Oral Arguments in the 7th Circuit Appeals Court:
http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/tmp/KD13O8XZ.mp3
Story on Lou Dobbs tonight as well.
FWIW.
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I’ve never liked this whole story, which I guess is why it is in court. Not saying the guy is guilty, but he does seem like a dumbass. Being a dumbass is not illegal, but dumbasses make for poor heros and test cases.
And hopefully nothing changes. Especially since he knowingly put a full auto LPK in the weapon and even after if “malfunctioned” he lent the weapon out to someone. The guy is an idiot and he played with the systemone too many times.
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~The_Katar[/b]
Unless I’m horribly mistaken, Olofson himself isn’t even using the “Shall Not Be Infringed” defense.
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The guy is a jackoff, self appointed Mr. Helper in the shooting realm. I know these types…
He had several L.E. run ins. He knew what he was doing, and had the balls to come crying on the internuts about how he got shafted over a mechanical failure?
PLEASE!!! Is the law stupid? Yes. But he took the risk when he put FA parts in the gun.
I just never understood why this guy became a media darling? I just find it odd that the press would get behind this guy. I’d rather put resources behind people who used CCW to protect themselves and then have problems with the law or the Katrina confiscation-ees.
Maybe the press reports, eventhough taking his side, have not provided all the detials that would exonerate him. If I was not a gun guy and watched the report I’d have to say that guy was not exactly a white knight in the whole thing.
It is STRANGE!!!
CNN on top of it all!! It was a reverse hit piece.
Here’s my conspiracy theory… stand by…
CNN wants gun owners to be under the impression that the NRA will do nothing to back up shooters who go up against the Gubment. :eek:
Every time I read a piece on this I feel that something is being left out. Is there a good source of info on this case that is objective?
So, is the contention of the government that he “engineered” the “malfunction” for the express purpose of generating automatic fire? And then informed the recipient of the “malfunction” and lent him the gun?
There HAS to be more this than “his gun broke and now he’s in prision.”
Katar,
Does that mean I got busted? 
According to the docs, he told the retard that he loaned the gun to that he shouldn’t move the selector to the 3rd position because it could fire multiple shots.
So of course the retard did so, and some self appointed NFA enforcer reported the weapon to authorities.
I HATE SELF APPOINTED “Mr. Helpers” and “Range Patrolmen”. Both are idiots.
And did this rifle have a “third position?” Do my AR’s have a feature I am not aware of?
mmike,
It matters not what is stamped on your receiver. What does matter is the parts that you put in it. If you were to install a full auto selector lever and other assorted parts you too may have just such a situation.
No, Man.
This douche bought one of those DPMS A2 burst fire control groups and installed it in some piece of shit OLY arms.
Just installing the fire control group will get you some automatic fire. It’s just that there’s no auto sear to regulate the hammer drop.
He essentially MADE a machine gun, then loaned it out to some imbecile.
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Plus it seems like a way for another organization to attempt to gain a few members.
I listened to a recording of the appeal arguments , the defense was weak , flakey,
and seemed to lack confidence.
Olofson had the chance to plead to a misdemeanor , way back at the beginning.
He turned it down , and then went through 3 public defenders during the trial.
I would attribute that to his public defender more than anything. After reading the original trial’s transcripts, I couldn’t help but think that his PD glossed over any redeeming details and focused waaaay too heavily on the unnecessary ones.
The District Attorney on the other hand hammered his points home and he won the ballgame.
Had there been adequate legal counsel available, I think that there was a fair chance of things turning out differently.
I’m not saying the guy is guilty, I’m just saying he’s a dumbass 
No doubt a good lawyer could have gotten him out of it, and from what I read, the ATF wouldn’t let the defense handle or test the gun themselves during the trial. That’s Kafkaesque.
Going to someone and saying “Try this gun, it doesn’t work” is like saying “Smell this, it’s gone bad”. Not good ideas either way.
I don’t blame him for not taking the misdeamenor. His @sshole may disagree now. Isn’t he in prison with the ex-gov of Illinois? I know I should be more specific, I can’t remember his name.