DHS Raids Gun Collector - Confiscates 1500 Guns

[krome2ez]

February 2, 2013 by Tim Brown

DHS Raids Gun Collector –

Confiscates Nearly 1,500 Guns –

No Charges Filed

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.

While having been watched for years and no charges filed as they seized Adam’s firearms, Federal investigators are saying that they are investigating him for gun smuggling, tax evasion, violating importation laws.

KRQE reports,

Court documents reveal federal agents were watching Adams for years and that some documentation was missing “to determine to whom Adams [was] selling or exporting his firearms.”

The guns were also not properly marked possibly to make the guns more valuable and to avoid paying high import taxes, investigators alleged.

However, a bigger concern is that no markings on the guns and missing documents mean the guns are not traceable by law enforcement.

The search warrant also said Adams was investigated in Canada for keeping about 80 illegal guns in a storage unit. U.S. agents worked with Canadian police on that case.

Kurt Nimmo points out, “New Mexico does not regulate or specifically restrict the possession of firearms. Owners are not required to register or license firearms with the state.

“No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use and for other lawful purposes, but nothing herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons. No municipality or county shall regulate, in any way, an incident of the right to keep and bear arms,” Article 2, Section 6 of the state constitution reads.

“Gun collectors are protected under the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986,” Nimmo writes. “The law states that a firearms dealer is defined as a person who is selling guns for profit or livelihood. Unlicensed individuals are allowed to sell firearms from their private collection without performing a background check on the buyer.”

Something seriously smells here. How can you be investigated for years, yet upon serving a search warrant you don’t put forth any charges against a man when you confiscate nearly 1,500 firearms? I wish they had taken this kind of approach to the Obama Justice Department’s gunwalking program that trafficked nearly 2,500 firearms across the border into Mexico that has left hundreds dead. No one is claiming that the firearms that Adams had were used in any crime!

So much for the Obama administration’s claims that they aren’t against gun collectors. Sports shooters and hunters, you’re up next.

Read more: http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/02/dhs-raids-homeowner-confiscates-nearly-1500-guns-no-charges-filed/#ixzz2Jvia1UiU

[Saint]

Wow. Can you all say WOW. I am in total awe . No I'm not cause the hand writing was on the wall. Hope America wakes up very soon. here you are DHS.

[Sentinel7]

This is how they are going to get the guns. One person at a time

Watch you will see big time gun owners being harassed and their guns being confiscated.

In between high profile arrest's and confiscations.In the media we will now see every criminal shooting

with a picture of a assault weapon

The first thing I got hit with this morning when I turned on the news was Chris Kyle was killed with a semi automatic

pistol.

If you have been paying attention you can see what their game plan.

The Liberals are saying that the American people are demanding change in gun laws.

They are telling us only the NRA is standing in the way.

They refuse to tell you that the NRA is made up of the American People

This is why we must stand with the NRA and demand no more gun laws no matter how insignificant they may seem.

We must enlist all who believe in the Constitution of the United States to stand up and demand that the Government

quit attacking the Constitution and the bill of rights or there will be WAR.

NO SURRENDER NO RETREAT AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES NO COMPROMISE

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

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Lawyer up, Adams.

Yours may be just the case we need to put

these sneaky, lying bastards back in their place.

Time to push back.