DOJ: Bristol, Va. man sentenced to 30 months in prison for illegally possessing machine gun, silencer

[allingeneral]

Bristol, Virginia

The release says Houser was arrested at his Bristol, Virginia home on state charges on December 4, 2019.

Houser called a friend after he was arrested and asked him to get “certain firearms and ammunition from Houser’s home.”

According to the release, Houser’s friend retrieved multiple firearms, a silencer and ammunition from the home.

An investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) found that one of the firearms met the definition of a machinegun that had not been registered. The release says the silencer was also unregistered, violating federal statute.

Read more: https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/doj-bri ... -silencer/

[allingeneral]

Wonder what he told his friend on a jail phone that caused the ATF to investigate? Or maybe his friend rolled over on him?

I guess what I'm trying to say is: Under what pretext was this ATF investigation started? I would guess that they can "find" a reason at any time to search you or me or this guy from Bristol.