UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. MISC. CRIMINAL NO. N-90-25(EBB) BILLISTICS, INCORPORATED December 19, 1991 THIRD JOINT MOTION CONCERNING THE DISPOSITION OF THE 11 REMAINING SEIZED FIREARMS On May 31 1990 and again on June 19, 1990, the United States Government and Billistics, Incorporated ("Billistics") filed joint motions in the captioned matter concerning the disposition of 145 of the 156 firearms in the custody of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ("BATF"). BATF agents had executed a federal search warrant and seized from Billistics the 156 firearms listed on Exhibit 1 accompanying those motions. On June 5 and 19, 1990, the Court granted the parties' motions and entered orders directing the BATF to dispose of 145 firearms. The parties stated in the second motion that they anticipated filing a third and final motion addressing the disposition of the remaining 11 firearms listed as items 25, 27, 43, 54, 57, 58, 59, 88, 89, 104, and 139 in Exhibit 1. Exhibit 1 is a printout listing the firearms BATF agents seized from Billistics while executing a search warrant on July 26, 1989. Exhibit 1 inadvertently excludes item number 86. The parties now respectfully request in this third motion that the Court enter the accompanying proposed order concerning - 2 - the disposition of the 11 remaining firearms in the BATF's custody. The parties request that the BATF be permitted to return items 27 and 139 to their registered owners and items 25, 43, 54, 58, 59, 88, 89, and 104 to Billistics as expressed in letter from the firearms' registered owners that Billistics provided to the Government. Copies of those six letters are attached as Exhibit 2. The Government understand that the BATF will amend its NFA Registry to reflect those transfers of firearms to Billistics. This motion, like the prior joint motions, is not to be construed as an admission that Billistics or its officers violated any federal firearms law or that the agents or its officers violated any federal firearms law or that the agents of the Government acted improperly in obtaining a search warrant and seizing the firearms. The motion merely seeks an expeditious way to return the last of the seized firearms. Respectfully submitted, ALBERT S. DABROWSKI UNITED STATES ATTORNEY PETER S. JONGBLOED ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY Federal Bar No CT03192 55 Whitney Avenue New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 773-2600 Timothy G. Attwood, Esq. Attorney for Billistics, Inc. 6 Broadway Trumbull, Connecticut 06611 (203) 261-3784