When Amazon gets it really wrong...
A man orders a high-def TV from Amazon, and receives a deadly assault rifle instead — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
By The Week Staff | August 9, 2012
Deadly weapon delivery
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hen Seth Horvitz received a package from Amazon.com, the Washington, D.C., resident assumed it was the high-definition television he'd ordered through a third-party seller on Amazon a few days prior. Surprise: Instead of offering a crisper way to view Modern Family, the box contained a 7.6-pound, 37-inch-long Sig Sauer SIG716 assault rifle. "When I realized it as an assault rifle, it was pure shock and disbelief," Horvitz told Wired. Since such weapons are illegal in D.C., Horvitz promptly called the police, who confiscated the gun.
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