NFA and Class 3 Mandatory Jail Time- nope

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A Sacramento man has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in federal prison for illegally manufacturing and selling assault rifles and machine guns..

Luis Cortez-Garcia, 44, was charged with unlawful manufacturing and sales of firearms, possession of a machine gun and possession of an unregistered firearm, according to a U.S. Attorney’s Office news release. He was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr.

In December, Luis Cortez-Garcia’s brother and co-defendant, Emiliano Cortez-Garcia, was sentenced by Judge Burrell to six years in prison for unlawful manufacturing and dealing in firearms, possession of a machine gun and possession of an unregistered firearm

Through the business, he sold AR-15-style firearms that were manufactured in a metal shop at the rear of the business.

Cortez-Garcia did not have a license to manufacture or sell firearms, and as an undocumented resident and felon, he was prohibited from possessing firearms.

Oct. 9, 2013, law enforcement officers seized 312 guns, including fully automatic assault rifles, illegal short-barreled rifles and silencers.

During the investigation, ATF made seven undercover purchases of AR-15 firearms.
 
So an 1) Illegal 2) Felon 3) Manufactured Silencer 4) Manufactured Machine Gun 5) Manufactured Rifles 6) sold Rifles to prohibited people 7) did not pay the 11% tax to make guns



And he gets 5 1/2 years..... I was always told illegal manufacturing of a machine gun was a 10 YR minimum mandatory... and 10 years for Possession of the same....






 
The dude in question is a 'wet. He'es not going to get any sentence... after all, he'es only here to better his life... and bring in 345 family members to share the American Dream.... while making illegal Class III items.

I bet he has to do some really onerous community service... like registering Democrat Voters.

Making machine guns and selling AR's to MS-13... you act like that's a felony or something? Well, it is if your parents were on the Mayflower.

But if you slithered under the fence at San Ysidro... then you are good, maricone!

Cheers, Sirhr (Yea, AJ, I typed that longhand...)


 
This is usually the way it goes. I know of two cases of unregistered machine guns, and one of destructive devices, in my little backwoods corner of the world. I think the most severe punishment was one year of jail time.