Posted on 08/08/2012 4:33:54 PM PDT by redreno
All Seth Horvitz wanted was a Westinghouse 39-inch LED television. Instead, he got a high-caliber, semi-automatic assault rifle.
The Washington resident, who had ordered the television through a third-party vendor on Amazon.com, first realized that something wasn't quite right when a long, narrow box showed up at his apartment Tuesday, DCist reported.
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He should have kept the Sig. The SIG716 is a fine weapon.
I’d be furious, fast, if this had happened to me. Unless I was trying to snuff some cop in Juarez. Thanks redreno.
Uh, and what was the make and model of the TV he ordered? Ahem. I want to make sure I don’t accidentally get any icky guns by accident, don’t ya know!
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"Items get mixed up sometimes, but never on this scale," Horvitz told DCist. "I didn't think I was getting into a gun/electronics dealer."
The poor gun dealer is going to be getting a visit from the BATF.
I am sure this Horvitz will be getting a visit as well and he will at the very least be spending a lot of uncompensated time talking to investigators and lawyers.
If he is smart he will soon have a lawyer of his own.
Just imagine how disappointed you would be if you were expecting your new rifle and received a lousy television instead.
If you order the 60 inch TV can you get a chain gun?
It was a SIG Sauer SIG716 (7.62 x 51mm) semi-automatic rifle. Similar to .308 caliber.
It's worth around $2,000. He should have considered himself fortunate - like a lottery winner.
FTA:
Seth Horvitz, who lives in the northeast quadrant of the US capital, said he contacted police immediately after a parcel delivery service left the military-style SIG Sauer SIG716 at his apartment door."They were a little confused at first. They've never seen anything quite like it," he told Fox 5, a local television station.
"They just took my information and then said: 'We'll handle this weapon because it's illegal to keep here.' It's illegal to transport in a car, so it can't be returned."
While the box was addressed to Horvitz, who had ordered a flat-screen television from a third-party retailer via Amazon.com, an invoice inside the box suggested the gun was supposed to go to a Pennsylvania gun shop.
A spokesman for Washington's Metropolitan Police Department told AFP on Wednesday that the case -- which comes on the heels of two mass killings in the United States in less than a month -- remains under investigation.
On its website, the US subsidiary of SIG Sauer, a major European firearms manufacturer that supplies guns to many US police forces, says the SIG716 is "the rifle of choice when you require the power of a larger caliber carbine."
He’ll shoot his eye out.
It looks pretty big.
What a deal that is because the TV is crap.
Don’t even get me started on those “variable” power assault weapons. I can never figure out the settings on those things.
Don’t even get me started on those “variable” power assault weapons. I can never figure out the settings on those things.
Ring ring...Hello....yes it is....what SIG?
No, just more tolerant...
How come sh*t like this nevers happens to me....
Order books from Amazon
All I get are books......
I fell cheated....!
Thanks. I guess you missed my /sarc ;)
Thanks. I guess you missed my /sarc ;)
Some guys have all the luck.
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