Acquitted Militia Members Get 60 Guns Returned

[Aurumag]

Three members of a Michigan Hutaree militia group are getting back 60 guns between them, including rifles, handguns, shotguns and AK47s, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Thomas Piatek, Tina Stone and Michael Meeks along with six others were arrested in March 2010 as part of an FBI raid because of suspicions of plotting an anti-government revolt. In late March of this year, courts determined that the state was unable to prove its case, so these three and several others were acquitted and set free. Now that they are are out of custody the three are ready to get their weapons back.

Piatek's attorney, Arthur Weiss, explains that Piatek still has a Second Amendment right to own those firearms and the government no longer has any claim to them. US District Judge Victoria Roberts agreed and filed an order that would return the pile of firearms to their owners.

Weiss also argues that there's nothing remotely criminal about owning several dozen guns and close to 100,000 rounds of ammunition. In fact, one of the FBI agents who testified in the case confessed to owning more than 30 weapons.

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This is what I call GOOD NEWS!

[Unclad Lad]

The sad part is that this is news at all.

[Sport]

I like how AK's are some other class of gun from rifles. It's like say they were returned their handguns and desert eagles. Kudos to the judge for doing their job.

[Aurumag]

The sad part is that this is news at all.

It is newsworthy because this time the good guys came out ahead!

I assume you are referring to the fact that the FBI's original case was egregiously contrived and relied upon the standard, unscrupulous tactics of undercover scum-bags in an attempt to thwart BoR Article 2, but if not, then please elaborate.

Did you know that EVERY male (with very few exceptions) between the ages of 17 and 45 is MILITIA? Most of the militia I personally have dealt with are former military and over the age of 45.

10 USC § 311 - Militia: composition and classes

(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.

[hoarder]

I like how AK's are some other class of gun from rifles.

The AK's we own are not really AK's, they are semi-automatic AK look-alikes. We don't call our AR15's "M-16"s", so we should use different language to refer to our "AK's".

[REO 54]

The AK's we own are not really AK's, they are semi-automatic AK look-alikes. We don't call our AR15's "M-16"s", so we should use different language to refer to our "AK's".

I believe it's called a "AK variant"

[Ragnarok]

I would suggest they have those guns checked before firing them to see if they're still in working order.

What, me cynical?

R.

[Unclad Lad]

I believe it's called a "AK variant"

"AK-style semi-automatic rifle" is the preferred term.