alt Hacker NewsIt must be tough trying to illegally deal arms at an Aryan Nations meeting and not know which guys are really white supremacists and which are undercover agents.
It must be tough trying to illegally deal arms at an Aryan Nations meeting and not know which guys are really white supremacists and which are undercover agents.
Weaver never 'tried' to be an arms dealer. The ATF approached him and asked him to do it. The ATF was the only 'white supremacist' that we even suspect Weaver might have discussed gunsmithing with. And as far as I know, he's never even been convicted of doing so. The only thing Weaver was convicted of AFAIK is not showing up for court, for something he is still presumed innocent of (edit: actually, fully acquitted of).
It's quite possible he didn't even cut the shotgun too short. The barrel of the gun is supposedly in ATF archives somewhere, but no one seems to know where it is. Very convenient.