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Watertown Man Going To Prison For Illegal Machine Gun Possession
A 60 year old Watertown man is going to prison for illegally possessing machine guns.
Bruce Fowler was sentenced in federal court in Syracuse to 1 year and 1 day in prison as well as 3 years of supervised release.
He admitted to illegally possessing three machinegun conversion devices.
Fowler pleaded guilty on March 9, 2016.
It is illegal to possess fully automatic machine guns in the United States, and cannot legally be offered for sale.
Realizing that, Fowler bought conversion devices from a foreign supplier and used them to convert a Glock handgun and an AR-15 rifle to fire as fully automatic.
He also purchased two high capacity magazines for the Glock handgun.
When confronted by U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agents about these purchases, Fowler initially denied that he had done so, then admitted to only the purchases known by ATF at the time and surrendered those devices to ATF while concealing that he had purchased yet another device.
When confronted by ATF about that final conversion device, Fowler admitted making that purchase as well, but claimed that he had discarded it and other materials in a trash dumpster.
A 60 year old Watertown man is going to prison for illegally possessing machine guns.
Bruce Fowler was sentenced in federal court in Syracuse to 1 year and 1 day in prison as well as 3 years of supervised release.
He admitted to illegally possessing three machinegun conversion devices.
Fowler pleaded guilty on March 9, 2016.
It is illegal to possess fully automatic machine guns in the United States, and cannot legally be offered for sale.
Realizing that, Fowler bought conversion devices from a foreign supplier and used them to convert a Glock handgun and an AR-15 rifle to fire as fully automatic.
He also purchased two high capacity magazines for the Glock handgun.
When confronted by U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agents about these purchases, Fowler initially denied that he had done so, then admitted to only the purchases known by ATF at the time and surrendered those devices to ATF while concealing that he had purchased yet another device.
When confronted by ATF about that final conversion device, Fowler admitted making that purchase as well, but claimed that he had discarded it and other materials in a trash dumpster.
