r/gunpolitics • u/Megalith70 • Sep 04 '26
Patrick Adamiak pardoned. Will be released tonight.
https://x.com/gunrights/status/2095945487748616283?s=46&t=hN6Lm0vFUB8KsGy1OlHZowHuge news for gun owners. A guy that possesses legal weapons was screwed by the system. Glad to see him finally get out.
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u/ihborb Sep 04 '26
They should be prosecuting the prosecutors and judges for deprivation of civil rights under the color of law, as a matter of fact it’s a Rico case because there was conspiracy to do so. Kick in their doors at 4 o’clock in the morning and also prosecute them for every other little tiny federal and state offense they find.
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u/Chewbacca_The_Wookie Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26
Is this the guy convicted of owning parts kits that even the ATF couldn't get working without using their own parts to basically build them into machine guns and an RPG?
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u/Megalith70 Sep 04 '26
Yes. The RPG they “fired” used a training insert to fire a bullet. The insert was the firearm, not the RPG.
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u/hobovirginity Sep 05 '26
The most fanatic grabbers support these arrests and convictions though. Some of them even think you must be a future child murderer and deserve a death sentence for merely even wanting to own a gun.
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u/Remarkable-Opening69 Sep 04 '26
ATF is building guns around parts to get people locked up now? Did they at least give him a now legal can?
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u/This_Hedgehog_3246 Sep 04 '26
With the anniversary of Ruby Ridge just a few days ago, that still ranks lower on the list of "fucked up things the federal government will do to destroy your life for no good reason"
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u/idontagreewitu Sep 06 '26
I still remember the time they claimed a guy built an M16 from parts kit and the only way the ATF could get it to fire in auto was by making their own ammunition with very soft primers to basically slamfire.
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u/lordnikkon Sep 04 '26
cases like this guys really show that random people on juries will just trust what the government experts say. If an ATF expert gets on the stand and says this thing was an illegal RPG juries will just accept that the government agent is telling the truth. Dont expect random juries to understand the details of the law, they will just accept that the government says you violated the details of the law.
It was the same thing with the auto key card case. The ATF agents will give long stories about how they made it into a functional firearm so the law was broken, that is all the jury hears. Defense attorneys are not used to defending these technical cases, they are used to cut and dry cases was the guy at the scene of the crime or can that evidence be suppressed. They need be bringing in their own technical experts of retired ATF experts to repeat what the ATF agents do and explain like the jurors are 5 years old that what the ATF agent did is wrong and not following the law
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u/Spuckler_Cletus Sep 04 '26
Woo-hoo!!!!!!!!
Now, let's get busy embarassing everyone involved in this travesty.
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u/NyJosh Sep 04 '26
Don't celebrate too hard. While yes, the most important part is that he's free and thank God for that, but this doesn't reverse the conviction or the legal wrongs that were done to him. A pardon is basically "you were found guilty, but the president is deciding to set you free anyway".
So the pardon doesn't do anything for proving he was illegally tried and convicted, unfortunately. For that, you'd need a judge to review the case and rule that the arrest and/or conviction was faulty and overturn the conviction.
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u/JustafanIV Sep 04 '26
IIRC though, a pardon will restore any rights that were lost due to a felony conviction, such as firearm ownership and voting (where applicable).
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u/ALUCARD7729 Sep 04 '26
No it won’t, he needs to go through the process of getting it expunged like everyone else does
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u/Vylnce Sep 04 '26
Depends on the state. Federally, he's clear. At a state level it's far more complex. Some states allow felons to posses, other don't. Some have time limits or restrictions based on the felony.
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u/Shawn_1512 Sep 04 '26
Hopefully he's able to sue the ATF and get a paycheck, such a ridiculous case