Man With 3-D-Printed Gun Had Hit List of Lawmakers, US Says (nytimes.com)

A Dallas man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Wednesday after the authorities caught him with a partially 3-D-printed rifle and what federal prosecutors described as a hit list of lawmakers in his backpack. From a report: The man, Eric Gerard McGinnis, had been under a court order that prohibited him from possessing a firearm when he was discovered to have had the partially printed AR-15-style rifle in July 2017, according to a statement from the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas. Mr. McGinnis, 43, was charged with possession of an unregistered firearm and possession of ammunition by a prohibited person, prosecutors said. A jury later convicted him on both counts.

Prosecutors said in their statement that police officers had arrested Mr. McGinnis after hearing three shots he had apparently fired in a wooded area just outside of Dallas. They also discovered a list in his backpack labeled "9/11/2001 list of American Terrorists." The list included the office and home addresses of "several federal lawmakers, both Democrat and Republican," the statement said. Prosecutors did not reveal the names on Mr. McGinnis's list, but at the sentencing hearing on Wednesday they disclosed that a forensic analysis of his electronic devices suggested that Mr. McGinnis "had a strong interest" in James T. Hodgkinson, the man who the authorities say shot and wounded Representative Steve Scalise and several others at a congressional baseball practice in June 2017.

Comments

Alleged?

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

>> James T. Hodgkinson, the man who the authorities say shot and wounded Representative Steve Scalise

I didn't realize there was any doubt about this.

Re:Alleged?

[DarkOx]

There is always doubt; unless you were wearing a MAGA at the time of the accusation. In that case its guilty no matter what the other evidence might suggest.

Re:Alleged?

[AmiMoJo]

From TFA:

"The man, Eric Gerard McGinnis, had been under a court order that prohibited him from possessing a firearm when he was discovered to have had the partially printed AR-15-style rifle in July 2017"

I know it's tradition and all, but it was in the second paragraph and would have taken you less time to read than it did to type out that long answer.

Re:Alleged?

[AmiMoJo]

Interesting, a post that is basically quoting TFA to present some factual information is considered trolling... Because it's a thread about gun rights and it suggests that there isn't actually a conspiracy to manufacture fake charges against a gun owner.

Some people have really lost the plot, and the argument due to their need to suppress any information that contradicts their narrative.

Either that or the last sentence triggered a particularly sensitive snowflake.

Re:Alleged?

[Shaitan]

Or maybe he just understands the difference between the builder and their hammer. By your logic we should ban hammers if the popcorn guy at the movie theater builds a shoddy house with it.

Unregistered Rifle?

[oic0]

Texas has no gun registration laws and it's not illegal to manufacture your own gun or gun parts...

Re:Unregistered Rifle?

[Oh really now]

True on Texas law, that's the way it should be! The sticking point here is reportedly he was already a prohibited person, so his possession of any firearm is illegal.

Re: Unregistered Rifle?

[technothrasher]

They meant 'unlawful possession of a firearm'. But Hollywood teaches anybody who doesn't know gun laws that all guns have to be registered with 'the government' and it's made it into wide spread popular belief.