Feds Raid Henry Repeating Arms Factory
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Feds Raid Henry Repeating Arms Factory
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Federal Agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service raided the factory and offices of Henry Repeating Arms (NJ) on Wednesday, seizing wood pallets, electronic files and rifles
Federal authorities are apparently investigating Henry for the alleged importation and use of illegal wood.
The Wall Street Journal reported this morning on this highly “aggressive enforcement of overly broad laws to make the company cry uncle.” The Journal reports that the raid this past Wednesday was not the first time that agents of Fish and Wildlife came after Henry.
Henry is already fighting a federal lawsuit that stemmed from a 2009 federal raid, but this raid seems to have upped the stakes. As the Journal described the ongoing case:
“The question in the first raid seemed to be whether Henry had been buying illegally harvested hardwoods from protected forests, such as the Madagascar ebony that makes for such lovely rifles… but with the new raid, the government seems to be questioning whether some wood sourced from India met every regulatory jot and tittle.”
The real issue here seems to be the bureaucratic minutia of federal environmental regulations that increasingly pervade all aspects of American life. Environmental regulations cover your home and your business. To lay out the over-regulation in this case, the Journal quoted John Thomas, a law professor at Quinnipiac University, who described the enormous burden of proof on rifle owners to show they aren’t carrying endangered wood:
“It’s not enough to know that the body of your old rifle is made of walnut and maple: What’s the stock made of? If it’s ebony, do you have the paperwork to show when and where that wood was harvested and when and where it was made into a stock? Even if you have no knowledge—despite Herculean efforts to obtain it—that some piece of your rifle, no matter how small, was obtained illegally, you lose your rifle forever.”
Certainly, the dedication of federal resources for the harassment of a private rifle producer reinforces already negative perceptions about the Obama administration’s hyper-regulatory environment.
" APRIL FOOL " ! !............
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Federal Agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service raided the factory and offices of Henry Repeating Arms (NJ) on Wednesday, seizing wood pallets, electronic files and rifles
Federal authorities are apparently investigating Henry for the alleged importation and use of illegal wood.
The Wall Street Journal reported this morning on this highly “aggressive enforcement of overly broad laws to make the company cry uncle.” The Journal reports that the raid this past Wednesday was not the first time that agents of Fish and Wildlife came after Henry.
Henry is already fighting a federal lawsuit that stemmed from a 2009 federal raid, but this raid seems to have upped the stakes. As the Journal described the ongoing case:
“The question in the first raid seemed to be whether Henry had been buying illegally harvested hardwoods from protected forests, such as the Madagascar ebony that makes for such lovely rifles… but with the new raid, the government seems to be questioning whether some wood sourced from India met every regulatory jot and tittle.”
The real issue here seems to be the bureaucratic minutia of federal environmental regulations that increasingly pervade all aspects of American life. Environmental regulations cover your home and your business. To lay out the over-regulation in this case, the Journal quoted John Thomas, a law professor at Quinnipiac University, who described the enormous burden of proof on rifle owners to show they aren’t carrying endangered wood:
“It’s not enough to know that the body of your old rifle is made of walnut and maple: What’s the stock made of? If it’s ebony, do you have the paperwork to show when and where that wood was harvested and when and where it was made into a stock? Even if you have no knowledge—despite Herculean efforts to obtain it—that some piece of your rifle, no matter how small, was obtained illegally, you lose your rifle forever.”
Certainly, the dedication of federal resources for the harassment of a private rifle producer reinforces already negative perceptions about the Obama administration’s hyper-regulatory environment.
" APRIL FOOL " ! !............
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Re: Feds Raid Henry Repeating Arms Factory
You really got me on that one ! Glad it's an April thing.......
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@@%#!!! Yep, you got me. I was ready to throw a fit...
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Re: Feds Raid Henry Repeating Arms Factory
Not so far fetched.
Isn't this exactly what happened to Gibson Guitar?
Isn't this exactly what happened to Gibson Guitar?
Government office attracts the power-mad, yet it's people who just want to be left alone to live life on their own terms who are considered dangerous.
History teaches that it's a small window in which people can fight back before it is too dangerous to fight back.
History teaches that it's a small window in which people can fight back before it is too dangerous to fight back.
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Yes, I was thinking "Gibson" while reading it.....
That would be something if they did a no-knock and killed folks while confiscating the wood from a Henry !!!!
Paul
That would be something if they did a no-knock and killed folks while confiscating the wood from a Henry !!!!
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Sheeeesh! You got me on that one! A regular Orson Wells broadcast. Almost ruined my morning.
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I was wondering who would want such a heavy rifle stock in the first place
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jerk
I can honestly say I was madder than heck when I read that. Even though I don't own any Henry guns, I was very happy that an American gun manufacturer "made it" in this country with all of the stiff competition from overseas.
The more I read the hotter I got.
It's been several hours and I'm happy again ----6
I can honestly say I was madder than heck when I read that. Even though I don't own any Henry guns, I was very happy that an American gun manufacturer "made it" in this country with all of the stiff competition from overseas.
The more I read the hotter I got.
It's been several hours and I'm happy again ----6
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Honestly? That would not have surprised me one little bit....
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Boy ,I bit on that one. Not to far out of realm possibility with the morons in Washington, IMHO !!!!!!!!
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Not so far fetched at all. Under modern changes to the Lacey act, it is very easy for people to get nailed even if they attempt to do everything right. There are provisions that allow the federal government to bring charges for certain things that might not be illegal, but violate laws in other countries or states.
One example is the woman who received a federal felony conviction because her supplier sent her frozen lobsters packed in poly bags. In the country of origin, there was a regulation that said lobsters could not be packed in poly bags. The country of origin did not care, but the Feds investigated and charged her.
One example is the woman who received a federal felony conviction because her supplier sent her frozen lobsters packed in poly bags. In the country of origin, there was a regulation that said lobsters could not be packed in poly bags. The country of origin did not care, but the Feds investigated and charged her.
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Now I need to relax after that now. LOL
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Sorry, I'm a bit late to the thread. It took awhile to remove the hook!!! good one.
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I received an e-mail from Numerich Gun parts that said they were moving out of New York. I opened it and it said April Fools we are not moving.
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I already was.mikld wrote: @@%#!!! Yep, you got me. I was ready to throw a fit...
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Dag nabit, Stop that. That's two threads I bit on in a row.
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Steaming stuff!Now I have to stop my head from spinning,get my heart beat back to normal and not go into the Frank Marshall Davis Jr ( Obama ) tirade that was going to bilge forth!