Friday, August 10, 2012

Feds seize family's guns, money

Via Craig

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After almost a year in jail and a three-week trial, a jury has declared the members of the Reese family not guilty on 24 of the 28 counts against them. The jury did convict three of the four family members of making false statements in connection with the acquisition of firearms. Remington Reese, the 20-year old younger son, was acquitted of all charges, while his older brother, Ryin was found guilty on two counts and his father and mother, Rick and Terri, were found guilty on one count each. The charges carry a potential sentence of five years and $50,000 for each count, but those convicted typically receive sentences of about one year.

Those sentences are what judges give to the criminals who knowingly and intentionally lie on federal forms though, not firearms dealers who “should have known” that customers were lying to them. It’s quite possible that, as federally licensed firearms dealers, the Reeses will be held to a higher standard and receive tougher sentences. Sentencing is scheduled for early October. Rick and Ryin will continue to be held without bail, but Terri will remain out on bail until sentence is passed. Remington was released from custody at the conclusion of the trial.

As reported previously in this column, Rick Reese and his family ran a gun shop outside of Deming, N.M., for more than 17 years. Over that time they built up the business into a profitable enterprise, and Rick had planned to retire and close the store. His eldest son, Ryin, 24, was in the process of obtaining a Federal Firearms License, or FFL, of his own and was opening a store in nearby Las Cruces, N.M. In August of last year, local ATF agents asked the family to come down to their offices to discuss Ryin’s FFL application. When the family showed up at the ATF office, they were arrested on charges of conspiring to illegally sell firearms and assist in smuggling them to Mexico, money laundering (because they supposedly knew the money paying for the guns had come from illegal activities) and making false statements in connection with the acquisition of firearms.

Via WND

5 comments:

  1. "This case serves to put firearms dealers on notice that they will be held accountable for any failure to comply with federal firearms laws.” -U.S. Attorney Ken Gonzales.

    Forfeiture of property unrelated to the charges at hand, breaking and entering, holding at gunpoint persons unrelated to the case, and prosecution to give notice...

    Sounds like a mafia to me.

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  2. Sounds like a mafia to me.

    As is the total government.

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  3. Ya all knows its tough to get FFL.This article make it clear that one should not give false statement to get their FFL and the later causes of it.So be honest while giving your detail,it will not make you suffer anyways.

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    1. BULLSHIT. (SORRY Brock)

      Did you even read the article, or know anything about this case?

      The ATF set these people up - had a guy say something about sending the guns to meh-hee-co *IN SPANISH* -- but they don't SPEAK Spanish!

      So now they're "guilty" of selling guns when they "should have known" they weren't supposed to.

      Not *KNEW* -- but "should have known."

      This is a TRAVESTY - a total miscarriage of justice, which is pretty much par for the course when the BATFEces are involved.

      Rotten bastards. Most of 'em belong in prison right beside the (VERY) few REAL criminals they take down.

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  4. Most of 'em belong in prison right beside the (VERY) few REAL criminals they take down

    Absolutely and hope they will eventually end up there dropping the soap each day at least a few times.:)

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