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Submitted by -Mezzo- 289d ago | news

Man Orders TV Through Amazon, Gets Assault Rifle

Wired - When D.C. resident Seth Horvitz ordered a flat-panel TV on Amazon, he didn’t expect to get a military-grade assault rifle in return.

Horvitz ordered the TV, a Westinghouse 39-inch LCD, for about $320 from a third-party electronics seller on Amazon.

On Tuesday evening, a large, oblong box arrived at his doorstep via UPS Ground. (Amazon, Services)

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Racer-X  +   289d ago
Ehhh, close enough.
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Syko  +   289d ago
WAY better than a Sub 40" Westinghouse ha ha!
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Knight_Crawler  +   288d ago
Yeah but can you plug a PS3 into the assault rifle?
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Racer-X  +   288d ago
Of course! With COD logic.
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-Mezzo-  +   289d ago
Lucky B**t**d, why does this kinda stuff never happens to me, my Order's are always filled properly.
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Crazay  +   289d ago
AHHAHAH! Only in the USA seriously. That is spectacular.
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SJIND  +   288d ago
Taliban(Terrorists) will order many dozen TV's Now:)
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fatstarr  +   288d ago
yea imagine if this is some next shit
and you order tvs but in reality its a gun.

corporate america will thing the tv industry is on a rise
when really they are secretly purchasing guns.
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SilentNegotiator  +   288d ago
No problem; use the gun to rob them of a TV.
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tbon3man  +   288d ago
I'll take it!!!
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fatstarr  +   288d ago
the profit he could have flipped this for...
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MEsoJD  +   288d ago
Yeah I can't believe he reported it to the police.
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kingPoS  +   288d ago
He would gotten in trouble if he didn't
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Sucitta  +   288d ago
get in trouble?... how bout he could have protected himself and loved ones from one of the many pill popping depressed crazy loons this world has developed.

hide it under the bed and keep you rat mouth shut if you have any sense.
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QuodEratDemonstrandm  +   288d ago
Because assault rifles are so useful in enclosed areas like that. Better off with a 5-7 or a shotgun, especially if you can get those bean bag rounds.
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Soldierone  +   288d ago
The only way he would really get in trouble is if he got caught with an un-registered gun. If the place didn't report it and he does nothing illegal, nothing to worry about.

However I guess its a good thing he was safe about it, probably got ripped off for being kind, but eh.

Sadly Amazon has the best customer service and best shipping I've ever dealt with, so my hundreds of orders always go through properly.....sadly.... :P
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thrashermario  +   288d ago
that gun is worth more than $320, stupid of him for returning it, come marshall law and fema camps in the USA that guy is gonna regret not having that gun.
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QuodEratDemonstrandm  +   288d ago
First of all, Marshall is a name for a guy who wears too much hair gel. It's also a sort of law enforcement officer. You're thinking of martial law.
Second: fema camps are for undesirables, guys in tinfoil hats are no threat to the established order, neither are people who return high powered rifles shipped to them by mistake. The real threats are the bloodhounds and pitbulls.
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thrashermario  +   288d ago
Dolan reference

QuodEratDemonstrandm PLS
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