West Virginia man receives five year prison sentence for selling machine gun conversion kits to white supremacists over the internet.

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[–]Canbot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He was probably set up by the FBI. There are more criminals in government then there are in prison.

[–]ShalomEveryone[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good thing about the federal prison system, there is no parole.

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[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I can't access this.

Was he put in prison for not selling machine gun conversion kits to all races, like the gay cake thing?

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To all races, presumably.

Using Browsec to VPN in the US:

https://www.wvnews.com

West Virginia man feds allege was providing machinegun conversion units to Boogaloo adherents gets 5 years in fed prison

Timothy John Watson was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Groh for unlawful possession of silencer

From Staff Reports Oct 13, 2021

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — A 31-year-old Ranson man was sentenced to 5 years in prison Wednesday or unlawfully possessing a firearm silencer, U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II announced.

Timothy John Watson pleaded guilty in March to one count of possession of unregistered firearm silencer. Watson admitted to having an unregistered silencer in November in Jefferson County.

The government presented evidence Wednesday that Watson’s conduct also involved his manufacture and transfer of hundreds of machinegun conversion devices for AR-15 style rifles, also known as “drop in auto sears,” to nearly 800 individuals including individuals whom he had reason to believe were adherents to an extremist political movement referred to as “Boogaloo,” a term referencing an impending civil war or violent uprising against the government for perceived incursions on U.S. Constitutional rights, including the Second Amendment. From those sales, the FBI opened matters involving 58 individuals, resulting to date in three firearms-related arrests and one conviction. Many of the investigations remain ongoing.

Watson was ordered to forfeit the silencer, all 3D-printed items that the government will argue are machinegun conversion devices, the 3D printers, 3D printer parts, and 3D printer supplies, as well as a U.S. Postal Service package containing the same conversion devices. All items were seized during a search in November.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jarod J. Douglas and Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted. The FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service continues its investigation.

Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.

[–]chadwickofwv 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So, in other words the headline is a complete lie. He was not convicted of selling conversion kits, he was convicted of owning a silencer, which is a safety device. The ATF must be abolished with extreme prejudice.