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    Stag Arms Gets FFL Revoked

    http://bearingarms.com/stag-feds-rev...paign=baupdate

    "Stag Arms, the Connecticut-based AR-15 manufacturer, has*lost it’s federal firearms license*as a result of not properly keeping track of serialized lower receivers.

    New Britain-based Stag Firearms LLC pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating federal firearms laws and as part of a plea agreement company president and owner Mark Malkowski agreed to sell the company and have no further ownership or management role in a gun manufacturer.

    The company, with Malkowski serving as its representative, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Hartford to a single felony count of possession of a machine gun not registered to the company.

    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is also revoking Stag’s federal license to manufacture firearms.

    Malkowski is also scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Haven to a misdemeanor count of failure to maintain firearms records.

    The federal government began its investigation of Stag in July 2014, after a routine Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms inspection turned up a variety of recording keeping violations, missing firearms and unregistered firearms, the government said.

    The guilty plea, Stag said in a prepared statement, was in the best interest of the company and its approximately 100 employees. Malkowski is in advanced talks with a New York private equity firm to sell the company, Stag and the government said.

    “For the first time in Connecticut, and there have only been a few of these prosecutions throughout the nation, a large manufacturer is pleading guilty to a felony charge relating to record keeping violations,” Connecticut U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly said Tuesday. The company will pay a fine of $500,000 as part of the plea agreement.

    For his guilty plea, Malkowski, 37, will pay a $100,000 fine and will not be permitted to own, operate or manage a firearms company.

    As we noted earlier this year,*Stag Arms was raided for stupidity, not criminal enterprise. They did not properly serialize and track lower receivers at the time of their creation as required by law, and are receiving a harsh penalty as a result.

    It is unclear at this time what will become of the company or it’s employees as a result of the plea deal."




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    Quote Originally Posted by Boba Fett v2 View Post
    http://bearingarms.com/stag-feds-rev...paign=baupdate

    "Stag Arms, the Connecticut-based AR-15 manufacturer, has*lost it’s federal firearms license*as a result of not properly keeping track of serialized lower receivers.

    New Britain-based Stag Firearms LLC pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating federal firearms laws and as part of a plea agreement company president and owner Mark Malkowski agreed to sell the company and have no further ownership or management role in a gun manufacturer.

    The company, with Malkowski serving as its representative, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Hartford to a single felony count of possession of a machine gun not registered to the company.

    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is also revoking Stag’s federal license to manufacture firearms.

    Malkowski is also scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New Haven to a misdemeanor count of failure to maintain firearms records.

    The federal government began its investigation of Stag in July 2014, after a routine Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms inspection turned up a variety of recording keeping violations, missing firearms and unregistered firearms, the government said.

    The guilty plea, Stag said in a prepared statement, was in the best interest of the company and its approximately 100 employees. Malkowski is in advanced talks with a New York private equity firm to sell the company, Stag and the government said.

    “For the first time in Connecticut, and there have only been a few of these prosecutions throughout the nation, a large manufacturer is pleading guilty to a felony charge relating to record keeping violations,” Connecticut U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly said Tuesday. The company will pay a fine of $500,000 as part of the plea agreement.

    For his guilty plea, Malkowski, 37, will pay a $100,000 fine and will not be permitted to own, operate or manage a firearms company.

    As we noted earlier this year,*Stag Arms was raided for stupidity, not criminal enterprise. They did not properly serialize and track lower receivers at the time of their creation as required by law, and are receiving a harsh penalty as a result.

    It is unclear at this time what will become of the company or it’s employees as a result of the plea deal."




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    Had the machine guns been destined for FSA/AQ/Mexico, no prosecution had taken place.
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    Clerical error = lose your entire business.

    They should have simply been able to correct the error since it wasn't a "willful violation." Only in the firearms business can you lose EVERYTHING because you missed something on the books.

    The new owner should IMMEDIATELY relocate out of Connecticut.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteyrAUG View Post
    Clerical error = lose your entire business.

    They should have simply been able to correct the error since it wasn't a "willful violation." Only in the firearms business can you lose EVERYTHING because you missed something on the books.

    The new owner should IMMEDIATELY relocate out of Connecticut.
    Wasn't there a similar situation with that Red Jacket outfit on the tv show? Ended up having to txfer the business to the Daughter.
    Of course, that was before he was revealed to be a fvckd up human turd kid toucher.


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    Pretty much what happened to Sabre also.

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    No criminal intent, even the ATF said so, but this is more than just clerical errors...I remember reading about this earlier in the year, and they were accused of having up to 3000 unserialized parts, in violation of federal law, to which the owner replied that his engraver was out of town on vacation. When ATF went back, they noted that many of the same parts were still not serialized since their first visit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteyrAUG View Post
    Clerical error = lose your entire business.

    They should have simply been able to correct the error since it wasn't a "willful violation." Only in the firearms business can you lose EVERYTHING because you missed something on the books.

    The new owner should IMMEDIATELY relocate out of Connecticut.
    I agree. Wouldn't it be great if we could hold bureaucrats and politicians to the same standards.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by djegators View Post
    No criminal intent, even the ATF said so, but this is more than just clerical errors...I remember reading about this earlier in the year, and they were accused of having up to 3000 unserialized parts, in violation of federal law, to which the owner replied that his engraver was out of town on vacation. When ATF went back, they noted that many of the same parts were still not serialized since their first visit.
    If memory serves, Stag had also transported the unserialized lowers from one of their facilities to another, which was another big no-no.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 556BlackRifle View Post
    I agree. Wouldn't it be great if we could hold bureaucrats and politicians to the same standards.....
    No kidding...really.

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    A. Did anyone actually read the article and the original articles when it happened? Probably should get the info from elsewhere other than "Bearing Arms".

    B. Obliterated serial numbers and losing track of 200 firearms is a pretty big deal. Add to this an anti-gun administration, being in an anti-gun state and the outcome isn't hard to predict.

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