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ATF lost courtcase and tried to hide court docs
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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 3169791" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>Oh it's way better than that.</p><p></p><p>The serial number on his gun was within a range that was known to have many alterations/mistakes or something like that by the manufacturer or maybe the importer. Something like that anyway. </p><p></p><p>That was a problem from the manufacturer, not because it had been illegally altered and ATF knew it. During trial he made the court perfectly aware of that and it was the basis for the initial charge. Before trial, to intimidate him, they tacked on almost another dozen hoping he wouldn't go to court. The US Attorney was a real piece of work. </p><p></p><p>Friesen brought in a statistical mathematics professor of some quite respectable repute. And it just happened to be the SAME professor that had performed the audit(s) on the ATF's registry and the found gaping holes and wrote the reports. </p><p></p><p>This is just a couple of ways that he handed them their head on a platter. If the court transcripts are still out there and you like reading this stuff it's quite fascinating.</p><p></p><p>He had all but two charges dropped altogether and he agreed to plead on the remaining two when they dropped them to misdemeanors. He got to keep his guns but I doubt he got reimbursed for his costs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 3169791, member: 3099"] Oh it's way better than that. The serial number on his gun was within a range that was known to have many alterations/mistakes or something like that by the manufacturer or maybe the importer. Something like that anyway. That was a problem from the manufacturer, not because it had been illegally altered and ATF knew it. During trial he made the court perfectly aware of that and it was the basis for the initial charge. Before trial, to intimidate him, they tacked on almost another dozen hoping he wouldn't go to court. The US Attorney was a real piece of work. Friesen brought in a statistical mathematics professor of some quite respectable repute. And it just happened to be the SAME professor that had performed the audit(s) on the ATF's registry and the found gaping holes and wrote the reports. This is just a couple of ways that he handed them their head on a platter. If the court transcripts are still out there and you like reading this stuff it's quite fascinating. He had all but two charges dropped altogether and he agreed to plead on the remaining two when they dropped them to misdemeanors. He got to keep his guns but I doubt he got reimbursed for his costs. [/QUOTE]
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