DC man orders TV, gets assault rifle instead
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August 09, 2012 08:53 AM | 952 views | 3 3 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Washington musician who ordered a flat-screen TV from Amazon.com was shocked to receive a semiautomatic assault rifle instead.

Thirty-eight-year-old Seth Horvitz says he purchased the 39-inch television from a third-party seller. A box arrived from UPS on Tuesday evening, and it seemed too small to contain the TV. He says he initially thought it contained accessories.

But when he opened it, he found a Sig Sauer military-style rifle. He says he had never held a gun before he felt the trigger of the rifle.

An invoice showed that the gun was intended for delivery to a firearms dealer in Duncansville, Pa. Horvitz called police, who took the gun and are investigating how the mistaken shipment occurred. Amazon and UPS had no immediate comment.

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Southern Patriot
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August 11, 2012
Seth Horvitz, 38, says "he had never held a gun before he felt the trigger of the rifle", now that's a REAL MAN.
anonymous
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August 09, 2012
How can I get in on that deal?
Keith R Radford Jr
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August 09, 2012
If you did not order it just send it back right? Or didn't they pass some law in California back when they were having so much trouble with the Columbia Record Company that even if the spelling was wrong the person did not have o pay for the package? Did that law get to be coat to coast? Gosh you should see all my assault riffles, this is my rifle and this is my gun,,, ? GI joe is proud of them
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