By ALEX BRANCH
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FORT WORTH –– A Fort Worth man who kept an AR-15 rifle mounted on a tripod at his bedroom window was sentenced Friday to six and a half years in federal prison.

Jack Arvil Taylor Jr., 25, pleaded guilty in February to possession of an unregistered firearm.

Jack Taylor and his sister Amy Catherine Taylor, 29, were arrested in July while trying to purchase a $600 money order at Wal-Mart, 7451 McCart Ave., with counterfeit $100 and $50 bills authorities said. In December, federal agents serving a search warrant on Jack Taylor’s home in the 3000 block of Meadowmoor Street in south Fort Worth discovered explosives and weapons.

Among the cache: six rifles, including an AK-47 and the tripod-mounted AR-15 pointed out the bedroom window. Authorities also found a mix of explosive powder, metal pellets and thick metal staples.

Jack Taylor was not known to have links to anti-government or supremacist groups, authorities have said. Relatives have said he liked to make modified firecrackers and collect guns as a hobby, not to do harm.

The Taylors were also apparently operating an unsophisticated counterfeiting operation using two computers and a printer, authorities said. The $100 and $50 counterfeit bills were printed off washed $5 bills. Amy Catherine Taylor, was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for trying to pass a counterfeit bill. She also pleaded guilty in February.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Secret Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Fort Worth Police Department.
ALEX BRANCH, 817-390-7689

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It may have been the explosives.  A bomb is a destructive device, and therefore an NFA firearm.

Where did you read explosive?

In December, federal agents serving a search warrant on Jack Taylor’s home in the 3000 block of Meadowmoor Street in south Fort Worth discovered explosives and weapons.

By ALEX BRANCH
...Authorities also found a mix of explosive powder, metal pellets and thick metal staples.

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I took that to mean that they found reloading supplies and some ordinary crap and tried to dress it up to make it sound like he was making bombs with shrapnel. How many of us don't have enough powder and pipes/screws/other bits of metal lying around that someone could make a case that we're bomb makers?

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I took that to mean that they found reloading supplies and some ordinary crap and tried to dress it up to make it sound like he was making bombs with shrapnel. How many of us don't have enough powder and pipes/screws/other bits of metal lying around that someone could make a case that we're bomb makers?

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The key word is "mix". Discovering those materials laying around is one thing, but discovering them already mixed together is something else entirely.

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 Again....Any time the media writes or reports about firearms or related topic (like 'explosive' in this case) anything, ALWAYS consider the accuracy of it.  In other words, BS until proven guilty.

Specifically, Jack Arvil Taylor, 25, pled guilty to possession of an unregistered firearm and faces a maximum statutory sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

law enforcement officers found multiple destructive devices in Jack Taylor’s bedroom. Those devices contained a mix of explosive powders, metal pellets, and thick metal staples, and each of those devices was capable of operating as a destructive device

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The counterfeiting charge is why they got Federal time.   There where no gun charges, it would appear the only reason the guns were brought up was to dress up a other wise boring story.

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Curious. From a U.S. Department of Justice press release:

BROTHER AND SISTER PLEAD GUILTY IN
COUNTERFEITING/EXPLOSIVE DEVICE INVESTIGATION

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jack Arvil Taylor, Jr., and his sister, Amy Catherine Taylor, of Fort Worth, pled guilty this morning before U.S. District Judge John McBryde to firearm and counterfeiting charges, announced acting U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Jack Taylor has been in custody since his arrest in early December. Following Amy Taylor’s guilty plea this morning, Judge McBryde remanded her to the custody of the U.S. Marshal.

Specifically, Jack Arvil Taylor, 25, pled guilty to possession of an unregistered firearm and faces a maximum statutory sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Amy Catherine Taylor, 29, pled guilty to attempting to pass a counterfeit obligation of the U.S. and faces a maximum statutory sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. They are both scheduled to be sentenced by Judge McBryde on May 29, 2009.

During their plea hearing, Jack and Amy Taylor admitted that on July 3, 2008, they entered a Wal-Mart located at 7451 McCart Avenue, in Fort Worth, and attempted to purchase a money order using $600 in counterfeit U.S. currency.

On December 2, 2008, while executing a search warrant at a home that was occupied by Jack Arvil Taylor, Jr., and others, in far south Fort Worth, law enforcement officers found multiple destructive devices in Jack Taylor’s bedroom. Those devices contained a mix of explosive powders, metal pellets, and thick metal staples, and each of those devices was capable of operating as a destructive device.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Secret Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Fort Worth Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert A. Klinck is prosecuting the case.

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http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txn/PressRel09/taylor_jack_amy_ple_pr.html

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Bomb = destructive device = NFA firearm

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Explosive powder...TANNERITE!

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WITH BBS AND STAPLES