Lame
Kevin reports that in Cookeville, TN buying 1,000 rounds of ammo makes you a drug suspect (it’s an older case as the article is from 2002):
While it is not necessarily illegal to possess such ammunition in that quantity, detectives working this case have reason to suspect “it is drug related,” he said.
Necessarily? I don’t think it’s ever illegal. I buy my rifle ammo 1,000 rounds at a time all the time. See, I go to Ammo Man and get my 7.62X39 and 5.56X45 ammo in thousand round lots to save some cash. I buy my 45ACP, 22LR and 9MM at Wal-Mart because they have the best prices I’ve found. In Cookeville, that makes me a suspect and not a guy trying to save a few bucks. More details:
“Our detectives did not wait for somebody to get hurt, but took a proactive stance and moved to track down this ammunition,” Honeycutt said.
The arrest of Mendoza was the first result, and more arrests are expected, he said.
When the officers and DTF and ATF agents arrived at Mendoza’s residence last Friday about 11 a.m., they found him there with his girlfriend, and he was arrested without incident, Honeycutt said.
But he made no statements, Honeycutt said.
Allegedly, he had a handgun and methamphetamine, and his arrest was based on those items.
But the officers did not find the 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
“So it is still a very, very active investigation,” Honeycutt said this morning.
He praised the work of the Cookeville Police detectives and the “excellent cooperation” of the ATF and the Drug Task Force.
Mendoza was taken to Nashville, where he will be arraigned in federal court.
October 18th, 2005 at 9:21 am
Yea, I save, sort, and sleep over top of a whole lotta brass, and I have the reloading equipment, but life is short, so buy it by the case. It’s not like it’s going to get any cheaper.
October 18th, 2005 at 2:03 pm
I wonder why he let them in unless they came with a warrant. If they had a warrant, wonder what it was based on?
Any of us could be put in the same spot. I’m sure I have a couple thousand rounds of various calibers and am making more for me and some junior shooters. Plus guns? Do I have guns? Do you have guns?
At least it sounded like he kept his mouth shut.
October 18th, 2005 at 2:46 pm
Yes, I’ll take 999 rounds please.
October 18th, 2005 at 2:46 pm
Yes, I’d like to withdraw $9,999 dollars please.
October 19th, 2005 at 8:34 am
Leftovers
Sorry for the lack of posting, but I warned you that this would be a busy week for me. Here are some offerings you may want to take a look at: Affluent Can Go Home Again — The Washington Post…
October 19th, 2005 at 3:18 pm
Blake Says: Yes, I’ll take 999 rounds please.
Blake becomes guilty of the crime of “structuring” his ammo purchaces.
November 15th, 2005 at 7:44 am
[…] This is still a protest, however, and Kevin and I agreed that AFTER Ammo Day (Nov 19), After we buy all the white box Winchester ammo off Wal*mart’s shelves, after we demonstrate we are an economic force to be reckoned with, we ought to write Wal*mart a letter letting them know that buying a thousand rounds of ammo is merely a few afternoons worth of fun at the range and that shutting off legal sales to the people who would have passed the NIBC criminal check during the Katrina Disaster was not something that we support. Hopefully they will get the message. […]