-> SNETNEWS Mailing List ----- Original Message ----- From: "Freedom Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 5:03 PM Subject: Arizona Gun Dealer Raided a Second Time > Friends, > > Sorry about not sending any mail the last couple of days. Unfortunately, > my Mail Manager crashed. However, I do save my mail list database every > few days. But, the bad part is that I've lost all messages that I've not had > time to respond to yet. So, if you have sent something important and not > received a response, you need to re-send it. > > Also, there were a couple dozen new subscribers lost that were added > since my last backup. Hopefully, they will find their way back. If you > unsubscribed in the last few days but are receiving this, you need to > reply to one of my messages with "remove" as the subject. And, if > you subscribed in the last couple of days, I would like to take this time > to welcome you aboard since no auto response welcome messages were > sent. > > Anyway, hopefully, everything is back to normal now. > > Jim Hardin > > The Freedom Page > http://www.freedompage.ws > To receive Freedom Page mail, put "Subscribe" > as subject to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To be removed, put "Remove" as subject. > > Alabama Committee To Get Us Out of the UN > http://themustardseed.home.mindspring.com > > From: The Republican <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Arizona Gun Dealer Raided a Second Time > > Date: 11/15/2000 1:19:00 AM > > Written By: > Angel Shamaya > > > Arizona Gun Dealer Raided a Second Time > BATF Thieves Strike Again. > This time it was over ammunition. > > by Angel Shamaya > Director, KeepAndBearArms.com > > 15 November 2000 > > http://www.keepandbeararms.com/newsarchives/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articlei > d=91 > 4 > > Jerry Michel of Specialty Firearms in Mesa, Arizona was raided on October > 25. As the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was stealing 274 guns > valuing over $300,000, he was told he'd failed to secure a $100 "pawn > permit." After looking over the Statement of Probable Cause he and I > picked up at the federal courthouse in downtown Phoenix, we discovered that > they'd also accused him of conducting strawman sales, as well. (A strawman > sale is a sale in which a buyer purchases a firearm and makes it known to > the licensed dealer that the gun is actually being purchased by another > person.) Such a sale, says Mr. Michel, never happened in his shop. Ever. > > The BATF -- Stomper of Liberty and Strangler of Freedom and the > Constitution -- behaved in very unAmerican ways on that day. You can read > the original report and the follow-up report on KeepAndBearArms.com. > http://www.keepandbeararms.com/newsarchives/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articlei > d=83 > 4 > http://www.keepandbeararms.com/newsarchives/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articlei > d=85 > 4 > > And now the "taxing agency" who has killed and imprisoned quite a few > people over technical gun violations has raided this man -- a man who > heretofore had not even a parking ticket to his name -- a second time. > > This event took place on Friday, 10 Nov 2000. Jerry dropped by his > ransacked store to take care of some very brief business Monday afternoon. > Though he has felt uncomfortable being in his store since he was first > assaulted, handcuffed, interrogated, lied to and about and after being > forced to watch 30 or so armed "men" steal his life's gun collection, he > stopped by the store anyway. He went in, locked the door and proceeded to > the back of the store. Within a minute or two, the police began pounding on > the door, saying, "Open up! Police!" > > Within moments, Jerry was whisked outside, frisked in front of his store > and taken inside, all the while befuddled as to what these folks were doing > -- and why. > > In a word: ammunition. > > Yes, ammunition. > > Jerry Michel was accused of manufacturing ammunition for resale without a > license. The BATF confiscated -- this past Friday afternoon -- > approximately 30,000+ rounds of ammunition, kegs of powder, cases of > bullets in various calibers, primers, shell casings, etc. etc. -- ammo > stuff. > > Jerry guesses the value of everything these agents stole from him to be > approximately $30,000. > > Funny thing is, Jerry doesn't sell the ammo he reloads from scratch. Never > has. The only reloads he sells are those he purchases in quantities from > licensed ammunition manufacturers. That was Jerry's personal ammo, for > personal use. > > One of the 8 BATF agents who committed this latest assault against Jerry > Michel told him he doubted that Jerry could possibly have so much > ammunition for personal consumption. When Jerry explained that he sometimes > shoots 10,000 rounds in a month's time, he was talking to a wall -- a wall > who doesn't understand that some people shoot up as much ammunition as they > can afford, simply because they