Man Orders TV Through Amazon, Gets Assault Rifle

UPS messed this one up, but it is sad that his first reaction at receiving a rifle was to call the police.

Here again because DC has put so many restrictions on the RKBA that this guy was breaking the law just by being in possession of a rifle that is not on the DC approved list. He didn't order it, heck, he is afraid of it. He should have been able to examine the shipping labels and contact FFL that was to receive it and have them meet him at a local FFL. Oh, yeah, DC only has one part time FFL.

What a messed up city.
 
Good handling by the PD and the TV buyer is honest for not keeping the weapon which obviously was not ordered by him.

HOWEVER, the TV buyer DOES come out as a "EEK it's a GUN, I am so scared!!!" type person who obviously never handled a firearm before.

Come on, it's an INANIMATE OBJECT. Are you kidding me? If it was a glass vial marked "Biohazard" and a pathogen of some sort, I can understand, but this one is ridiculous.

If I were that guy's coworker or classmate, I think I will make fun of him for a long time for being a scaredy-cat:D
 
I would be an "Eek, it's a gun!" person as well,,,

I would be an "Eek, it's a gun!" person as well,,,

If I were that guy's coworker or classmate, I think I will make fun of him for a long time for being a scaredy-cat
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Heck man,,,
If I lived in DC,,,
I would be terrified as well.

Not of the gun,,,
But of becoming an accidental felon.

Aarond

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Heck man,,,
If I lived in DC,,,
I would be terrified as well.

Not of the gun,,,
But of becoming an accidental felon.

Aarond
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LOL I understand that part. But that guy also made a call to the Brady Campaign after he called the PD :mad: Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot
 
CW3-RET said:
UPS messed this one up, but it is sad that his first reaction at receiving a rifle was to call the police.
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He did exactly the correct thing under the circumstances. He was a felon in the making by having the thing in his apartment.
 
Here is the key paragraph in the WP story and explains his call to the Brady Bunch.

A few minutes after Horvitz opened the box, his wife arrived home, followed shortly by their eight guests. “None of us has any experience handling rifles,” Horvitz said, adding that he and his companions share a general aversion to firearms: “I personally would like to see all assault weapons banned,” he said.
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“When I first opened it and I saw the metal parts, I thought, ‘Oh, wow, maybe this is a TV stand.’

“Until I kind of put my hand on it,” he said. “Then I kind of jumped back, and I thought, ‘Oh, wait a second.’ ”

The merchandise — a tactical military-style SIG716 semiautomatic rifle.


Was the packing slip addressed to him (CPU error) or did the driver just grab the wrong package?
 
Funny. I thought Mr. Horvitz was going to be some shriveled senior citizen. Apparently he is not. Draw your own conclusions about his political preferences.

FYI: While having absolutely NO relevancy to guns, his last name is the same as the real name of Moe, Curly and Shemp of The Three Stooges (but not Larry Fine).:p

Finally, I had NO idea you could buy guns through Amazon.com.
 
FYI: While having absolutely NO relevancy to guns, his last name is the same as the real name of Moe, Curly and Shemp of The Three Stooges (but not Larry Fine).
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And Larry was actualy Louis Feinberg.

While not Stooge relatives, certainly Stooge performance comedy of errors in regard to getting Horvitz a new Sig. When such comedies strike here, it would be the TV with the shattered screen.
 
Wow--I see on TV and the liberal web sites that the antis are all over this like flies on flypaper. one liberal reporter said what happens if Dad doesn't open the box but his kid does and "shoots someone." We have had a really bad string of gun incidents of late (I prefer to say human-stupidity incidents as guns by themselves cannot harm anyone) that they feed on.
 
gyvel said:
FYI: While having absolutely NO relevancy to guns, his last name is the same as the real name of Moe, Curly and Shemp of The Three Stooges (but not Larry Fine).
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The stage surname of Moe, Curly and Shemp was Howard.

Their birth names were Harry Moses Horwitz, Jerome Lester Horwitz, and Samuel Horwitz.
 
When D.C. resident Seth Horvitz ordered a flat-panel TV on Amazon, he didn’t expect to get a military-grade assault rifle in return.
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Doesn't look military grade to me.. looks like a standard semi automatic 308 carbine. I guess that doesn't sound as scary as "military grade assault rifle."
 
jimpeel, in German, Horwitz would be pronounced Horvitz. I assume Yiddish would be similar. Odds are, original name was the same.
 
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