Man from Savage faces federal charges of possessing machine

[Pat Cannon]

As I said elsewhere recently, when I was in college I don't remember anybody saying, "I can't decide between quantum physics and journalism".

[bstrawse]

As I said elsewhere recently, when I was in college I don't remember anybody saying, "I can't decide between quantum physics and journalism".

I'm stealing this quote.
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[farmerj]

Federal law prohibits any person from possessing any type of machine gun.

Sigh.

More like a face palm.....

and I don't want to find a face palm for it, it's so pathetic.

[bstrawse]

Update to story:
http://www.savagepacer.com/news/police/ ... arrest-106

I had some correspondence with the reporter and the editor about some of the mistruths in their original story - most of which they corrected going into the second story.

I guess writing to the press in smaller towns helps
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[WWJD]

And while a 24-hour surveillance operation continued for three days, authorities didn’t say much to neighbors about what was going on.

Remedial math anyone? Forget journalism skool.

[DeanC]

3 eight hour shifts?

[bensdad]

Clearly, the author meant, "...around the clock surveillance continued for three days."

[JFettig]

Federal law prohibits any person from possessing any type of machine gun.

Sigh.

The sentence before that, too:

On June 10 Banks was charged by criminal complaint with possessing an AR-15 machine gun.

I'd prefer to see good writing that doesn't further public ignorance; something like, "...an AR-15 semi-automatic sporting rifle illegally modified for automatic fire."

There is such thing as a select fire AR-15.

[White Horseradish]

There is such thing as a select fire AR-15.

Does it stop being an AR-15 if somebody modifies it to FA?

[1911fan]

That used to be the semantics, an AR was semi, M16 was full auto. At some point, those lines have crossed, particularly when the military has had some semi or burst only models with the M16 designation.

[White Horseradish]

That used to be the semantics, an AR was semi, M16 was full auto. At some point, those lines have crossed, particularly when the military has had some semi or burst only models with the M16 designation.

Oh, I know. But that applies to guns made that way. We're talking a conversion, which could be even a filed-down sear (nobody said it was a safe FA gun). In the same vein, does an M-16 with the FA parts removed stay an M-16 or become an AR-15?

[farmerj]

That used to be the semantics, an AR was semi, M16 was full auto. At some point, those lines have crossed, particularly when the military has had some semi or burst only models with the M16 designation.

Oh, I know. But that applies to guns made that way. We're talking a conversion, which could be even a filed-down sear (nobody said it was a safe FA gun). In the same vein, does an M-16 with the FA parts removed stay an M-16 or become an AR-15?

according to ATF...

Once a machine gun, always a machine gun.

[JFettig]

There is such thing as a select fire AR-15.

Does it stop being an AR-15 if somebody modifies it to FA?

Way way way back they made select fire AR-15s, early AR-15s, some of them are even C&R transferable. They do say AR-15 right on them, I think the one I got to handle said both Colt and Armalite on it if I remember correctly.

I am not sure of the history of this one, but you can see the autosear pin hole and ar-15
http://media.photobucket.com/image/colt ... yfeAyJ.jpg


Jon