enjoy shooting. > > To illustrate just how ridiculous this latest assault against good-natured > Jerry is, I tell you the following, and I urge you to read it twice: > > > The BATF confiscated 15,000 rounds of reloads Jerry recently purchased, > directly from a friend who works at Dillon Precision. (We are fortunate > enough to have Dillon's here locally, so it's a quick jaunt over to see > Mike Dillon and company to get all kinds of reloading supplies and > equipment.) This ammo was in army cans in the back of the store -- in the > area Jerry has for two years considered his home...his living quarters. > > This rogue agency also confiscated (stole, swiped, transferred ownership > unlawfully, absconded with, snagged, robbed, took without remuneration) > reloads that Jerry has had in his possession dating as far back as 1974. > > > You read that correctly. > > No, he wasn't arrested this time either. (In case you missed the previous > reports, the first BATF assault on Jerry Michel -- which followed an 8 > month investigation that involved at least 5 undercover (as in, imposter) > agents -- never resulted in an arrest, or any charges. The same holds true > in this latest harassment. > > You getting this? The scumbags (bags filled with scum) did it over AMMO. > > John Arbon of CPHV.com and longtime friend of Jerry Michel called the BATF > the other day to find out when they'd be returning Jerry's stolen property. > Many of those 274 guns are owned by Jerry's friends -- and his customers -- > and a great many of them are a part of his own personal collection, as > well. > > They told him they'd be keeping them for 6 months to a year, "as evidence." > > No more "evidence" is required to understand who the BATF is. They are the > modern day Nazis. They are the henchmen of the 21st century doing the > bidding of tyrants. They are enemies of our beloved nation, and they are > stepping up their efforts to eliminate gun dealers in a very calculated and > systematic methodology that looks very much like targeted eradication. > Since Jerry's first raid on October 25th, two more raids have happened in > Arizona, and God knows how many have happened elsewhere. We haven't been > able to make contact with the recently-raided Arizona dealer, or with the > Arizona citizen who was charged with "trading without a license", but we'd > like to help them -- ASAP. Any information you have about their situations, > please post it in our online user-publication form here: > > > http://www.keepandbeararms.com/newsarchives/XcNPAdd.asp > > > I know quite a few people who reload ammunition for their friends. In fact, > I give my empties to friends from time to time to have them reload for me, > as well. I buy reloaded ammunition from people who don't have this fancy > "ammunition manufacturing license." > > Judging by this latest BATF farce, my friends and I must be engaging in > some "illegal" ammunition dealing...so is BATF going to come and get me > now? Are they going to swing by my house, kick my door in, and come and > cuff me to a chair while they steal MY stuff? Are they going to bring their > unregistered, unregulated, fully automatic HK-MP5's -- any time they please > -- to assault me for buying reloaded ammunition? If so, it is recommended > that they knock first. My private property is my domain. If someone comes > into my home uninvited, they are -- according to state "lethal force" laws > -- instantly shootable. > > What really amazes me is this: since our first report and our follow-up > report, and since Neal Knox's writeup on the assault against Jerry Michel, > Jerry has received a whopping $65 for his legal defense. Sixty-five > dollars. Bizarre. I know guys who shoot up more than $65 worth of ammo in > one day -- in the same town where Jerry is being taken on a one-way ride to > Gun Owner Hell. > > If everyone who reads this report would send Jerry $1 or $2, he'd have > enough to cover the first phase of the legal proceedings just fine. If you > happen to have a dollar bill in your back pocket, trust me; it's better > invested on behalf of Jerry Michel than on the extra few rounds at the > range this week. Jerry Michel, Specialty Firearms: (480) 962-0913 1055 N. > Mesa Drive, Mesa Arizona 85201. > > [Forwarded For Information Purposes Only - Not > Necessarily Endorsed By The Sender - A.K. Pritchard] > > ------------------------------ > > A.K. Pritchard > http://www.ideasign.com/chiliast/ > http://rosie.acmecity.com/songfest/189/ > > To subscribe to "The Republican" email list - just ask! > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ""The constitutions of most of our States assert that > all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right > and duty to be at all times armed;..." > > Thomas Jefferson letter to Justice John Cartwright, June 5, > 1824. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > -------- > Want to know the truth about the Confederate Battle Flag? 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