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Prosecutors highlighted “about $10,000 — $8,000 in U.S. dollars and then $2,000 in foreign currency that was found on his person,” CNN correspondent Danny Freeman said following the court hearing.

“Also they said that he had a Faraday bag,” which blocks cell signals, a move that prosecutors alleged marked “an indication of criminal sophistication and reason they should hold him on bail,” Freeman continued.

After prosecutors made the claims, Mangione said he would like to “correct two things.”

“I don’t know where any of that money came from — I’m not sure if it was planted. And also, that bag was waterproof, so I don’t know about criminal sophistication,” the suspect said in a statement that suggested police framed him.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

What's the point in those beyond a tech demo though? Don't they use so much of the donor gun that it's effectively no different to just scrubbing the serial number but with a lot more effort?

[–] Bgugi 2 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

The difference is (in most jurisdictions), it's legal to do the first and illegal to do the second. If you are already a criminal, there's only one part of a gun that's a gun, and that's the only part that's illegal to sell you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Wait. Does that mean sellers are not obliged to track sales of uppers and barrels and the rest? Yeah I can see why lawmakers are pissed off now lol.

[–] antimongo 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yup, the US only regulates “guns.” Which is the part of the assembled firearm that has the serial number. Everything else is a “gun part,” which for the most part, are not controlled.

So if you can acquire/manufacture the “gun” you can buy the rest of the “gun parts” on eBay.

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