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Fincher Found Guilty

Not a surprise, of course. I first wrote about this story a couple weeks ago, here. Anyway, from Morning News, Arkansas:

It took a jury just under five hours to find Hollis Wayne Fincher guilty of owning illegal machine guns and a sawed-off shotgun.

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The defense tried to make the case an issue of the Constitution versus federal gun laws. The government tried to make the case as simple as possible for jurors — Fincher had the machine guns and they weren’t registered as required by federal law.

A major issue was whether the Militia of Washington County is a valid state militia for second amendment purposes. Judge Jimm Larry Hendren ruled it’s not.

"Just got off the phone with the GOA and with Fincher's legal defense fund chief. I'm donating a STI Texican serial numbered Fincher 001 as a fund raiser. Details on the raffle and legalities of a national/international gun raffle are being determined as we speak. If you aren't able to receive a firearm through an FFL or have an FFL or an equivalent in your country of residence than just contribute to the appeal funs at: The Wayne Fincher Defense Fund” at 2225 North Mockingbird Lane, Fayetteville, AR 72703. Some of us shall not go gently into a world of chains and thieves. Should have things sorted by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. posting updates will be at http://amishtomsgunland.blogspot.com/"

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"I come from a country that for many many years required registration/permit of typewriters together with it's text samples. Any drum-type manual copy machines were included in the registration/permission scheme as well. I am NOT JOKING. Good Luck USA, it's coming soon."

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"in the 20th century over 170 million unarmed men woman and children were murdered for political reasons by their own government not including wars and abortions. They were drowned, starved , burned, buried alive, frozen, shot, stabbed, poisoned to name just a few of the ways governments murder their own people. Go to your google search engine for ''Death by Government''

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"Gun laws help keep the wrong people from obtaining weapons. Fincher's main problem was that he would allegedly sell a full auto to anyone that wanted one - with no background check - then try to hide behind the "militia" and his interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. He wanted a court battle and bragged about his weapons in the paper, in letters to the government, and on the Internet. He got the court battle and lost. That's the chance he took."

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"common sense, you're wrong. Gun laws help keep guns out of the hands of law abiding people. TITLE 10 > Subtitle A > PART I > CHAPTER 13 > § 311 He got a rigged trial where he wasn't even allowed to present a defense. He broke no law, but the government has."

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"Tom: Law abiding people can legally purchase weapons after a waiting period and a background check. What mechanism did Fincher use to determine whether the people he allegedly sold full auto machine guns to were law abiding? I personally encourage all law abiding people to legally purchase and carry whatever gun they like to defend themselves and others. There are too many dangerous people out there to allow the "full-auto weapons for everybody" mentally that Fincher promoted."