Front Sight, Press

A leader of the Militia of Washington County has been sentenced to over 6 years in federal prison for possessing banned weapons, including machine guns and a sawed-off shotgun.

Hollis Wayne Fincher was sentenced in federal court at Fayetteville Friday and had little to say in his defense.

“All I can say is, I love my God and I love my country,” said Fincher before he was sentenced.

Federal Judge Jimm L. Hendren also ordered the 61-year-old Fincher to serve 2 years of supervised probation after his release from prison and was fined $1,000.

Fincher was arrested Nov. 8 at his home in the Black Oak community, south of Fayetteville, in a raid by Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents.

Federal authorities said an investigation began in March 2006, after a newspaper published a story about Fincher and the militia that was accompanied by a picture of him holding a weapon.

At his trial in January, Fincher did not dispute that he had two .308-caliber machine guns, homemade versions of the Browning model 1919. Instead, he argued that the law under which he was charged is unconstitutional because it violates the Second Amendment’s guarantee of citizens’ rights to bear arms. Source

Wayne’s right. The NFA of 1934 is unconstitutional. If the army can have full auto, the militia should too. Judge Hendren has sold his soul to the devil.

I’m going to pray for Wayne tonight. I hope you do too. He doesn’t deserve this.

From Sebastian at Snowflakes in Hell:

I don’t think taking on federal gun laws in this manner is a wise idea, but this kind of time for a man in his sixties who is no danger to anyone seems like a waste of tax dollars and federal prison space that could be used to house, I don’t know, people who are actually violent and willing to harm others.

For background on this case, click here.