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Paul E Ester

(952 posts)
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 12:40 PM Mar 2013

FPSRussia compound raid leaves 40-plus ATF, FBI agents empty-handed

Dozens of federal agents scoured the family property of YouTube celebrity Kyle ‘FPSRussia’ Myers while searching for illegal explosives and possibly weapons, but left empty-handed.

The noise made by popular YouTube channel FPSRussia – famous for destroying man-made mechanisms with the most advanced firearms – has finally been heard in federal quarters. On Wednesday, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents accompanied by FBI agents launched an operation at two locations in Georgia, looking for illegal explosives allegedly used by FPSRussia to produce its YouTube clips.

The ATF suspected Kyle Myers, the iconic 26-year-old host of FPSRussia, of using explosives “with malicious intent,” Onlineathens.com quoted ATF spokesperson Richard Coes as saying. Coes cited the cars, fridges and other objects that were regularly blown up on Myers’ channel.

With nearly 4 million subscribers, FPSRussia is one of the most popular YouTube channels, and is dedicated solely to guns and shooting – and explosions. In the channel’s videos, Myers speaks with a strong Russian ‘accent’ and demonstrates the use of exotic modern and vintage weapons, or anything else that can be shot, be it a WWII Soviet submachine gun, a 50-calibur sniper rifle, a flying drone, a rocket launcher, a tank or a cannon – practically any weapon that’s still functional.
http://rt.com/usa/atf-raided-farm-fpsrussia-035/

http://www.youtube.com/user/FPSRussia
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FPSRussia compound raid leaves 40-plus ATF, FBI agents empty-handed (Original Post) Paul E Ester Mar 2013 OP
Guess the FBI and BATF don't know about tannerite.... Clames Mar 2013 #1
How long before they take this to the common Johns house? ileus Mar 2013 #2
"malicious intent"? sylvi Mar 2013 #3
Looks like they might think he was involved in Keith Ratliff's murder! rdharma Mar 2013 #4
Unlikely sylvi Mar 2013 #5
Or weapons violation of Federal nature.... rdharma Mar 2013 #6
Looks like there weren't any of those, as no guns were seized. friendly_iconoclast Mar 2013 #7
None were seized........ rdharma Mar 2013 #8
And search warrants are sometimes used to harass those TPTB don't like. friendly_iconoclast Mar 2013 #9
Sometimes....... rdharma Mar 2013 #11
Could be- Myers seems to go through a large amount of tannerite. friendly_iconoclast Mar 2013 #12
Could be .......... rdharma Mar 2013 #13
Blah, blah, blah, scrrriiiitch.... CobblePuller Mar 2013 #14
Buwahahahahaaa! nt rdharma Mar 2013 #15
Another article, shorter: ManiacJoe Mar 2013 #10

ileus

(15,396 posts)
2. How long before they take this to the common Johns house?
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 01:08 PM
Mar 2013

Will Sons of Guns be next?

How long before they start harassing regular gun owners?




Evidently the morans didn't watch enough of his videos before deciding to bust his chops for illegal explosives.

 

sylvi

(813 posts)
5. Unlikely
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 03:07 PM
Mar 2013

Murder is state offense, and would likely be investigated by state or local cops unless it included a hate crime or other federal civil rights violation.

 

rdharma

(6,057 posts)
8. None were seized........
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 03:50 PM
Mar 2013

That doesn't mean that there weren't any. Search warrants don't grow on trees.

 

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
9. And search warrants are sometimes used to harass those TPTB don't like.
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 03:59 PM
Mar 2013

Just ask anyone familiar with the antiglobalization and/or Occupy movements.

 

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
12. Could be- Myers seems to go through a large amount of tannerite.
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 04:29 PM
Mar 2013

Still, if the Feds had found anything dodgy, I've no doubt they'd be showing it off like a prize
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