I want a new rifle- maybe I should order a crappy TV

[00tec]

$1,600 worth of rifle, instead of a $320 TV delivered to man.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...assault-rifle/

When D.C. resident Seth Horvitz ordered a flat-panel TV on Amazon, he didn’t expect to get a military-grade assault rifle in return.

Horvitz ordered the TV, a Westinghouse 39-inch LCD, for about $320 from a third-party electronics seller on Amazon.

On Tuesday evening, a large, oblong box arrived at his doorstep via UPS Ground.

“When I saw some metal parts inside the box, I thought, ‘Maybe this is a TV stand or mount or something,’” Horvitz said in a phone interview with Wired.

“When I realized it was an assault rifle, it was pure shock and disbelief.”

Not being one to want a personal “shock and awe” arsenal of his own, Horvitz contacted the D.C. police. They immediately confiscated the box, which contained a semi-automatic Sig Sauer 716 patrol rifle. The police informed Horvitz that the gun was illegal in the District of Columbia.

[SuperiorDG]

If it were me this story would never make the news.

[Great-Kazoo]

If it were me this story would never make the news.

What story?

[ChunkyMonkey]

Someone in UPS stole his damn TV..stuck the original shipping label onto another box (siggy) to keep the tracking bar getting scanned.

[00tec]

If it were me this story would never make the news.

"Watcha mean Mr. big brown truck man, I ain't seen no ass-ault rifle"

If you look at that pic, it really looks like there was possibly 2 in the bigger box....

[CrufflerSteve]

That would be a hard call. I'd have to worry about it being a sting since I post on places like this.

Steve

[lex137]

The guy who ordered the Sig got a POS flat panel tv instead, LOL.

[BigDee]

What a moron. If I were in this guys position I would have kept my mouth shut and kept the rifle.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...assault-rifle/

When D.C. resident Seth Horvitz ordered a flat-panel TV on Amazon, he didn’t expect to get a military-grade assault rifle in return.

Horvitz ordered the TV, a Westinghouse 39-inch LCD, for about $320 from a third-party electronics seller on Amazon.

On Tuesday evening, a large, oblong box arrived at his doorstep via UPS Ground.

“When I saw some metal parts inside the box, I thought, ‘Maybe this is a TV stand or mount or something,’” Horvitz said in a phone interview with Wired.

“When I realized it was an assault rifle, it was pure shock and disbelief.”

Not being one to want a personal “shock and awe” arsenal of his own, Horvitz contacted the D.C. police. They immediately confiscated the box, which contained a semi-automatic Sig Sauer 716 patrol rifle. The police informed Horvitz that the gun was illegal in the District of Columbia.

[Gunner]

Military grade assault rifle eh?

[cstone]

Maybe not in our nation's capitol.

Even after Heller, guns inside your home still must be registered with the Metropolitan Police Department. It is a daunting task and few people have actually gone through the process. Getting ammunition and extra magazines without going into Virginia would be virtually impossible.

When I worked in the District, I didn't live in the District. There is a reason for that.

Be safe.