Man orders TV, Gun delivered instead
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SETH Horvitz was looking forward to taking delivery of his new 39-inch flatscreen TV he ordered off Amazon.
So you can imagine his surprise when the box arrived ... with a military-grade assault rifle in it instead.
Mr Horvitz, of Washinton DC, said he contacted police immediately after the parcel delivery service left the military-style SIG Sauer SIG716 at his apartment door.
"They were a little confused at first. They've never seen anything quite like it," he told Fox 5 a local television station.
While the box was addressed to Mr Horvitz, who had ordered a flat-screen television from a third-party retailer via Amazon.com, an invoice inside the box suggested the gun was supposed to go to a Pennsylvania gun shop.
Seth Horvitz and policeman examine the box which ciontained a high-powered rifle. Mr Horvitz had ordered a TV, he got a ready-to-fire Sig Sauer assault rifle instead.
A spokesman for Washington's Metropolitan Police Department said that the case — which comes on the heels of two mass killings in the United States in less than a month — remains under investigation.
Fox reports it was likely a labelling error in transit which resulted in the mix-up.
Anti-gun lobbyists have expressed concern that high-powered weapons can be shipped across the United States with little or no checks.
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That was quite amazing....but too bad no bullets came with it..
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...maybe he could get them at 7-11.
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Ordes TV, get guns
Only in Amercia