People who break the law are generally inclined to break gun laws. This is something I’ve said thousands of times, and I’m pretty sure that’s no exaggeration, either.
If you don’t think you’ll get caught peddling drugs, for example, why would you think you’d get caught for having things like machine guns? The simple answer is that you wouldn’t. You’d probably believe you’re too smart to get caught at either, even if you’re a convicted felon, which shows that you’re not as smart as you think you are.
That properly describes one Florida wannabe kingpin whom the ATF raided and found more than they thought they would.
A federal jury has convicted a Sanford man who turned his elderly stepfather’s property into a fortified drug compound, concluding a case that uncovered a massive stockpile of military-grade weapons and narcotics hidden inside broken-down vehicles.
United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced the guilty verdict for 45-year-old Terrence Denard Perkins, who now faces a minimum of 20 years in federal prison.
The conviction stems from a raid executed on January 9, 2024, by the ATF and the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. When agents entered the home, they found a loaded AR-15 rifle tucked behind a sofa cushion and revolvers in the bedrooms.
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According to court testimony, agents discovered a fully operational cocaine cutting and packaging station in the carport. Resting on the hood of Perkins’ Corvette, right next to the drug station, was another loaded AR-15 and a MAC-10 handgun wrapped in a t-shirt.
Investigators then searched two derelict cars sitting on the lawn, which were being used as storage lockers for the inventory. Inside the vehicles, agents pulled out 18 vacuum-sealed kilogram bricks of cocaine, along with an AK-47, additional AR-15s, a machine gun, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
Perkins was already a convicted felon, so none of the guns were legal for him to own in the first place. The presence of a machine gun–probably something equipped with a full-auto switch–just adds some charges to his fun-filled adventure into the federal penal system.
Now, there’s no mention of how Perkins got the guns, which I don’t think really matters all that much in the grand scheme of things. He didn’t get them lawfully because, again, he couldn’t.
Then again, he couldn’t get cocaine lawfully, either, and yet he had 18 kilograms of the stuff stashed around the junk yard.
It’s almost like people who can get illegal drugs can also somehow get their hands on guns. Weird, right? I mean, weren’t we told that things like background checks would stop people like Perkins? It’s almost like that was complete and total BS.
Nah, that couldn’t be. There’s no reason why gun control advocates would lie to the American people and tell them that their preferred policies will only stop criminals while being minimally invasive to the rest of us, only for it to do nothing to bad guys and just keep up as a pain in the butt for everyone else.
As for this case, it seems the drugs weren’t what they were looking for. The DEA wasn’t around, after all, and since the ATF was, it seems likely the sheriff’s department was caught off-guard on this, too, since they didn’t ask for DEA assistance as well. They thought they’d find guns, then found more than they bargained for.
If the ATF stuck to cases like this, I think a lot of us would have less of an issue with them. We might not agree with the constitutionality of some of these laws, but at least they’re going after bad people instead of regular gun owners and licensed dealers for a change.
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