: MediaTakeOut.com managed to get EXCLUSIVE new details into rapper TI's arrest earlier today. The most startling detail we've uncovered is that federal agents used TI's own bodyguard to set him up!!
According to a person intimately close to the investigation, TI's bodyguard's was arrested earlier this year on gun possession charges. But instead of accepting the charge, the bodyguard agreed to cooperate with federal agents and participate in a sting operation designed to catch rapper T.I.
And the sting worked. The insider told MediaTakeOut.com that earlier today, the bodyguard managed to coax T.I. into purchasing a machine gun from him. That's when, we learned, the feds moved in and arrested TI.
After the arrest, the agents conducted a search of TI's home where they reportedly turned up a cache of weapons - including machine guns with silencers.
Right now T.I. is being held on unspecified charges. It's not clear when he faces arraignment.
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DOJ Press Release on T.I. Arrest (DOJ is Department of Justice) Posted Oct 13th 2007 9:48PM by TMZ Staff
United States Attorney David E. Nahmias Northern District of Georgia
CLIFFORD HARRIS, a/k/a "T.I.," ARRESTED ON FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGES
Arrest Comes After Harris, a Convicted Felon, Accepted Delivery of Machine Guns and Silencers; Additional Guns Found In Harris' Vehicle and House
Atlanta, GA CLIFFORD HARRIS, 27, an entertainer also known as "T.I.," of College Park, Georgia, was arrested in Atlanta at approximately 2:30 p.m. today by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), as he allegedly took possession of three machine guns and two silencers. Three other firearms were found in the vehicle HARRIS was driving. ATF also executed a federal search warrant at HARRIS' house at 4XX Creekview Lane in College Park, finding six additional firearms in his bedroom closet.
United States Magistrate Judge Linda T. Walker issued a federal criminal complaint after the arrest and search, charging HARRIS with the felony offenses of (1) possession of unregistered machine guns [and silencers] and (2) possession of firearms by a convicted felon. HARRIS will be held in federal custody over the weekend and then will make his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan J. Baverman at the United States Courthouse in Atlanta on Monday, October 15, at a time to be determined by the court. The United States Attorney's Office and ATF will hold a short news conference afterward at a location to be determined.
"Machine guns pose a serious danger to the community, which is why they are so carefully regulated," said David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. "The last place machine guns should be is in the hands of a convicted felon, who cannot legally possess any kind of firearm. This convicted felon allegedly was trying to add several machine guns to an already large and entirely illegal arsenal of guns. Thanks to the good and quick work of ATF, he is now in custody and his firearms have been seized."
"This investigation developed very quickly," said Vanessa McLemore, Special Agent in Charge of ATF's Atlanta Division. "We learned only this Wednesday that the cooperating witness was allegedly buying the machine guns for Harris. The cooperating witness told Harris on Thursday that he had obtained the items, and on Friday Harris made it clear that he wanted them delivered to him today. Harris then agreed to meet and took possession of the machine guns this afternoon. He now faces serious federal charges and a potentially long prison sentence."
According to U.S. Attorney Nahmias and the information filed in court: On October 2, 2007, an employee of a federal firearms licensee advised ATF that an individual was seeking to purchase a machine gun without registering the weapon as required by law. The individual was directed to an ATF agent acting in an undercover capacity, posing as a machine gun dealer. Last Wednesday, October 10, 2007, the individual was arrested by ATF after purchasing three unregistered machine guns and two silencers from the undercover agent in exchange for $2,200 and a pistol. The individual then agreed to cooperate with ATF, including with respect to his purpose for obtaining the firearms.
The cooperating witness (CW) advised the agents that he was purchasing the machine guns on October 10 on behalf of CLIFFORD HARRIS, aka "T.I.," an entertainer for whom the CW had been working as a bodyguard since July 2007. The CW admitted to straw purchasing about nine firearms for HARRIS and about 17 firearms for other persons on previous occasions. Firearm purchase records confirm that the CW has purchased about 25 firearms over the past 18 months. The CW said that HARRIS gave him cash to buy guns on four occasions. HARRIS asked the CW to purchase the firearms for him because HARRIS has a prior felony conviction and therefore cannot lawfully purchase or possess firearms under federal law, while the CW could lawfully obtain guns.
