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Man orders TV online, gets assault rifle instead
Agence France-Presse | Updated: August 09, 2012 08:07 IST
Washington: Police in Washington are looking into how a local resident who ordered a colour TV set via Amazon.com ended up with a high-powered semi-automatic assault rifle instead.
Seth Horvitz, who lives in the northeast quadrant of the US capital, said he contacted police immediately after a parcel delivery service left the military-style SIG Sauer SIG716 at his apartment door.
"They were a little confused at first. They've never seen anything quite like it," he told Fox 5, a local television station.
"They just took my information and then said: 'We'll handle this weapon because it's illegal to keep here.' It's illegal to transport in a car, so it can't be returned."
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derby378
(30,252 posts)Note to self: When travelling cross-country, make sure you know where the rifle is not welcome and govern yourself accordingly.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)jmowreader
(50,563 posts)I ordered an assault rifle online and got a TV instead.
Kaleva
(36,354 posts)"While the box was addressed to Horvitz, who had ordered a flat-screen television from a third-party retailer via Amazon.com, an invoice inside the box suggested the gun was supposed to go to a Pennsylvania gun shop."