Gun dealer with ties to Hutaree faces federal indictment

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Gun dealer with ties to Hutaree faces federal indictment
Paul Egan / The Detroit News


Detroit -- An Adrian firearms dealer linked to the Hutaree militia case has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit.

Walter L. Priest, 52, is charged with possessing a rifle with an obliterated serial number in an indictment handed down Tuesday and filed today in U.S. District Court in Detroit. It's a five-year felony.

Priest is the firearms dealer whose investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives prompted outraged e-mails and other Internet postings from members of an accused radical militia group called the Hutaree, according to court records and interviews.

"Looks like the ATF enforcers are looking for a reason to start a firefight," accused Hutaree leader David Stone Sr. allegedly said in a 2008 e-mail after learning federal agents were combing through records at Priest's Adrian store, Gun Outfitters LLC.

"And we will answer the call." ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://detnews.com/article/20100421/METRO/4210423/1409/rss36

[Chulanowa]

1. What? No Nugentians riding to the defense?

I'm shocked. Shocked!

[Soylent Brice]

2. ***Nugentians ***

:rofl:

[X_Digger]

3. That's the difference between us. We support holding people accountable for their actions.

We support abiding by laws, and seeing those who break them suffer the consequences.

[Chulanowa]

5. Difference between who?

My understanding is that most of your fellows don't think filing off serial numbers or selling guns under the table should be illegal. After all, that's regulation, and regulation = gun grabbing = COMMUFUCKINGNISM OMG!!!!

Some to think of it, while i don't see many of you folks coming out in his defense, I don't see anyone coming out to say "good!" either - just you, and you only replied becuase me pointing out that the gun nuts were quiet seems to have offended you.

[Winterblues]

4. "And we will answer the call." ........(

And what a nice answer that was....