According to the CW, he purchased a Calico 9mm pistol on September 6, 2007, and delivered it to HARRIS at HARRIS' house on Creekview Lane, where he also saw multiple firearms in a safe in the walk-in closet in HARRIS' bedroom. The CW next purchased a Smith & Wesson .500 caliber revolver for HARRIS on September 18, 2007, delivering it to an associate of HARRIS' to give to HARRIS. On or about September 26, 2007, the CW purchased seven more firearms, three rifles and four handguns, using $7,000 in cash provided by HARRIS, and delivered the firearms to HARRIS at the Creekview Lane house.
Finally, last Wednesday, October 10, 2007, HARRIS arranged for the CW to pick up $12,000 in cash from HARRIS's bank, telling the CW to use the funds to purchase machine guns for HARRIS. The CW was arrested later that day when he attempted to purchase three machine guns and two silencers from the undercover ATF agent.
After agreeing to cooperate with ATF, the CW had a series of telephone calls with HARRIS, which were recorded by ATF with the CW's consent. On Thursday, October 11, 2007, the CW called HARRIS to say that he had"everything for you," referring to the machine guns he was supposed to purchase on Harris' behalf; HARRIS replied affirmatively.
On Friday, October 12, 2007, HARRIS called the CW. The CW asked HARRIS when he wanted to take delivery of what the CW had, and HARRIS told the CW that he would take delivery today, Saturday, October 13, 2007.
After the CW left HARRIS a message this morning, shortly after noon HARRIS called the CW to arrange the pick up. At approximately 2:22 p.m., HARRIS met with the CW in a shopping center parking lot in midtown Atlanta to take possession of the firearms. The meeting was recorded by ATF. The CW entered the vehicle that HARRIS was driving and displayed to HARRIS the two silencers and three machine guns that the CW had purchased from the undercover ATF agent on October 10. When the CW explained the function of one silencer, HARRIS said "no flash, no bang." The CW and HARRIS also discussed the selector switch of one of the machine guns, which switches the gun from semi-automatic to fully automatic fire. HARRIS also asked the CW for "change leftover" from the $12,000 that he provided the CW to purchase the firearms.
HARRIS was arrested without incident. A subsequent search of the vehicle located three other firearms, including one loaded gun tucked between the driver's seat where HARRIS had been sitting and the center console.
Shortly after the arrest, ATF agents executed a federal search warrant for HARRIS' house at 429 Creekview Lane in College Park. In a walk-in closet in HARRIS' bedroom, the agents found six more firearms (three rifles, two pistols, and a revolver), including three of the guns that the CW had said he purchased for and delivered to HARRIS in September. Five of the six guns were loaded.
Members of the public are reminded that the criminal complaint only contains charges. The defendant is presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government's burden to prove the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.
This case is being investigated by Special Agents of the ATF, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service, the Atlanta Police Department, the Fulton County Police Department, and the Fulton County Sheriff's Department.
Assistant United States Attorneys Frances Hakes and Todd Alley are prosecuting the case.
Most people get the whole stop snitching thing confused: What it means is if the man down the street accidentally shoots an innocent person, then you should tell the cops. But, if you are doing something illegal and you get caught, don't try to snitch on someone else to make your sentence lighter. His bodyguard should have thought about that before he got arrested.
You guys should be ashaned of yourselves talking about TI like he's already been convicted. You clowns are no different than the biased media. Much luck to TI and I hope that he learns his lesson about the people that he surrounds himself with. And TI having alot of guns is no different than these NRA dudes who have conventions to show just how much they love guns.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLAUSE IN A RAPPER'S CONTRACT THAT IF HE GETS ARRESTED FOR DONKEY BEHAVIOR THAT HE/SHE GETS DROPPED AND MUST RETURN ALL ADVANCE MONEY AND REIMBURSE THE LABEL FOR ANY EXPENSES INCURRED IN PRODUCTION AND PROMOTION OF ANY ALBUMS. THE RAPPER ROXANNE SHANTE HAD A CLAUSE IN HER CONTRACT THAT HAD HER LABEL PAY FOR HER TO GO TO COLLEGE AND MEDICAL SCHOOL. THE WOMAN IS NOW DR. ROXANNE SHANTE AND IS DOING VERY WELL. T.I. KNEW BETTER BUT CHOOSE TO BE A DONKEY ANYWAY! I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR HIS DONKEY BUTT!
