Anti-Gun Activist Uses Police Officer To Break The Rules

By Tom Knighton

In the world of firearms, a gun doesn’t have to work to be considered a firearm. It doesn’t even have to have all the required parts. All it needs is the receiver which, legally speaking, is the firearm.

As such, you can’t take a firearm receiver into a place where guns aren’t allowed.

One anti-gunner, trying to make a point, used a police officer to circumvent the rules.

A second anti-gun activist was escorted from a gun-control hearing Monday after reportedly using a police officer to circumvent security measures and bring in a firearm receiver.

The hearing, which was open to the public and addressed a number of proposed gun control measures, attracted activists on both sides of gun issues. A large group of anti-gun activists, wearing matching shirts from the group Connecticut Against Gun Violence, attended to hear testimony from Executive Director Jeremy Stein.

According to Ray Bevis, legislative coordinator for the Connecticut Citizens Defense League, Stein’s testimony did not go exactly as planned. Bevis told The Daily Caller that Stein had asked to bring as a prop a firearm receiver — and had been told that he would not be allowed …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms