BTW, I consider Roger Ver's criminal conviction a badge of honor that demonstrates the evil and violence of the State towards peaceful, mutually voluntary relations. He paid a high price and has my highest respect.
It seems he was fighting for freedom against mice by using M-80's
The
San Francisco ATF office announced that Roger Ver, 22, of
San Jose, California was sentenced on May 3, 2002, to 10 months
in jail, 3 years probation and a $2000 fine for dealing in explosives
without a license, storing explosives in a manner not in conformity
with regulations and for mailing injurious articles. Ver was sentenced
in US District Court, Northern District of California, as a result
of a plea agreement entered into by Mr. Ver that culminated a
2-year investigation.
Mr.
Ver was selling pest control devices through Ebay, the online
auction service. On the site, Ver offered and sold the "Pest
Control 2000" devices as legal M-80's. In addition, Mr. Ver
stored the devices in an apartment that he was renting. As noted
previously, Federal Explosive regulations require all explosives
to be stored in a magazine, and prohibit storage of explosives
in a residence or dwelling, and also mandates separation from
inhabited buildings, public roads, and passenger railways.
John
A. Torres, Special Agent in Charge of ATF's San Francisco Field
Office said "Mr. Ver placed numerous people, including the
residents of the apartment building, in potential harm from accidental
detonation of these devices. I am pleased this matter is adjudicated
and Mr. Ver is no longer in this business."
The
case was initiated independently by both ATF and the Santa Clara,
California, Police Department in April 1999, after ATF received
word from the San Jose Police Department that Mr. Ver offered
these items for sale on a web site called "Roger's Page of
Terror".
Exactly. This is another State-invented, victimless crime.