WOW! this is crazy! I really dont understand why with all that money he's making that he was so irresponsible with this gunz situation.. i mean there r lots of ways he could have ensured that they werent found.. or at least stored to the point that only the owner/user would be able to get to them... its really a sad story.. I really like T.I. as an artist but i'mma need him to tighten up and get smarter ppl on his team.. this is just gonna give them one more thang to talk about....
T.I. gone walk on dis watch. It's basically his bodyguards word against his. And he can easily convince a jury in HOUSTON pssshhh... that the body guard had him holdin' the weapons because he had a safe and he feard for T.I.'s life due to credible information regarding death threats to he and his family. The weapons were HIS and as a bodyguard, legally able to carry them. He had da combo to the safe and was able to come and go as he plased... he was that trusted, yes. He did TRUST him with his life. Or maybe he didn't know what was in there because he hadn't the need to go to the safe for months.. wuteva depends circumstances and just 1 JUROR not convinced
now if there's wiretaps... Ionknow....
Money talks especially if you got a BEAST for an attorney. JOHNNY COCHRAN WAS A BEAST IN THE COURTROOM.
EVERYONE PLEASE SEE MY STORY ON WWW.KEMINICATIONS.COM YES! T.T WAS SET UP BECAUSE HIS BODYGUARD DIDN'T WANNA GO DOWN ALONE. WE ARE NOT SAYING IT IS OK FOR HIM TO BUY MACHINE GUNS BUT THIS BOY IS SCARED THAT SOMEONE WANTS HIM DEAD OUT THERE. LET'S NOT FORGET PHILANT JOHNSON WHO TOOK THE BULLET FOR T.I ON OHI LAST YEAR? HIS PERSONAL ASSISTANT! ONE THING I BLAME CLIFFORD FOR IS THAT HIM BEING A CONVICTED FELON SHOULD NOT HAVE MOVED ANYWHERE NEAR A GUN. THE GUNS TAKEN FROM HIS HOUSE ARE NOT NECESSARY HIS. THAT MUST BE PROVEN BUT IF NOTHING IS REGISTERED, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!! MEANWHILE PRAY FOR TINY AND THE KIDS PLUS READ MY STORY ON MY MEDIA GOSSIP SITE ON TH ETHICAL REASON WHY CNN POSTEDA VIDEO OF THE SEARCH OF HIS HOUSE. THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HIS PROPERTY WHILE BEING SEARCHED. I AM A JOURNALIST AND THIS IS UNETHICAL. GO TO WWW.KEMINICATIONS.COM
KEMI JOSHUA MANAGING EDITOR KEMINICATIONS TORONTO, CANADA
That typo I had was Philant Johnson, T.I's personal assistant who was gunned down while in a car with T.I in Ohio last year.The bodyguards should have the guns and it better be registered under whose name though? If my boss want to be protected by me, he's gotta do that but if he's a convicted felon,how can I protect him. Busta Rhymes told me how his bodyguard took the bullet for him in 2005 too at a video shoot. These are serious security risks. Lets not forget Diddy and J-Lo during that shooting too. Who really can protect these Rappers? These facts are what the lawyers have to prove
LMOA@ T.I.
He deserve to have that [EXPLETIVE] happen to his dumbazz. He had a second chance and he blew it.
He is a disgrace to the black community, and his disrespects black women so fuucck him...[EXPLETIVE] You T.I. I hope you have fun getting you lil pretty azz raped by a bunch of you big dudes LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!
Blackdaddy, We the media will even jeopardize this case. That video on CNN needs to be taken down. I e-mailed CNN and CBS-46 where I did a documentary some years back to take it down. One ATF agent's face was clearly seen under his cap.You don't want paparazzi around that house, bad enough the justice department has the address listed, He has some good lawyers but the Federal "touch" here is what scares me. The gun thing over there in America is getting them all crazy. One kid in a school last week in Ohio, another 5 year old n the school bus etc. Now a Rapper with a machine gun? He knows someone wants him dead!
THANK YOU MEDIATAKEOUT FOR BLOCKING OUT CLIFFORD HARRIS'S HOME ADDRESS! THE FEDS NEED TO GIV EHIM SOME PRIVACY. THAT HOUSE NEEDS TO BE SEALED AND PROTECTED AS ANYONE COULD BREAK IN AND PLANT MORE EVIDENCE!MTO PLS CONTACT ME. DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU WERE CITED ON CNN LAST YEAR? WHY ISN'T THEIR LOGO UNDER YOUR MENTIONS OR DID YOU MISS IT? I HAVE EXCERPTS. HOLLA TO ME AT mediakemi@rogers.com www.keminications.com Toronto, Canada's Media Gossip
Am I the only one that sees the correlation of all these rappers getting arrested and the "down low rapper" theory. It makes so much sense now!!! Most of these "rappers" are gay hence the disrespect towards women, and the love affair with prison. Prison=sausage factory. I guess this way the secret is out but not really out at the same time. Oh My!!!!
FIRST OF ALL THE FEDS HAVE A 98% CONVICTION RATE AND IT DOESNT LOOK GOOD FOR TI:
Clearly entrapment on the part of the Alphabet boys! Peep how the so-called "bodyguard" is a central figure in the case which could only mean that "moles" posing as bodyguards have been placed well within the Hip Hop elite to ensnare artists and ultimately confiscate everyone's guns. Having said that I do think T.I. is ill-informed on these underhanded tactics by the Federales who specialize in these kinds of tricks and being a felon he should have been more in tune with the straw purchaser. We are under seige and attack by the Hip Hop police and we have to be more wise when making movements. Hell, some agents post to this forum all of the time and most cats are not even cognizant of this. I wish the brother well. I just saw him on Hip Hop vs America doing a good job at defending artists and you would think he would've been more careful since it's more like Hip Hop vs the WORLD!
HOPE THIS WAS A HUGE MISUNDERSTANDING BECAUSE THAT'S A MIGHTY LONG & SHOCKING LIST OF AMO I'VE READ, WOW! I MEAN SILENCERS, MACHINE GUNS & EXPLOSIVE AS WELL, WTF?...WHERE WERE THEY PLANNING ON GOING OR DOING WITH ALL THIS? IRAK/IRAN? ..COME ON! ...IF THIS IS TRUE HE'S SURE HAS A MORE THAN LONG ENOUGH TIME BEHIND BARS WHICH IS SAD BECAUSE HE WORKED SO HARD LIKE MOST ARTISTS , ESPECIALLY BLACK ARTISTS TO GET TO HIS LEVEL SO TO WATCH IT GO ALL DOWN THE DRAIN IN A BLINK OF AN EYE IS DRASTIC!!! ON TOP OF THAT HE HAS HIS GIRL, KIDS, FAMILY TO TAKE CARE OF & WHO NEED HIM BY THEIR SIDE..I'M SHOCKED!!..MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO HIM..WISH HIM THE BEST!
Get his ass off the streets. I don't care who he is. He should be doing something worth while with my hard earned money. Listen up rappers and entertainers. If you are doing something unlawful, you better stop or you will get caught eventually. These fools are believing what they are rapping about in thier songs. I hope he goes to jail for a long time. I would like to visit Atlanta one day. That will be one less gun crazy fool off the streets.
Once again: Y'all jokers need to get a life. You are talking about TI like y'all know the facts. You don't know if he had guns in there that belonged to him or not. And someone said that he was a disgrace to the black community. A disgrace to you? He is one black man who is in trouble. When Lindsey Lohan got caught with that coke was she a disgrace to the white community? Hell no.
And to the person who said: He is a disgrace to the black community, and his disrespects black women so fuucck him...[EXPLETIVE] You T.I. I hope you have fun getting you lil pretty azz raped by a bunch of you big dudes LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!! Keep your homosexual prison fantasy out of here. Why are you so mad? Did TI screw your mother or something. Lmao
And to the dude
Now TI is going to have the real street cred that the record companies need to sell more CD's...
TI is going to go to jail so his record sells are going to go throught the roof! His lawyers and trhe record companies are going to get filthy RICH!
Hes finnaly proved to me hes legit not...Hes going to prison...
Sorry I ever doubted how tough you are TI...You should have enough money saved to keep your commissary full for at least 10 years.
To all of you that blames the bodyguard for TI's legal trouble you are the ones who are ignorant and the reason why the black community continues to blame others for their mistakes.
First, this person was only TI's bodyguard for a few months, why in the hell would he even ask him to do something like that. I do believe in loyalty but if this bodyguard only knew TI for a short period of time he owes him NOTHING and although he was stupid for buying the guns for TI, he shouldn't ruin his whole life behind superstar! For those of you who think that the Feds were targeting TI because he is black and a rapper, please read the report again. Yes, racism still exist and there are police that profile young black men, but racism needs to stop being used to get young black men out of trouble. If he didn't actually have anything to hide then I guess it wouldn't matter if feds or police were watching him. Stop glorifying violence and drugs in ur community. There was no reason for TI to have any of the firearms that he is accused of having.It is so stupid for someone to be blessed with that much wealth and make poor decisions and have it all taking away. Black people stop blaming others and take some damn responsibility for your own actions.
I hope that TI Keeps it real in Jail-- what a dumb ass-- why cant rappers do good for a community once-- and the ones who actually do some good in a community are vilified as uncle toms etc-- so sad and pathetic-- Wouldnt it be nice to see just once a rap star help to take guns off the streets then putting them back on
MAN FUK THAT SHYT AND ALL YALL MF HATAS! MF WANNA SNITCH AND SHYT AND THAT SHYT POSE TO BE OK?!!!!.....YALL HATIN MF'S GOT LIFE FUKED UP FO REAL. IF YALL STUPID MF'S OPEN YA EARS, SHUT DA FUK UP, AND FUKIN LISTEN YALL WILL KNOW THIS MAN HAVE A LOT OF SHYT GOING ON BESIDES WHAT YALL SEE ON TV. LIKE THIS MAN DONT NEED PROTECTION! ITS A SHAME HALF OF YALL LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC BUT DONT HEAR HIS WORDS. WHO THE FUK WOULDNT WANT PROTECTION....AND HIS SO CALLED EMPLOYEE AND THATS EXACTLY WHAT UMMA CALL HIM BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY LOOKING OUT FO HIMSELF! FAKE AZZ NI99A! FUK YALL HATAS!
HALF OF YALL MF'S TALKING DONT EVEN SEE OR HEAR ABOUT THE POSITIVE SHYT RAPPERS DO...YALL JUST RUNNING YA MOUTHS AND DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT DA FUK YA TALKING ABOUT! THIS SOME FUKED UP SHYT!... ALL THIS BS ABOUT RAPPERS NEED TO DO THIS AND RAPPERS NEED TO DO THAT WHEN YALL DONT DO SHYT YA SELVES! GET YA OWN SHYT TOGETHER B4 U TRY AND JUDGE SOMEBODY! YALL MF'S AINT GOD! YALL DONT KNOW WHAT DA FUK ANOTHER NI99A GO THROUGH. STUPID AZZ MF'S!
MTO, you need to get your facts straight! I don't know who told you this B.S., but TIP's bodyguard has only been working for him since July of this year, so how could he turn state's evidence instead of receiving charges from an arrest from "earlier this year"? Next thing you know, my post will be deleted and you'll be saying that the Feds put word out on the street about dude when they heard TIP needed a new bodyguard...
WTF...
Why isn't anybody asking the question ---
WHY THE HELL DOES HE NEED A MACHINE GUN?
And who is he planning on killing - More BLACK PEOPLE - More people by accident - Drive by's???
I don't believe this it's for protection....B.S.
