District Judge Gordon J.
Somerville also had considerable stores of food, hundreds of pounds of
gunpowder, grenade hulls
, fuses and marijuana cached on his property.
These banned guns are machines designed for only one
purpose: to kill people,"
said Goddard. Powers, CEO of Homeland
Security Group International,
Inc. "We are
receiving inquiries from manufacturers on a daily basis and several new
companies
have shipped us samples for testing. The standard is limited to ballistic resistance only and
does
not address resistance from knives or other sharply pointed objects. Under the leadership of Colonel
Jeffrey A.
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Powers, USMC (Retired),
HMSG has assembled a portfolio of technology and services through
alliances
with established defense-related companies and through internal development
that is
being brought to market in a cost-efficient and timely manner. These statements include risks and uncertainties
that may cause the
company's plans to change and are in no way intended to guarantee that the
company
will be successful in executing its plans.moly reload
"Somerville is a psychologically deranged man who
was armed to the teeth,
filled with hate, high on dope and had his finger on the trigger," said
Assistant
U.
In October 2003, Somerville left his compound and was quietly arrested
unarmed in the parking
lot of a Home Depot in Cadillac, Michigan.
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and third round of testing
to shoot at everyone's samples.reloading resizing
For the next
two days, law enforcement officers from the ATF and
MSP then conducted the
court-ordered search.wads reloading
Goddard, ATF Special Agent in
Charge of the Detroit
Field Division, announced today that a violent
militiaman from Northwest Michigan was sentenced in
federal court late
yesterday in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for unlawfully possessing machineguns.50
-caliber
anti-aircraft gun, machine guns, explosive powder, bomb-making materials,
automatic assault
weapons and tens of thousands of ammunition rounds on his
40-acre compound in Wexford County, near
Traverse City. We are also addressing the issue
of reducing the risk of injury caused by blunt force
trauma.
ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY GROUP INTERNATIONAL
Homeland Security Group International
(OTC: HMSG) is a technology-based
corporation based in north county San Diego.reloaders mtm
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U. This is
a big
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a prototype on
the table that meets their needs and we have a manufacturing
partner capable of pumping these out
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Colonel Jeffrey A.ammo ponsness
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HMSG's Ballistic
Division's focus is to find a lighter armor solution that
will protect personnel from high velocity
rounds without sacrificing
efficiency caused by the increased weight of the currently fielded systems
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50 caliber gun was over five feet long and weighed more than 150
pounds with tripod. It had a maximum
range of over 4 miles.atf.
All testing is designed to qualify panels that meet The National Institute
of Justice (NIJ) Standard Level IIIA and Level III(Rifle).collet unacceptable
PRESS RELEASE Homeland Security Group International
Inc.'s Ballistics Division Announces Positive Test Firing Results
"During this phase of
testing we fired at S-Glass, E-Glass and Spectra
panels.
ABOUT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE
(NIJ) STANDARD IIIA AND III(RIFLE)
NIL establishes minimum performance requirements and test
methods for the
ballistic resistance of personal body armor designed to protect the torso
against
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Somerville had
tens of thousands of belted ammunition rounds for the gun. (OTC: HMSG) announced
today that the
company's ballistic division has concluded the first phase of testing on
initial
panel samples supplied by manufacturers.
"Look, this is a hot button issue," continued Powers
.
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Meyer in asking for the maximum punishment of
10 years in prison.
