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Gun shop raided
Owner charged after federal agents find sawed-off shotguns, how-to books
By Chris Hack
Staff writer
A Sauk Village gun shop was shut down and its owner arrested on a federal gun charge Thursday after agents found a pair of illegal sawed-off shotguns there.
Agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said they found the loaded weapons - as well as a kit used to make a semi-automatic weapon automatic - at Stutts Firearms and Ammunition, 1715 Sauk Trail. Also found were two books: "How to Make Disposable Silencers" and "Full Auto Modification Guide."
Owner Phillip Stutts, 47, of the 100 block of Kathleen Lane, Chicago Heights, faces a single federal charge of possession of an unregistered firearm. He was released on a $4,500 recongnizance bond after a brief appearance before a federal magistrate Thursday afternoon.
Stutts allegedly told ATF agents he kept the sawed-off shotguns in the store for his protection.
Magistrate Ian Levin barred Stutts from buying or selling guns while the case is pending, and also ordered him to surrender his firearm owner's and identification card. Stutts faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nancy Miller said.
At the same time as Stutts' court appearance, ATF agents carted off more than 200 guns from his store to be checked for possible violations, bureau spokesman Tom Ahern said.
Agents obtained a federal search warrant for Stutts' store after learning a gun he sold was used in a crime. According to an ATF affidavit, Stutts sold a handgun to a Chicago Heights man who later brandished that pistol during a fight in Harvey.
The ATF agents determined Stutts sold the gun to the man when he was 20 years old. Sale of firearms to anyone younger than 21 is illegal. Stutts' wife allegedly told ATF agents Stutts destroyed the record of that sale.
Stutts has not been charged in connection to those allegations.
Chris Hack may be reached at chack@dailysouthtown.com or (708) 633-5984.
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/yrtwn/seast/281seyt4.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878<P>
Owner charged after federal agents find sawed-off shotguns, how-to books
By Chris Hack
Staff writer
A Sauk Village gun shop was shut down and its owner arrested on a federal gun charge Thursday after agents found a pair of illegal sawed-off shotguns there.
Agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said they found the loaded weapons - as well as a kit used to make a semi-automatic weapon automatic - at Stutts Firearms and Ammunition, 1715 Sauk Trail. Also found were two books: "How to Make Disposable Silencers" and "Full Auto Modification Guide."
Owner Phillip Stutts, 47, of the 100 block of Kathleen Lane, Chicago Heights, faces a single federal charge of possession of an unregistered firearm. He was released on a $4,500 recongnizance bond after a brief appearance before a federal magistrate Thursday afternoon.
Stutts allegedly told ATF agents he kept the sawed-off shotguns in the store for his protection.
Magistrate Ian Levin barred Stutts from buying or selling guns while the case is pending, and also ordered him to surrender his firearm owner's and identification card. Stutts faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nancy Miller said.
At the same time as Stutts' court appearance, ATF agents carted off more than 200 guns from his store to be checked for possible violations, bureau spokesman Tom Ahern said.
Agents obtained a federal search warrant for Stutts' store after learning a gun he sold was used in a crime. According to an ATF affidavit, Stutts sold a handgun to a Chicago Heights man who later brandished that pistol during a fight in Harvey.
The ATF agents determined Stutts sold the gun to the man when he was 20 years old. Sale of firearms to anyone younger than 21 is illegal. Stutts' wife allegedly told ATF agents Stutts destroyed the record of that sale.
Stutts has not been charged in connection to those allegations.
Chris Hack may be reached at chack@dailysouthtown.com or (708) 633-5984.
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/yrtwn/seast/281seyt4.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878<P>
Comments
Scrappy Doo sleeps with the fishes.
The $5 tax is for 'Any Other Weapons'. Short-barrelled shotguns require a $200 tax. Also, he would have needed to file a Form 1 for each such weapon, with fingerprint cards, CLEO affidavits, etc.
http://www.gunbroker.com/auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=18945647
I think you're thinking of "short barrelled rifles"--I'd have to double check, but I believe the $5 tax (like in the above auction) is all that would be needed.
In any case, my point is that to own the "sawed-off" shotgun legally would have been substantially cheaper than what things are going to cost him now.
To get the desired public opinion. In Germany 70 years ago they called it propaganda.
Man, that was some AWFUL spelling on my part...I needed to change that and quick!
Mark T. Christian
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
--General George S. Patton, Jr.
Bruce
Normally, one puts "collector" on the application. And actually, the BATF doesn't "allow" possession, but rather "prohibits" certain persons from possession. As an upright citizen, you are "allowed" to possess guns because of your constitutional rights.
Anybody wanna bet $50.00 there is a disgruntled wife involved? Sounds like they are trying to build a case based on the wife's allegations to me. And if that's the case, who is to say she didn't destroy the record.
Woods
"... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'" -- Benjamin Franklin
When they got raided the Feds closed down everything for several weeks. People who had paid for guns couldn't get them. I had a couple on consignment & got a very nasty response from the agent I contacted.
I complained to my Congressman & both Senators.
Don't know which ones helped but I got a very contrite call from the agent & finally got my guns back.
PJ[:(!]
If nobody seen you do it, how could you have done it. NRA Life Member, AF&AM
Roy Stone said "I don't recall, I'd have to check the paperwork, but I always note the time on the DROS. There is even a line for it."
A.G. said "No, not on the ten day wait, on the 30 days between purchases."
Roy ~ "How the heck am I supposed to know exactly what time a person picked up a gun from another store?"
A.G. - We want you to make your customers aware we want them to wait the full 30 days, not 29 days and 23 and a half hours".
That's the "common sense" prevailing in the West. Better put up fire-blocks, that it doesn't spread East.
What's the difference between registering (Form 1) and transferring (Form 4) besides $195, if it is an AOW?
Why can't a private citizen keep a sawed-off shotgun on private property for their own use? Did the NFA start this invasion into personal defense?
Mark [;)] , "that was some AWFUL spelling on my part" ... I use the same "command" to spell-check this as I use in the default word-processing program, and the check window pops right up and checks it.
Scrappy Doo sleeps with the fishes.