IF you want to shoot a machine gun - take your ass to IRAQ.
Is anyone else looking at this sh*t?
YOU DON'T NEED A SILENCER for a SECURITY - TEAM.
WAKE UP NEGROES ----- A SILENCER ?????
PUT HIS ASS UNDER THE JAIL.
HE WAS NOT SET UP! The CW bought 4 guns for him in 2 months, 9/6/07, 9/18/07, 9/26/07.
READ THE SEARCH WARRANT on TMZ.COM
AND PLEASE DON"T START THIS The FEDS did it cause he was black.....bull [EXPLETIVE].
I am black, and the only people they planned on shooting - look like me and you. and that is sooooooo foul.
HE HATES HIMSELF, HE HATES WOMEN, HE HATES OTHER BLACK FOLKS...and we buy his bullshit albums. I don't want to hear that he does stuff in the community ----- yeah,....sells drugs, and kill other black people. AND knock black women up - and leave them. 28 years old with 5 kids by 4 different baby mama's.
F'in parasite!
PLEASE DON'T START THIS SNITCH SH*T.
WHAT THE HELL IS A MILLIONAIRE - STILL TRYING TO BE GANGSTA for...
Don't we strive to GET OUT of the 'HOOD.
So why is it that these fools get out of the 'hood, buy big house, cars, bling-bling.
And then want to act like a classless - project baby.
Just plain ole - STUPID.
Keeping it real is just that-------
KEEPING IT REAL: If you engage in illegal activities, your A** WILL GO TO JAIL.
And that is as real as it get's.
Snitch my A** ----- if he wasn't trying to buy a f'in machine gun to kill black folks with, his silly body guard wouldn't have had anything to tell.
For being so smart--- he is STUPID.
gaboy_ready
YOU SOUND as STUPID as T.I. is....
1. you work hard to get out of "the life". then you still want to live it every day. STUPID.
2. You need protection from whom? a Machine gun to kill other black folks? What do you need a fu**in' silencer for?
I ain't buying it....I ain't no hater, I think his ass is stupid. You make the money to get a better life for you and your family....
Not make the money to keep "livin' the life". All gangsta's do is peddle death and destruction. Unfortunately - the folks dying are usually folks that look like me.
PERIOD.
gayboy_ready
You sound so stupid trying to defend someone who claims that he only raps about that kind of stuff to "trick" someone into learning. Personally I was through with Ti when he said that dumb [EXPLETIVE] on Hip Hop versus America. It does not matter what he does for the community when behind the scene he is contributing to the downfall of it and its one thing to need protection(thats what he has bodyguards for) but its another to have machine guns, silencers,etc. You need to keep it real and stop defending someone who could give a damn about you or anyone in ur community. Thats why he sent a bodyguard he barely knew, He probaly would never have put any of his true friends in jeopardy like that so why should this man put his life in jeopardy for Ti's dumb ass? And even if the guy was working with the feds from the start ti should have known better. lacost I never said that I trust the government with everything nor that the judicial system doesn't fail black people sometimes but I am so tired of drug dealers and gun carriers playing the race card when they get their asses caught up. Take a stand for people who have really had their right stripped from them. Ti cannot carry a weapon because he chose a life of crime instead of working hard. He wanted the easy way out and had to pay the consequences. He was blessed to get a second chance but he blew it. I'm a black women and I have a LICENSED weapon because I am not a convicted felon and I applied for a license and registered my weapon. Like I said take a stand against those that are ruining our communities. People are always saying white people brought guns here for us to get into trouble, then that means that you are falling for the trap and need to wake ur ass up!
ALL YOU GOTTA DO, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE MONEY LIKE THAT IS BUY YOUR GUNS LEGALLY BASED ON THE LAWS WITHIN THAT STATE AND HAVE A LICENSE. LOT'S OF AMERICANS COLLECT GUNS (EVEN WITH A FAMILY FULL OF KIDS) AND THAT IS OUR RIGHT TO HAVE. JUST DO IT LEGALLY SO NO ONE CAN GET IN TROUBLE. THERE ARE PLENTY GUN MODELS INCLUDING MACHINE GUNS THAT ARE LEGAL TO OWN AND HAVE LICENSE FOR.JUST KNOW THE RULES FOR THAT STATE.
