Gun Rights Activist Pleads Guilty To Gun Trafficking

By Tom Knighton

I’ve said before that even if you disagree with the law, you should follow it. Breaking laws, even if they’re stupid or unconstitutional, can still land you in hot water.

The one exception, however, is if you’re engaging in some civil disobedience or if you’re bucking to become a test case that may eventually overturn the law in question. Both come with risk, but if you feel it’s worth that risk, I can respect that.

But that doesn’t seem to be what one California gun rights activist had in mind.

According to court documents, San Diego resident Chad Clay Kipper, 34, lied about being an Arizona resident when he purchased 14 guns in that state in 2016. Prosecutors said Kipper brought the guns back to California and sold them for profit.

Kipper was the CEO of the Freedom Fighters Foundation, a gun rights and civil liberties group that owned a 22-acre private shooting range. Noise complaints prompted authorities to investigate the group in January, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

Amid the investigation, authorities discovered the California resident was not registered to own firearms but had made a purchase in Arizona, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Per federal and state gun laws, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms