Kwan Case: Charges dismissed
David reports that charges against Albert Kwan have been dismissed:
The government has thrown in the towel in its prosecution of Albert Kwok-Leung Kwan for possession of a short barreled rifle. A June 25 order dismisses the indictment against him “based on the government’s motion.”
You can see past coverage here. Short version is he didn’t cooperate with the feds. So, they got a warrant, took his guns, and tried to find NFA violations. Kwan, a dealer, had several NFA weapons. The .gov’s case centered around two pistols that could take a shoulder stock. One was a registered short barreled rifle and one was not. They said he could put the stock on the unregistered pistol and would have an untaxed weapon. Well, I could put shoestring on my Ruger and make a machine gun. But I don’t because that’s illegal. Also, the feds apparently converted an M1A he owned to a machine gun then said Kwan had an unlawful machine gun. Odd.
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:08 am
I drove to Wal-Mart yesterday adn bought a 30-pack of PBR. I COULD have sat in the parking lot, got rip-roaring drunk, and run down a dozen people on my way home.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to turn myself in to face vehicular homicide charges.
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:44 am
No, you should turn yourself in to face consumption of crappy beer charges.
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:55 am
You can bet they bankrupted him and ruined his family though.
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:49 am
If I remember correctly what F troop did was confiscate the NFA weapon and then come back the next week and say that since Kwan still had a semiauto version of it and the NFA weapon’s shoulder stock, he therefore had an unregistered SBR.
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Odd.
Not for your friendly neighborhood F-Troopers it isn’t.
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
@ka: lol
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:20 pm
ATF getting their hackles up and trying to trump up charges against someone? Yeah, I remember that happening here in Idaho too, up at Ruby Ridge. People tend to get killed over such things. Some of us take our liberty rather seriously, even if a few f-troopers don’t – something to remember this weekend while you’re stuffing your faces with hot dogs and PBR, celebrating a violent rebellion against an over-reaching government back in the 1700s.
“No, you should turn yourself in to face consumption of crappy beer charges.”
Now now. In a free society we can disagree on things like ice-cream flavors and beer, and still be good friends. It’s when some jackass in government tries to declare a national beer that we become enemies, broken into political factions– one advocating BP, one lobbying for Laughing Dog IPA, and the “extremists” saying it’s none of government’s fucking business. It could come to blows.
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:32 pm
I’m moving to Switzerland. This country is getting too retarded, especially the govtards.
July 3rd, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Does anyone know if Kwan has any recourse in suing for his losses and or defamation?
And PBR is not crappy. Not wonderful, but not crappy. Budweiser and Coors are Crappy. And Peils. And RedWhite&Blue. And Lone Star. And Iron City.
Do they make Strohs any more? That was crap.
Singha is Thailanese crap. ChingTao is Chinese crap.
I’m sure there is crappy beer just about anywhere you go. But PBRs aren’t crap. Though I would prefer a Guiness right now, but all I have is some funky IPA which isn’t crap, but isn’t that good either. (thus why I’m sitting here drinking Scotch.)
July 3rd, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Good news, thanx for the update.
July 4th, 2009 at 12:16 am
I really liked Iron City, Koehler’s, Pearl, and Carling’s Black Label.
July 4th, 2009 at 12:16 am
Oh yeah, don’t forget Tecate.