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Good for you Ares Armor.

 

http://fox5sandiego..../#axzz2vqJVQLoO

 

 

OCEANSIDE, Calif. – An Oceanside store that sells various gun parts to build a rifle from scratch warded off a federal raid Wednesday.



 

Dimitrios Karras, owner of Ares Armor, said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents were investigating their business, not for what they sell, but for the people who purchase their products.

http://tribkswb.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/80-percent-lower-receiver.png?w=300&h=168Karras said the ATF threatened to shutter their business if they didn’t hand over the names of 5,000 customers who have purchased an 80 percent lower receiver (the base) for building an AR-15.

It is legal to build a rifle from scratch without serial numbers only if the base is manufactured to ATF specifications. The base is not considered a firearm if it’s sold separately.

A manufacturer made an 80 percent receiver in plastic with a different material and colors which show exactly where the customer can drill making it easier and cheaper to build. The ATF said it is illegal.

The ATF sent stores, including Ares Armor, letters demanding they turn over the products and names of customers who purchased them.

“They said either give us these 5000 names or we are coming in and taking pretty much anything – which is a huge privacy concern and something we are not willing to do,” said Karras.

Karras’s attorney informed the ATF to pick up the receivers Wednesday morning at their Oceanside location, but the inventory was not the issue. The store owner said he will not comply with turning over their private client list.

“They were going to search all of our facilities and confiscate our computer and pretty much shut our business down,” said Karras. “The government invades our privacy on a daily basis and everyone thinks its ok. This is one of those situations where hopefully the governmental institutions will come in say this is protected and no you’re not taking it from them.”

In anticipation of a raid, they filed a temporary restraining order against the ATF, stopping them from confiscating their property, Karras said. The ATF has a certain amount of time to respond. If the two parties do not reach a compromise, they will be in court for a preliminary hearing March 20

 

Read more: http://fox5sandiego.com/2014/03/12/gun-store-owner-halts-federal-raid/#ixzz2vrc279Cg

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The ATF is falsely and wrongly claiming they are making functional firearms and then filling in the machined voids with a different color plastic and calling it an 80%...

 

When in fact the different colored plug is made first and the surrounding blank is molded onto that, at no time is it ever beyond the long ATF established and approved "80%" non-gun stage...

 

http://www.thetrutha...s-atf-raid-now/

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They started getting trouble from the city when they put up a picture of a scary AR 15 on a billboard on the side of their building. The city had cops stop by to tell them take it down. When that didn't work they sent building inspectors to see if they had any code violations. That didn't work. I guess this the cities next step. Ares has resisted all the way. Good for them!
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I deployed with their head t/e guy John Zumallan. We called him Sgt Z he really redefined how I think and apply myself. Custom made my body armor after I got hurt to be a brace kept me going in the USMC 2 more years.

 

Awesome company 100% combat veteran owned and operated, they won't ever stop fighting. They are Marines they don't know how.

 

Loctite/paint pen/regularly check your gear. A gun falling off your belt is unacceptable

 

 

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this is what the owner said about an hour ago,

 

update: The ATF did execute a search warrant against all of our buildings today. None of our employees have been detained or arrested. We will be open for business tomorrow. We will be back up and shipping out orders on Monday. We wholeheartedly believe that they are WRONG in their actions and we will be relentlessly pursuing remedy through the courts. Quote from an ATF Agent during the raid "searching is fun! paper work sucks." Maybe the ATF thinks the Constitution is part of that paper work that sucks... Despicable behavior on their part. This is just the beginning! Thank you all for the support! -Dimitrios Karras, CEO

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