David Olofson Was Set Up

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With the strong-arming of the federal government coming down on David Olofson, an upstanding father and military man, one has to wonder just what the federal government is up to. WHY did they go after this Father of 3, honorably discharged Veteran, Army reservist, and pillar of his community? Why was his pension from the military summarily taken before he has even been sentenced? What about the appeals process or the possibility of having the charges dismissed and the prosecutor disbarred?

The abusive government we’ve been seeing since the bush administration took office seems to be what’s behind this. When those of us who do nothing wrong suddenly find ourselves with our lives destroyed through this abuse of power, and frivolous lawsuits, it is time to change things and do so NOW!

Between the stone-walling of the federal government on answering questions and the ridiculous nature of the charges, one can only assume there is more going on here than meets the eye and SOMEONE needs to do some serious investigating.

I have to wonder too if this is all a setup in order to take guns away from U.S. Citizens who currently have a legal right to own them. The federal government’s case against Olofson just doesn’t make sense.

If my washer breaks down, shouldn’t I call a repairman? If my car breaks down, don’t I call a mechanic? So why, when the firing mechanism broke, or was breaking, did the federal government come in with a HUGE show of power and might, probably scarring his wife and children forever, was Olofson not allowed to get the AR-15 fixed? It doesn’t make sense! The federal government is so far off base in this case as to border on the absurd!

But they did it, they fell on Olofson and his family like he was a known gun smuggler. The government can’t close the borders, can’t fix the health care, can’t manage to stop stealing from the SSA, but they can charge an upstanding man with the most serious of charges, that of selling a machine-gun. NOT only that, but they had to rig the tests they’ve done on the rifle in order to “prove” their point. The questions continue to mount and no answers are coming from the feds.

CNN’s Lou Dobbs did a follow up on this last night. While Lou Dobbs wasn’t there, Kitty Pilgrim was and did the show in his stead. So, from CNN, here is the Lou Dobbs show concerning David Olofson:

PILGRIM: Well the conviction of a Wisconsin gun owner on federal weapons charges is raising serious questions tonight about the federal government’s commitment to the Second Amendment. And that’s the right of our citizens to keep and bear arms. Nine months after his conviction on charges that many say should never have been brought, gun owner David Olofson could pay a very heavy price.

Bill Tucker has our report from Milwaukee.

TUCKER: Army veteran, Reservist, father of three, David Olofson is looking at spending up to six years of his life in prison, the reason? He lent his neighbor his 20-year-old AR15 (ph), a semiautomatic rifle that is popular with gun owners.

The neighbor fired hundreds of rounds at a local shooting range and all was well until the rifle fired two multi-round bursts, drawing the attention of local police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Olofson argued that the gun had malfunctioned and that given its age it simply needed to be repaired. He was never given the chance. He was taken to trial. That decision has gun enthusiasts outraged.

And NOT just gun enthusiasts! I don’t own a gun or a rifle. And I don’t buy this explanation for a second. It doesn’t make sense. And it doesn’t add up! WHY would it attract the attention of these officers UNLESS they were told to be on the lookout for this to happen? And while I’m sure that the rifle used is loud, it borders on the absurd that they were just hanging out and happened to hear it malfunction… Call me stupid, but this is too coincidence for me to think it was an accident! Someone has an answer here, whether or not we’ll EVER learn it, is another question to be answered…

DAVID KOPEL, INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE: This is a guy with a clean record, for whom there is not even the slightest allegation of any violence ever in his past, let alone any inclination to use violence against law enforcement officials.

TUCKER: In January he was convicted of the felony transferring a machine gun. Olofson’s military pension, gone, he’s out of the Reserves and he is now a convicted felon. His case has alarmed gun owners, law enforcement officials and lawmakers. The criticism begins with the way the search in Olofson’s home was conducted.

DAVID OLOFSON, GUN OWNER: They used tools to pry, you know hydraulic tools to pry apart the door frame, kicked the door in. The SWAT team was fully armed with body armor.

TUCKER: Olofson’s computers, gun manuals and gun collection were all seized. Nothing illegal was found. Olofson was never shown a search warrant or allowed to let the officers simply enter through his front door.

REP. PHIL GINGREY (R), GEORGIA: To think that a SWAT team would be organized, my God, did they suspect that Mr. Olofson was holding families hostage or had his children locked in the basement for two years?

TUCKER: Adding to the outrage Olofson’s rifle by ATF concluded that it was not a machine gun. Not happy, the ATF ordered a second round of testing. That time, they did find a malfunction. It’s called a hammer follow cause a semi automatic weapon to fire multiple rounds and it can.

TED DEEDS, LAW ENFORCEMENT ALLIANCE OF AMER.: If the malfunction wasn’t apparent to the experts be it the ATF the first time, then they certainly shouldn’t have prosecuted the guy for the malfunction. It just doesn’t make any sense.

