Federal authorities in the Seattle area filed weapons and drug charges against a man alleged to be involved in the militia and sovereign citizens movement as well as a local secessionist group. Andrew Steven Gray, 32, was arrested early last month after FBI agents searched his storage unit and found a machine gun, twenty rifles, four silencers, two bulletproof vests and 9,000 rounds of ammunition.
Gray’s arrest is another example of revived strength in the sovereign citizens movement, a trend recently reported on in the Intelligence Report.
In court documents unsealed last week, federal agents said the case began after a paid informant revealed that Gray had been shooting a rifle and pistol in Snohomish County, Wash., at a building called the Militia Training Center which “routinely holds training for individuals involved in the militia movement.” The informant secretly recorded Gray admitting to owning guns, even though he is forbidden to possess firearms as an ex-felon.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer noted, “among the weapons seized were two guns manufactured by a Snohomish gunsmith whose offerings include parts named ‘Christian warrior’ and ‘NObama.’” In an affidavit, FBI agent Gregory Kraus stated that one of the indicators of Gray’s sovereign citizen ideology were previous legal filings he made claiming the State of Washington had no authority over him due to problems with the constitutional convention of 1889, as well as Gray’s driver’s license, on which the words “no liability accepted” are written over his signature. “Based on my training and experience I know that this is also an indicator of ’sovereign citizen’ ideology,” stated Kraus.
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2009/06/02/alleged-sovereign-citizen-arrested-on-weapons-and-drug-charges/And for the record, Scott Roeder was also one of these so-called "Sovereign citizens", which I've heard is a protest against the 14th Amendment.
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