“The possession of any machinegun conversion device sold on these web domains is a felony violation of federal law, which carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison,” reads a notice the agency and the U.S. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives disagrees with Call, and used warrants obtained by federal prosecutors to seize and shut down two websites Ervin used.
There is no legal basis for holding that they are machine guns,” Call wrote. “Autokeycards are … mere images etched into metal. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard that a 14-count indictment against Ervin rests on a premise that credit card-sized metal strips with an etched design he sold under the product name AutoKe圜ard are regulated like parts for machine guns. In a motion filed this week, Call told U.S.
Ervin, 41, whose charges now carry a potential sentence of up to 140 years in prison. An Orange Park man accused of illegally mailing more than 1,200 devices for converting rifles into machine guns shouldn’t face any charges because everything he sent was legal, his lawyer is telling a federal judge.Īssistant Federal Defender Lisa Call has asked to have an indictment dismissed against Kristopher J.
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