TUCKER: Critics say the problems stem from a lack of uniform testing protocol at ATF. Two bills have been introduced in Congress to overhaul ATF procedures and require videotaping of every test. They are H.R. 4900 and H.R. 1791.

TUCKER: Now the U.S. attorney here in Milwaukee and the ATF continue to maintain their silence. Having no comments saying they will have nothing to say until after Olofson is sentenced. That sentencing was to take place tomorrow but his defense attorneys filed two motions last week that have caused the judge in this case, Judge Charles Clivore (ph) to delay that sentencing.

And Kitty the sentencing is supposed to take place next Tuesday on May the 13th. And we of course will be here with that sentencing when it should happen, Kitty.

PILGRIM: We will continue to follow this story.

Thanks very much, Bill Tucker.

I tell you, there is something going on in the federal government that is LQQKing for these cases to prosecute. I don’t know what is behind it, but when the charges do not make sense, when the federal government can’t do what it is supposed to be doing as far as our borders and other issues are concerned, but CAN and DOES go after those who have never done anything wrong in their lives or those doing their jobs, (Ramos and Compean), something is VERY WRONG and citizens should be on their guard against the federal government.

I do not doubt for a moment that there is some kind of hidden agenda behind these cases. The question is, will we find out what it is in order to save ourselves, or is this the first step towards the federal government making all Citizens guilty of crimes that shouldn’t be? I look on cases like the one of Dr. Steven Krutz, (see my post The Bio-Terrorism Case That Wasn’t) and what the federal prosecutors are doing starts to take on a whole new meaning.

Why are they targeting these men? Because I do believe they have been targeted! Make no mistake, the charges are so outrageous, and means by which they are prosecuted so incomprehensible, that one can ONLY BELIEVE, they were targeted!

After my post on the Kool-Aid, I’m wondering if they are checking to see if their drugging is working. Are they, in fact, seeing if the public is going to be outraged by this or will they sit by placidly and allow this type of thing to go unchallenged? I, for one, will not stand for an abusive government! And, frankly, nothing else makes sense!

The prosecutor in this case had to force the AR-15 to malfunction, as it refused to cooperate in the first round of testing, in order to make his case. Can you imagine what would have happened if he COULDN’T arrange to have the gun fail the tests? I imagine them capable, and complicit enough, to break the rifle themselves. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! These officials have taken corruption to a new low.

Now, there was only slight mention in this article about David Olofson’s having filed papers with the court for dismissal of all charges. I’m sure the courts are considering this issue also. And I hope they consider LONG AND HARD about the ramifications of what has been done here. This cannot go unchallenged.

When the ATF Firearms Technical Branch (FTB) examined the rifle they concluded that it was not a machinegun. They did find that if the Safety switch was moved beyond its normal range of motion, the gun would fire once and jam, leaving a loaded round in the chamber. They determined that moving the Safety in such a way interfered with the trigger disconnector causing the hammer to follow the bolt as it returned to battery rather than being stopped by the sear; a fairly common malfunction known as hammer-follow.

At the request of the local ATF agent, the FTB tested the gun a second time using a brand of .223 ammunition known for having sensitive primers. Those tests resulted in intermittent, unregulated, automatic fire and jamming due to hammer-follow, but this time the FTB concluded that, under strict interpretation of the law, the gun’s malfunction did make it a machine gun.

A fairly common malfunction! How can a person be prosecuted for a malfunction that is fairly common? I’m telling you there is something going on behind the scenes here. This is NOT just a case of a malfunctioning weapon, but an attempt by those in power to remove our 2nd Amendment rights to own and bear arms. Especially arms that may be compatible with some of the weapons used by both ATF and FBI agents. This weapon was over 20 years old. It should be expected, therefore, that it can be repaired, without the courts and SWAT and FBI and ATF agents dropping on us like flies!

I found this while searching for information concerning David Olofson:

Last night Lou reported that the sentencing hearing has been set for May 8th. David has been railroaded by the ATF. There is an indication that he was set up by the ATF. Jeff Knox of the “Firearms Coalition” relayed to me that the ATF has been after David because he’s been successfully defending people on CCW and open carry issues here in Wisconsin.

David’s case is the same as cases sited in “The Gang.’ If you don’t own that dvd from the JPFO, you should!

David’s present case has been in the ‘system’ now for two years. Wisconsin’s law states a “speedy” disposition of a case should be 90 days.

I plan to be there when the sentence is finally determined. I’d like very much to have people with me— David says the more the merrier!

So, this IS a SETUP, just as I’d been thinking! I wish I was in Wisconsin, I’d be there supporting David Olofson! I hope the whole of Wisconsin bears down on this court house and case in support of David Olofson. This cannot be allowed to go unnoticed…

New update available on bar to the right of the article…

~ by justmytruth on May 8, 2008.