Friday, September 2, 2022

Newhouse Pleads Guilty

Used 3-D printers to produce machine guns. 

The Justice Department issued the following statement. 

A Jackson man pled guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of engaging in business as a manufacturer of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

According to court documents, Kent Edward Newhouse, 41, possessed firearms on or about July 13, 2022 and July 20, 2022, and engaged in the business of manufacturing firearms from April to July 2022.  In April 2022, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives discovered through a confidential informant that Newhouse was using 3D-printers to manufacture auto-sears, which are firearm components designed to cause semi-automatic firearms to function as fully automatic machineguns.  Under federal law, auto-sears are themselves machineguns.  On July 13, 2022, Newhouse sold a confidential informant a firearm and several auto-sears.  On July 20, 2022, a search warrant was executed at Newhouse’s residence, where additional firearms and auto-sears were located.  The government also obtained videos of Newhouse operating fully functional machine guns.  Newhouse was previously convicted of felony sale of controlled substances in Madison County in 2009.


 

“The United States Attorney’s Office is committed to prosecuting cases such as these and I applaud the investigative efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,” said U.S. Attorney LaMarca. “Special Agent in Charge Thielhorn and ATF agents throughout the Southern District of Mississippi work tirelessly to enforce gun laws in Mississippi. These efforts help to make the citizens of Mississippi safer every day.”

“The use of 3-D printers to unlawfully manufacture firearms, and to make devices to convert semiautomatic firearms into machine guns, poses a real and current threat to our communities,” said ATF Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn.  “ATF is committed to investigate and seek prosecution of these cases to the fullest extent of the law in order to protect our citizens.”

Newhouse will be sentenced on December 2, 2022, at 9:00 a.m.  He faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each count of felon in possession of a firearm; and 10 years and a $250,000 fine for engaging in business as a manufacturer of firearms.  A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Jackson Police Department investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew W. Eichner and Jessica Terrill are prosecuting the case.

 

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

TPTB need to ban 3D printers because they basically render global gun control to be obsolete.
They also need to ban drill presses, lathes, and CNC machines.
At this point the ATF needs to ban an aluminum ingot the size of a receiver, because it could be easily turned into a receiver.
They need to make it a crime to poor molten aluminum into a mold made of sand.
And they need to ban precursors for making gun powder and primers.
Also, they need to make it a crime to own more than an ounce of brass or lead.

Finally, they need to ban CAD because there are thousands CAD files for making everything illegal that you can imagine. Don’t any of you law abiding subjects ever search for terms like DEFCAD or Defense Distributed.

You might end up on a list!

Anonymous said...

Darwin award winner-

Anonymous said...

It’s only unlawful for a felon to use a 3D printer to manufacture a firearm. A law abiding citizen has the right to make their own guns for their personal use. They just have to follow the rules for barrel length and what defines a rifle vs a pistol. Why do Feds lie so much? If it is already a crime for a felon to possess or manufacture a firearm, why punish the law abiding with even more laws that will be disregarded? Criminals are going to break the law. Stop going so easy on them and give them hard time for life with hard labor so that they can earn their keep in prison.

Anonymous said...

Repeal the NFA.

This man committed no crime. The 2nd amendment states zero limitations on weapon ownership

Anonymous said...

You continue to make laws and before long, everyone is a criminal. The making of laws, isn't the problem. The correct application of current laws is the issue.

Anonymous said...

"This man committed no crime. The 2nd amendment states zero limitations on weapon ownership"

Yes, it does. Just not the limitations that the "no guns at all!" idiots, the "what about the word militia?!" idiots, or the "no gun restrictions are Constitutional!" idiots think it contains. Here's a place to start your education: the word "militia" is largely immaterial dicta but the word "infringed" is the key to the whole thing. A law prohibiting felons from walking around with any gun isn't "infringing" nor is a law restricting minors from buying or possessing any firearm, but a law prohibiting all adults from possessing most pistols, shotguns, or rifles in their home, be it an AR platform based solely on its appearance or a single-shot .22LR, is a clear infringement.

Anonymous said...

It is my understanding that this fine young thug also had meth at his home. This must be prosecuted. This is a career criminal who is a threat to our community. The punishment must fit the crimes.

Anonymous said...

@12:53, Shall not be infringed, boomer



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