Somerville had several
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with manufacturers to produce a lightweight ballistic
vest which will cover
and protect the entire torso while affording comfortable movement and be
capable
of stopping high velocity rounds., velocity measurement equipment, wet
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Agents also seized numerous books, publications, and documents, including
such
military field and technical manuals entitled: Booby Traps, Incendiaries,
Guerrilla Warfare and Special
Forces Operation, and Unconventional Warfare
Devices and Techniques. All panels supplied to the
company
met NIJ Level IIIA standard.,
acceptance criteria, workmanship, armor backing material, and so forth
),
and discusses test methods (i.hornady mtm
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e. The
Company also has an alliance with Recon
Mountaineer, LLC (an Oceanside,
Calif. The company has partnered with leading
security firms to
design and market surveillance systems for homeland
defense security applications. Any person reading
this
press release is advised that this release should be considered in light of
all facts and
circumstances regarding the business and financial condition
and prospects of HMSG, and no inference
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Norman David Somerville, a 44-year
-old resident of Mesick, Michigan, was
sentenced to 80 months in prison and a $2,000 fine for possessing
and
distributing some 13 machine guns.
Law enforcement officers found the 40-acre compound
just as a confidential
militia source had described. Somerville had thousands of rounds of belted
ammunition for
these weapons.
"ATF's top mission is reducing violent crime. We are encouraged
that the test firings proved to us that these
composites indeed meet NIJ Level IIIA standards and
protect our men from
small arms fire, but our focus has been and continues to be on stopping
7
.62 high velocity rifle rounds," commented Colonel Powers. Test results from each firing and milestone
reports
on the design and testing will be issued as each testing phase concludes.
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Attorney
Lloyd K.
Agents also found photographs of President Bush and Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
with the cross-hairs of a high-powered rifle scope drawn over
their heads. There is no sporting
purpose for manufacturing or possessing machineguns and destructive devices."
HMSG stated
the massive response from the manufacturing community and the
positive results from their initial
test firings have forced them to extend
through February their tests of additional composite samples
.
This press release contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the
"safe harbor" provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
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Norman David Somerville Sentenced to Prison
for Unlawfully Possessing Machine Guns
"He's a ticking time bomb.
The keys to what Somerville
himself described as his "war wagons" were in
the ignition, ready to go.
HMSG is also conducting
concurrent testing with other materials to increase
survivability of wheeled and tracked vehicles
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United States Armed Forces).workmanship moly
These
. HMSG's common stock
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According to the ATF and Michigan State
Police Somerville was growing marijuana and stockpiling
a . Hidden in a tree line, Somerville had mounted a
maneuverable anti-aircraft gun in a position
to command logical fields of fire
and approaches to the property and any airline flight paths in
the open sky. Level IIIA armor is designed
to protect against 9mm Full metal jacketed round nose
bullets up to and
including 44magnum hand gun rounds.shotshell leupold
According to his close
associates, Somerville
was filled with rage and plotting to ambush people.
"Somerville intended to kill Michigan State
Police officers and had the
machine guns and ammunition to do so," said Goddard.30 caliber machine
guns were capable
of a sustained rate of 400 to 550 rounds per minute with an effective range of
one-half mile.
Contact: Donald Dawkins
(313) 407-6018
http://www." This press release in no way constitutes any recommendation
regarding the securities
of HMSG or its affiliates.14s shotshell
Three other men who received machine guns from Somerville have also
been
prosecuted by ATF officials and more indictments are expected.warranted resizing
30 caliber machineguns, one locked
, loaded
and ready to go behind the side door of a mobile panel van and another machine
gun mountable
on to a gun turret installed in a Jeep Cherokee where the
passenger seat had been removed. "All major
news
organizations have been covering recent reports that our troops are
increasingly being injured
and killed by hostile fire and shrapnel that
hits them where their armor isn't. Utilizing
additional
firing ranges, they will now incorporate blast and shrapnel
tests into each sample.belted wads
"We will ensure
the safety of the community by investigating
and prosecuting those intent on possessing machineguns
and explosives" she
stressed. HMSG's mission is the
development and commercialization of technology
focused on providing
increased security for both civilian and military personnel throughout the
world
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Quist increased Somerville's punishment
under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines based on the number
of machine guns
involved and the danger posed by Somerville. Level III(Rifle) is designed to protect
against high velocity rifle rounds up to and including 7.ponsness moly
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