Posted on 07/06/2006 4:27:44 PM PDT by TVenn
http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2006/tle371-20060611-05.html
JPFO ALERT:
ATF Raids KT Ordnance!
by Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
www.jpfo.org/
Reprinted by The Libertarian Enterprise
June 8, 2006
Yesterday we received word that KT Ordnance, manufacturer of incomplete (80%-finished) frames, was raided for the alleged "illegal manufacture of firearms." KT Ordnance has been a great asset to those who wish to purchase unfinished receivers with which to anonymously manufacture their own firearmsa perfectly legal process, according to the BATFE website (http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/faq2.htm#a6).
You can see from photos of the AR-15 kit (www.jpfo.org/kto1.jpg and www.jpfo.org/kto2.jpg) that the product cannot possibly be a functioning "firearm"it's simply a chunk of metal! So how can this happen?
Early reports suggest thatas Len Savage warned us in his "Talkin' to America" interview (www.jpfo.org/tta060508.htm)the BATFE has arbitrarily decided that certain products have the "features and characteristics" of firearms. As can be expected, there exists no definition of exactly what "features and characteristics" are in question at this time.
Other reports indicate that much of KT Ordnance's inventory is being confiscated, and computer hard drives have been duplicated, although the computers themselves remain at KT Ordnance's location.
It appears that certain government agents are indeed getting desperate. Richard Celata, owner of KT Ordnance, has been a long-time supporter of JPFO and a staunch defender of the Second Amendment (see our alert at www.jpfo.org/alert20050513.htm). Did the raid take place because of his association with a Jewish civil rights organization? Was it related to the upcoming UN Conference on small arms (www.jpfo.org/alert20060523.htm)? Or could it be because too many gun owners are discovering that building their own firearms is simple, anonymous, and LEGAL (according to the BATFE's own sitesee above)?
Details on the raid are at this time very, VERY sketchy. We will continue to report on this outrageous, vindictive action by the BATFE as more information comes in. Visitors to the KT Ordnance website will note that the site is no longer online. Richard has informed us that this was to prevent orders from coming in during this time, as there is no way to know what is being monitored or otherwise tracked by BATFE.
JPFO and Gun Owners of America (www.gunowners.org) are working to establish legal defense for KT Ordnance, and will keep you posted on our progress. In the meantime, please spread the word far and wide about this outrageous, indefensible action by the BATFE. Ask questions and demand answers from those in power who claim they are "friends" of gun owners.
We must do what we can to help and support our brothers-in- arms at KT Ordnance.
The Liberty Crew
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Bump.
JBT's raid KT Ordnance ^
Posted by M1928A1 Thompson
On News/Activism ^ 06/11/2006 7:17:55 PM PDT · 77 replies · 1,369+ views
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1647598/posts
Jackbooted government thug bump.
It will take a costly lawsuit, and possibly personal intervention by his Congressional representatives to effect the return of the confiscated property. That is the sad state of the BATFE.
I'm betting that the "AUTO" marking is what got him in trouble.
Do you have a source for this claim?
Let me guess.
You think,like Janet Reno, that federal agents had to gas and burn the children at Waco to save them from Koresh?
How about the ATF raid on Waco?
Necessary because the Davidians were "stockpiling" weapons?
Apologists for these jack booted thugs sickens me.
The owner of KT Ordnance had said on his web page right after the raid that the BATFE had staged the raid to prevent him from holding one of his BBQ/assembly parties.
As for your guessing abilities you are batting zero. In calling me an apologist for BATFE you are sadly mistaken, I have no use for them at all!!! All I did was let Panzerfaust, know that the excuse used for the raid had nothing to do with the "auto" markings on the receiver. My personal opinion about all Gun laws that all gun laws are unconstitutional!
P.S perhaps you should check out a persons profile before jumping to conclusions in the future
Not anymore.
High court's Calif. pot ruling also outlaws homemade machine guns
Of all the despicable Federal agencies, ATF should be the most "feared." Not only is law not important to them but citizen lives are not either.
Good advice.
My apologies.
I am betting that the ruling is against machine guns only, not other firearms (semi-autos, etc.) because federal law does not allow any more machine guns to be available for civilians. Making your own would violate that law. There is no such provision for non full-auto firearms.
The selector is an entirely different part. Just having it marked on the outside makes it neither full auto nor illegal.
I am betting that it is due to him being friendly to JPFO. The BATFE has been pissed off at them and anyone even remotely tied to them due to JPFO making known what a bunch of idiots the BATFE is. Shoestrings are machine guns, malfunctioning semi-automatic rifle is an illegal machine gun, incompetant "experts", etc.
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