Converting a Semiautomatic Weapon to Full Auto

Not going to happen. Even if you believe the lies in his initial post, he had zero chance of getting gun rights back. Now given the real story, it went to non-existent.

Or maybe a legal, pro-2nd Amendment president...President Trump?

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Can't join, I'm 52. Also got pre-existing conditions. I checked with a Navy recruiter and I can get waivers for my age and pre-existing conditions, but not for the felony.

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Quoting flyingron

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Not going to happen. Even if you believe the lies in his initial post, he had zero chance of getting gun rights back. Now given the real story, it went to non-existent.

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What lies?

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Okay, thanks, good to know.

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Quoting Mr. Knowitall

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Or, in a couple of years, the next guy or gal. Trump?

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We can hope.

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Quoting Lehk

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that was not entrapment at all, you went looking for trouble and found it.

"Defending the US against Muslims" is not a permissible reason to possess an illegal machine gun (ALL machine guns which were not in civilian hands prior to 19 MAY 86 are illegal)

your lawyer was not incompetent, in fact it sounds like she was correct in her assessment of what sentence you would get, there is very little to be done when the FBI has you dead to rights with a serious felony.

there is no firearms rights restoration for federal felony convictions, the only way you can possess a firearm is if President Obama pardons you.

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Nope, sorry, I didn't "go looking for trouble", the FBI's source followed me from one website to another asking if I wanted to convert my AK to full auto (the websites another member found via links I didn't post are immaterial), I was there just being stupid, being a "keyboard warrior".

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Quoting jk

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first, it isn't going to be expunged so you don't ever get to your actual question.

that's all well and good but that does not justify illegally converting it to an auto.




entrapment is where the government entices you to commit a crime you would not otherwise would have committed. You are the one that initiated the search for somebody to illegally convert your rifle to an auto. That removes entrapment.

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Nope, I didn't search for somebody to illegally convert my rifle, the FBI's source got into a conversation with me and he asked if I'd ever thought about making my AK full auto. This wouldn't have come out in court because my shyster told me not to speak in court. Well that, and because the FBI and the courts are on the same side, the FBI can lie or omit facts, and get away with it.

You chose to confess under oath, on the record. Nobody here is particularly interested in your excuses.

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Quoting Mr. Knowitall

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You chose to confess under oath, on the record. Nobody here is particularly interested in your excuses.

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No excuses, if I'd felt I did something wrong, I'd own up to it.
Oh, and I didn't choose to confess under oath, I had no experience with the justice system, never having been arrested before, so my court appointed shyster was able to convince me to say things that were contrary to my defence.
So....I'm guessing you're not really that much of a Knowitall, huh?

You chose to commit a crime. You offer nothing but excuses.

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Quoting Mr. Knowitall

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You chose to commit a crime. You offer nothing but excuses.

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How is it choosing if I didn't know it was illegal? Yeah, yeah, I know, ignorance of the law is no excuse.

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Quoting Doug Story

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No excuses, if I'd felt I did something wrong, I'd own up to it.
Oh, and I didn't choose to confess under oath, I had no experience with the justice system, never having been arrested before, so my court appointed shyster was able to convince me to say things that were contrary to my defence.
So....I'm guessing you're not really that much of a Knowitall, huh?

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...says the genius who uses his real name, everywhere he goes.

I'm sure the FBI knows how to use Google.

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Quoting Doug Story

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How is it choosing if I didn't know it was illegal? Yeah, yeah, I know, ignorance of the law is no excuse.

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Quite correct, ignorance of the law is no excuse. I said earlier on one of these threads that if you really didn’t know it was illegal then you should have checked it out before you agreed to have the gun modified. It is no secret in this country that there are laws regulating the purchase and possession of firearms. The second amendment right to bear arms is not absolute. Like all of the rights we have, it is subject to some limitations. Given how sensitive gun issues are in this country and the penalties for violating gun laws, it is very foolish indeed to go out and buy any firearm or have it modified without first having a very good understanding of what is permitted under the applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Your lawyer recommended that you not testify because chances are that allowing you to testify would have made matters worse, not better. Most criminal defendants are better off not taking the stand in their own defense. If you don’t think that the federal prosecutor could not make you look bad on cross-examination given your history then you haven’t seen a good federal prosecutor do a cross examination. Given the background to your desire for the modification I can see the prosecutor succeeding in making you look like a nut and convince a jury that your testimony is not very reliable. That’s a good reason for the attorney to recommend you not testify. Moreover, if you really wanted to testify, your lawyer could not stop you. It was your right to testify. All your lawyer did was make a recommendation regarding what she thought was best for your defense. She couldn’t bar you from testifying if you really wanted to do it.

I didn't think to check out if modifying my rifle to full auto was illegal or not based on information I got from an apparently unreliable source.
That's another of my problems, I thought the 2nd Amendment was absolute.
With me never having been arrested before, I had no knowledge of what I could do and what was disallowed.
Oh, and thank you, you have been the only member here to have responded with no vitriol, everyone else has seemed to believe the BS about my past Internet associations.

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You're right, I am a genius, just a naive', trusting genius.
But no more, I'm tired of being taken advantage of, tired of being screwed over because of my trusting nature and naivete'. I'm cynical in other parts of my life, just very trusting as it concerns people (just like with what I wrote here).

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Quoting Doug Story

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You're right, I am a genius....

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Yup.... A regular super genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STeVTzWelns