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This seems a little extreme, even for the Peoples Democratic Republic of Massachusetts. The article is very much less than informative. On what grounds did the Gestapo raid a private citizen's home and seize this man's firearms and ammo, which they turned over to the BATFE? (And I'd like to know why the Auburn Police Department turned the guns over to BATFE. Aren't they evidence in the case they presumably want to build against Simulynas?)
A little Internet searching turned up more information on this incident. Anthony Simulynas apparently used to have a Class 1 FFL, which was revoked in 1999 during the Clintonistas' vendetta against gun dealers who worked out of their homes. The raid apparently was based on information laid by one Paul Mateiko, who was discovered to have about 101 firearms and a whole lot of ammo, including an MG-34 he stole from Simulynas.
The real issue in the Simulynas case seems to be that Simulynas did not have 82 of the 85 guns he owned "properly stored," which reading the articles and reading between the lines of same seems to be the real issue the Massachusetts Antigun Gestapo have with the man. According the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 140, Section 131L (a),
"It shall be unlawful to store or keep any firearm, rifle or shotgun including, but not limited to, large capacity weapons, or machine gun in any place unless such weapon is secured in a locked container or equipped with a tamper-resistant mechanical lock or other safety device, properly engaged so as to render such weapon inoperable by any person other than the owner or other lawfully authorized user. For purposes of this section, such weapon shall not be deemed stored or kept if carried by or under the control of the owner or other lawfully authorized user."
Only three of the 85 guns seized were locked in a case. The rest were either out in the open or not equipped with trigger locks as decreed by Massachusetts law.
It should be noted that what started the ball rolling was the fire department responding to a medical emergency at Mateiko's home earlier this month. The firemen noticed he had a whole lot of guns laying around and informed the police, who subsequently raided Mateiko's house. When they questioned him as to where he got the MG-34, he told them he'd stolen it from Simulynas. That, so it would seem, was sufficient for the Auburn Police Department to go before a judge and obtain a search warrant for Simulynas's home. The fact it was stolen seems to be beside the point.
And to think I thought the gun laws in New York outside New York City were unreasonable. Compared to Massachusetts, New York is a state of sweetness and light and friendly toward gun owners!
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how can they charge him with "improper storage", i understand that it is common sense to have trigger locks, a gun safe, etc. but in his case maybe he didnt see a need for protection, or maybe he had a lock on cellar door so grandkids" couldnt go down there, who knows but i think this is unlawful search and seizure, they should have retreived his stolen property and returned it to him, who cares that a police chief asked for him to turn over his weapons, he was not convicted that i found of a felony which makes it legal for him to own firearems
