh when, is it EVER going to be time, Claire?
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posted on
09/07/2011 10:30:33 AM PDT
by
backwoods-engineer
(Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")
To: marktwain; dynachrome
...guns made before 1898, are not regulated by the federal government.Actually, I think it's guns made in 1898 or earlier - before 1899, in other words - that meet the federal definition of "antiques."
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posted on
09/09/2011 6:34:15 PM PDT
by
Ocean Ranger
('unrestricted ocean operations')
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