Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Receiving a large package in the mail is usually pretty exciting, especially if it's expected contains that new flat-screen TV you ordered online. That's what D.C. resident Seth Horvitz was expecting when he found a box waiting for him outside his apartment Tuesday. But the long, narrow package couldn't possibly contain the 39-inch television he'd ordered from an independent seller on Amazon. Maybe it was a TV stand or some other accessory, he thought. So he opened the box -- only to find an Army-style assault rifle. Wait " what? After briefly contemplating himself holding the Sig Sauer SIG716 semiautomatic assault rifle now in his possession, Horvitz contacted D.C. police. Authorities deemed the weapon an illegally-shipped firearm and quickly confiscated it. But police weren't the only ones disconcerted by the unsolicited weapon that showed up on Horvitz's doorstep... |