DHS Raids Gun Collector, Confiscates Nearly 1,500 Guns – No Charges Filed

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DHS Raids Gun Collector, Confiscates Nearly 1,500 Guns – No Charges Filed

WTF!!!  If no charges are laid, ...why the raid? What laws were broken here, ...and by whom?

by Tim Brown, Freedom Outpost:

On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security, along with a SWAT team and Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies raided the home of Robert Adams in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, according to a federal search warrant affidavit the raid seized nearly 1,500 firearms from the man’s home and business. However, no charges have been filed against him, despite the fact that court documents reveal that agents had been watching Adams for years.

By Wednesday afternoon dozens of rifles were hauled out of the house, bagged as evidence and laid out on the lawn. According to search warrants that were filed on Thursday Homeland Security Investigations confiscated nearly 900 firearms from Adams’ home, 548 handguns and 317 rifles. They also seized 599 pistols and revolvers from his office.

Neighbors say that he was a firearms collector and some indicated that he was also a licensed gun seller. No confirmation of that has been forthcoming.


http://sgtreport.com/2013/02/dhs-raids-gun-collector-confiscates-nearly-1500-guns-no-charges-filed/

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I'm guessing that if any charges are filed, this will look more like a tax case with a little firearms law buggery thrown in, than anything else.

A little back story on the man, and firearms import law -

Bob Adams is/was a dealer in high end collectible guns, mostly 4 figures - low five figures antiques. What I'm guessing is that they are going over every gun he has and everyone he's sold to see if he didn't pay the required import tax(10 - 11 %).

They'll also be looking at them to see if he's stamped them with the proper re-import information. When firearms are reimported into the States, the importer's information has to be stamped on to a permanent place on the gun. The problem with this is that the restamping drops the collectible value of the gun 40-50%, so it is conceivable that a expensive importer might not restamp even though required by law, to boost profits.

This will be a hard case for them if they try it, as there weren't really any good records kept on firearms till the 60's, so they'll be stuck trying to figure out where most of those antiques came from.