David’s mal-functioning AR-15 brought so much attention at the Berlin Conservation Club the police were called in.
OMG! There is an AR-15 sputtering out three rounds before jamming—What to do?! Well, as any small town cop knows, you call in the BIG guys.
The ATF did its usual shtick and after working with the gun in numerous configurations
finally made it mal-function and decided YES, it is AFTER ALL, an automatic rifle, now illegal! With this they went to court.
Long story short, David’s side never really got a chance to present itself. The judge instructed the jury- his way. The jury, of course followed. David was found guilty and is now in a Federal prison in
I was at his appeal hearing in
We are a nation of histrionics.
We’ve become seasoned to ignore absolute violence by movies and entertainment while we’ve become hyper reactionary to self defense by a “feel good” society that tells us it is ALL about the gun!
Were you or I to walk down the street with a holstered gun we’d probably be arrested for Disorderly Conduct. That can even be on our own property, as in the caseof Brad Krause from
Brad’s neighbor called the local police when Brad was seen with a holstered gun while planting trees on his own property. The neighbor was ‘questioning’ whether or not it was legal. Again “Mayberry RFD” came in and after not knowing what to do, decided Brad should be arrested for “disorderly conduct.”
He was recently acquitted. No one knows if he ever got his LEGALLY OWNED gun back.
How do we change this?
We are in the middle of mass denial. The ‘powers that be’ refuse to accept the facts. They refuse to accept honest statistics that show how an armed community is a safe community. It is TIME for this to CHANGE!
We can do this but it takes us all working together.