DOJ: Bristol, Va. man sentenced to 30 months in prison for illegally possessing machine gun, silencer
Posted: Sat, 16 Jan 2021 14:43:21
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/
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/