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HAMMOND – -(Ammoland.com)- Michael Thedford, 29 years old, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge James T. Moody on his plea of guilty to possessing an unregistered machinegun, announced United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson.
Thedford was sentenced to 63 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release
According to documents in the case, on March 21, 2019, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Thedford’s residence and recovered narcotics, five loaded firearms with high capacity magazines, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
Also recovered was a Glock firearm that contained a conversion device also known as a “Glock Switch” that converted the semi-automatic firearm to a fully automatic weapon.
This weapon was required to be registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Records in accordance with the National Firearms Act but was not.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Caitlin M. Padula and Kevin Wolff.
This case was prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally-based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
Chicago Field Division
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
ATF is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for investigating violations of federal firearms and explosives laws and regulations. More information about ATF and its programs can be found at www.atf.gov.
Let’s see…5 years and three months in a cage for not paying an UNCONSTITUTIONAL tax to possess a machine gun. No victims involved. So can someone PLEASE explain to me how this ISN’T cruel and unusual punishment in direct violation of the 8th amendment to OUR bill of rights? Help me out here. Oh, and of course a BLATANT violation of the 2nd amendment SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. 63 months is too long for some folks. Those ” ENFORCEMENT agents” best be really careful because some folks just might take the view of the Founding Fathers at Concord Green and… Read more »
I see the government thugs are bragging about armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and violation of rights again.
I am not a Glocksmith so please foregive any ignorance of a Glock’s inner workings I may demonstrate by asking this question. I am curious as to whether a manual safety could be incorporated into a back plate replacement in the same way as these select fire switches so that someone desiring a manual safety on their Glock might easily install one. This might give an added level of comfort when doing appendix carry or in other situations. Also, if such add-on manual safeties were possible and became commonplace, might they tend to muddy the waters regarding probable cause to… Read more »
Fu** atf and their extended families.
publish their home addresses
Project safe neighbours dam the anti gun folks never give up. If owning fully automatic handgun is possible legally and that is your desire than dot all the I cross all the T and proceed.