Wrenn Update
RegularReader at Subguns notes the latest in the trial of Ernie Wrenn:
The government has now conceded that it IS legal to build a post sample. My guess is that when you choose which of many lies to try to make stick, that one presented the most problems.
Now for the shocker: the ATF compliance inspector testified under oath that the NFRTR is “corrupt” and inaccurate. Thank you Eric Larson. Thank you for one honest agent.
And then came this little problem: the government, meaning the poor prosecutor in this case, just figured out (with Doug’s help) that they charged Ernie on 08 maxims, and kept referring to them as 1910. Although the jury was not present the Judge seemed a little PO’d. Well, that is what you get when you believe FTB “experts”. Thank you Professor Bubba. ( That is meant as a compliment.)
The NFRTR is the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, which is the registry of NFA firearms. The Treasury Department Inspector General has ruled in the past that the data within the NFRTR was incomplete, inaccurate, and unreliable.
November 26th, 2005 at 12:48 pm
[…] David Hardy reports that the OIG will audit NFRTR. Good. I don’t have high hopes of getting that mess straightened out but maybe the ATF will come under scrutiny as a result. Given that their own agents testify under oath that the NFRTR is “corrupt” and inaccurate, some scrutiny would be good. […]