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A federal judge on Monday handed down probation to two men found guilty of violating federal law on manufacturing and possessing silencers despite their belief state law protected their actions.
An Army surplus store owner, Shane Cox, 45, from Chanute, had been found guilty on eight different felony counts– all involving the illegal making, possession, and transfer of unregistered National Firearms Act-controlled firearms. Chief Judge J. Thomas Marten gave Cox two years’ probation and an $800 assessment for costs.
Jeremy Kettler, 28, also of Chanute, who purchased an illegal suppressor from Cox, had been found guilty of a single count of possession of an unregistered NFA firearm and was given a year’s probation and a $100 assessment.
In each case, the men argued the Kansas Second Amendment Protection Act shielded Kansans from being prosecuted under federal gun control laws so long as the firearms were made and sold inside the state and marked as such.
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I know the law's only been in effect for like 80 years...but I can't help thinking about how absurd it is every time someone brings it up here...especially the "silencer" and short-barrel part....how is that supposed to have made our streets any safer over the decades? Has it had any effect whatsoever? Perhaps if the powers that be will not change this ridiculous law...mass disobedience in all 50 states would do the trick.
glocksmith wrote:Perhaps if the powers that be will not change this ridiculous law...mass disobedience in all 50 states would do the trick.
Great idea except for the fact that if the judge decided to be sporty it's a ten year federal pound you in the butt prison sentence and federal felony.
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evan price wrote:Great idea except for the fact that if the judge decided to be sporty it's a ten year federal pound you in the butt prison sentence and federal felony.
Not to mention the little detail that no matter what you're actually sentenced to you become a prohibited person simply by virtue of the conviction.
evan price wrote:Great idea except for the fact that if the judge decided to be sporty it's a ten year federal pound you in the butt prison sentence and federal felony
Yep. Which is a pretty ridiculous penalty for a few missing inches on a gun barrel...or a metal tube screwed on the end of a barrel of any length. I can think of a Hell of a lot of worse crimes - in terms of harm to others - which have disproportionately lesser penalties. Just doesn't make sense.