Rich Wyatt Arrested for Theft

I think that federal time is the full stretch, no time off for good behavior. He'll be 70ish when he's released.

He played a lot of stupid games and won a big fat stupid prize. Not shocked at all. Apparently he didn't get the memo: "Don't steal from the government...they hate competition". Well...guess he will have a good bit of time to write his life story book. Shall we start a thread on what the title should be?

[Muaha]

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Originally Posted by funkymonkey1111

As much of a doofus as Rich Wyatt has turned out to be, i take no pleasure in his conviction orchestrated by ATF thugs for something he shouldn't have had to have a license to do in the first place.

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+1, ^^^This.

Kind of ironic, episode of Modern Guns was on Pursuit tonite, hosted by Wyatt.

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Originally Posted by Squeeze

He played a lot of stupid games and won a big fat stupid prize. Not shocked at all. Apparently he didn't get the memo: "Don't steal from the government...they hate competition". Well...guess he will have a good bit of time to write his life story book. Shall we start a thread on what the title should be?

[Muaha]

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And it'll end up in the fiction section of the library.

Yup, stupid games, stupid prizes.

So what did he do wrong? Just tax evasion and selling guns without license?

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Originally Posted by funkymonkey1111

As much of a doofus as Rich Wyatt has turned out to be, i take no pleasure in his conviction orchestrated by ATF thugs for something he shouldn't have had to have a license to do in the first place.

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We all have to play by the rules whether we like the rules or not. There's a process in place to change the rules. You don't just get to make up your own rules and expect things will turn out OK.

I'm certainly no fan of the ATF, or most other government agencies and I think our federal government, for the most part, far exceeds it's authority. Having said that, I've had a FFL and a gun business. I played by the rules even when I didn't agree with them and it was a pain in the ass at times. But, because I did that, the ATF never bothered me. At all. Wyatt knew the rules and he chose to break them. I don't have any issues with him paying for the choices he made.

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

We all have to play by the rules whether we like the rules or not. There's a process in place to change the rules. You don't just get to make up your own rules and expect things will turn out OK.

I'm certainly no fan of the ATF, or most other government agencies and I think our federal government, for the most part, far exceeds it's authority. Having said that, I've had a FFL and a gun business. I played by the rules even when I didn't agree with them and it was a pain in the ass at times. But, because I did that, the ATF never bothered me. At all. Wyatt knew the rules and he chose to break them. I don't have any issues with him paying for the choices he made.

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Completely agree.

"I'm certainly no fan of the British Crown, or any earthly crown and I think the British Monarchy, for the most part, far exceeds it's [sic] authority. Having said that, I've had an importation license and tea business. I played by the rules even when I didn't agree with them and it was a pain in the ass at times. But, because I did that, the Red Coats never bothered me. At all. Washington knew the rules and he chose to break them. I don't have any issues with him paying for the choices he made." Long live the king!

-just sayin'