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Washington man orders TV, gets high-caliber assault rifle instead
All Seth Horvitz wanted was a Westinghouse 39-inch LED television. Instead, he got a high-caliber, semi-automatic assault rifle.
The Washington resident, who had ordered the television through a third-party vendor on Amazon.com, first realized that something wasn't quite right when a long, narrow box showed up at his apartment Tuesday, DCist reported.
"When I brought it in and opened it, I was totally shocked," Horvitz told DCist.
The package contained a Sig Sauer SIG716, a Swiss-made 7.6 pound, 37-inch-long assault rifle.
Horvitz's name and address were on the mailing label. But inside the box, an invoice contained the address of a Pennsylvania gun shop.
"We've seen in recent weeks the tremendous damage these guns can do," said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, which campaigns for greater gun control in the United States.
"We have to be better than a nation where assault weapons are so prevalent and can so easily end up in dangerous hands," he said in a statement. "It's deeply disturbing."
Originally posted by VikingWarlord
reply to post by impaired
It's not a "big gun", a .50 BMG is a big gun. Secondly, a lot of people like guns in the U.S., deal with it.
Originally posted by phroziac
I hope the gun control fools know its illegal to ship guns to people who arent federally licensed firearms dealers...
Originally posted by VikingWarlord
reply to post by impaired
I hate having to explain this to people, they are fun to shoot, they are used to survive, they can save your life. When idiots like yourself ask "does it make you feel like a man?" I seriously wonder why? Several FEMALE members of my family love to hunt and target shoot, as do millions of FEMALES all over the U.S. Get over yourself.
Q: May a nonlicensee ship a firearm through the U.S. Postal Service?
A nonlicensee may not transfer a firearm to a non-licensed resident of another State. A nonlicensee may mail a shotgun or rifle to a resident of his or her own State or to a licensee in any State. The Postal Service recommends that long guns be sent by registered mail and that no marking of any kind which would indicate the nature of the contents be placed on the outside of any parcel containing firearms. Handguns are not mailable. A common or contract carrier must be used to ship a handgun.
[18 U.S.C. 1715, 922(a)(3), 922(a)(5) and 922 (a)(2)(A)]
Source
Q: May a nonlicensee ship firearms interstate for his or her use in hunting or other lawful activity?
Yes. A person may ship a firearm to himself or herself in care of another person in the State where he or she intends to hunt or engage in any other lawful activity. The package should be addressed to the owner. Persons other than the owner should not open the package and take possession of the firearm.
See, here we go - now I'm an idiot and I need to get over myself.
Your own post proves the kind of person you are - you know it all.
I must have ruffled some feathers. Sorry about that.
Originally posted by VikingWarlord
reply to post by impaired
When you asked if it feels like a man when I held a gun it was purely an inflammatory and IDIOTIC statement. You must be IMPAIRED mentally to think that a reason to own a gun would be to make you feel like a man, when females like them too. Then you brush it off like nothing and then further insult me. YES GET OVER YOURSELF, and move on. No, check that, I will move on because I do not want to go further off topic. Sorry OP
edit on 8/9/12 by VikingWarlord because: Off Topic
Originally posted by impaired
reply to post by seeker1963
So what if women use guns? How many women do you see going, "Oooh!! Look at that gun! It's effin' awesome! OMG OMG!".
Originally posted by Slickinfinity
reply to post by impaired
I like guns, their designs and different types of bullets or shells they fire and I think a responsible person is perfectly capable of owning and using a gun with no bad things happening. Guns are dangerous and should only be licensed for use to people who pass gun safety test and have a clear record so I understand anyone who is anti gun, my wife is and the morons who do stupid stuff with guns make it difficult for responsible gun owners to get their point across without being labeled a gun nut.
What can I say guns shaped alot of the world and have a big part of our history for the last half millenia and we cant just forget that and meat you kill yourself is always going to be better than anything mass produced for super marker sale.