Alot of you folks are right about him doing this. He is rich there is no way he should have been doing this knowing he is a FELON. It's a damn shame when folks you help turn on you because they get caught up doing wrong. That is what the STOP SNITCHING movement is all about, cats that are into the streets getting caught up and telling on the next man to get a DEAL. I hope the brotha gets about 10 years and nothing more. Everybody, make no mistake about this, they can put him in forever for this. If they got tapes on him and that PUNK BITCH talking about it and him going to get it, it's done. The FEDS don't play when it comes to someone they want for whatever reason.
550MAD
It has been unlawful since 1934 (The National Firearms Act) for civilians to own machine guns without special permission from the U.S. Treasury Department. Machine guns are subject to a $200 tax every time their ownership changes from one federally registered owner to another, and each new weapon is subject to a manufacturing tax when it is made, and it must be registered with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) in its National Firearms Registry.
To become a registered owner, a complete FBI background investigation is conducted, checking for any criminal history or tendencies toward violence, and an application must be submitted to the BATF including two sets of fingerprints, a recent photo, a sworn affidavit that transfer of the NFA firearm is of "reasonable necessity," and that sale to and possession of the weapon by the applicant "would be consistent with public safety." The application form also requires the signature of a chief law enforcement officer with jurisdiction in the applicant's residence.
Since the Firearms Owners' Protection Act of May 19, 1986, ownership of newly manufactured machine guns has been prohibited to civilians. Machine guns which were manufactured prior to the Act's passage are regulated under the National Firearms Act, but those manufactured after the ban cannot ordinarily be sold to or owned by civilians.
Bull, true or not if T.I. didn't want to own a machine gun, how or why could anyone coax him into buying one. Is this the image he wants to project to his son? Listen, no one could set him up or anything else if he didn't have some sort of involvement in this process. He should grow up, and stop tempting fate with the blessing he has.
No one yet has said a thing about -
WHO THE HELL DID HE PLAN on KILLING with a damn Machine Gun w/a Silencer.
More Black on Black Crime....This is STILL a damn shame.
We can talk about if he should have one or not... all day and night. The bottom line is - even after his own friend was murdered by way of a GUN, he still wants to live THAT life.
if you live by the sword, you die by the sword.
The tongue is very powerful. What you speak about comes to be.
These rappers have not figured this out... what you talk about and focus on - shows up in your life.
I thought he was getting his life together. He was so convincing on Hip Hop vs. America. I know the white folks are saying "those rappers and hip hoppers are all criminals ^^^^^^
who gives a [EXPLETIVE] with the white people think...
are they thinkin about payin us back for hundreds of years building this country for tabel scraps...
or
what about the crack being spread through are communities throughout the US...
or
what about the leaders that there pathetic cowardly race feared so they killed or jailed them...
dont be a house [EXPLETIVE] Loc...
HE TALKED ALL THAT MESS ON HIP HOP VS AMERICA ABOUT HOW IT STARTS AT HOME, HOW HIP HOP IS NOT THE RUIN TO YOUNG CHILDREN TODAY. THIS IS A TRUE TESTAMENT OF WHAT IS WRONG WITH RAP. WHY WOULD HE NEED A MACHINE GUN, I MEAN REALLY. I DON'T SEE CIARA OR RIHANNA OR EVEN JAY Z DOING DUMB STUFF LIKE SOME OF THESE RAP ARTISTS DO. I DON'T CALL HIM A HIP HOP ARTIST B/C HE IS NOT UP-LIFTING OR STRENGTHENING HIS PEOPLE HE IS JUST RAPPING ABOUT THE SAME OL STUFF. MY BLING MY CAR MY THIS AND THAT. RAP ABOUT REAL ESTATE OR BONDS AND STOCKS, THINGS WITH VALUE AND STOP TRY'N TO BE A THUG WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT. WHO SAID BEING A THUG IS ANYTHING TO PRAISE ANYWAY.
