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Federal agents were tracking Ohio resident Richard Schmidts imports of counterfeit sports jerseys when they stumbled upon his arsenal of 18 guns, more than 40,000 rounds of ammunition, and bulletproof body armor. Besides the arsenal, he had lists of Jewish and black leaders in Detroit, MI. He is also an ex-felon who killed a Hispanic man and wounded two others 24 years ago.
Yet before December, no one even noticed that Schmidt, 47, was amassing weapons illegally, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Instead, federal investigators zeroed in on his sports memorabilia shop around September 2011, tracking his shipments of knock-off jerseys from China for over a year before they discovered the cache of firearms.
Schmidt plead guilty to federal gun charges and the counterfeit racket last month, and will be sentenced in October. But many connected to the crime are still scratching their heads over how an ex-felon with ties to white supremacist groups was able to get his hands on so many guns.
I cant tell you how he got all those guns and ammunition, U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach told the Plain Dealer. Its not that I wont tell you; its that I cant. This is somebody who should never have had one gun, one bullet. But he had an entire arsenal.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/30/2556291/neo-nazi-felon-stockpiling-guns
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Schmidt is technically banned from possessing a gun for the rest of his life. In 1989, he pulled a gun on three men during a traffic argument, killing one man and wounding the other two. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and served 12 years in prison.
12 short years for killing someone that wasn't breaking into his home, but over a traffic dispute. Probably driving while brown. And this POS had a sports memorabilia shop.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)cstanleytech
(26,316 posts)Though it would appear they go the length of time he needed wrong.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)With a gun is not the case, I will be waiting for the gun nuts to pay for his defense.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)That is a sensible gun law. It appears he didn't give a damn.
dembotoz
(16,825 posts)BootinUp
(47,179 posts)for any adult to grasp how this could happen.
Rebellious Republican
(5,029 posts)Oops my bad, happened in the north, never mind nothing to see here.