Seth Horvitz was in the market for a new TV for his D.C. pad. He ended up on Amazon and ordered a $320 Westinghouse model. The Internet is so cool – click buy and a TV shows up at your doorstep a few days later. When Horvitz’ package arrived, it wasn’t shaped like a TV, but he thought maybe it’s just a partial delivery… maybe it was a stand or something. No dice. The package held a semi-automatic Sig Sauer 716 patrol rifle – an illegal assault rifle in D.C.
Good thing he didn’t think the rifle was a remote control and try pulling the trigger to change the channel. Instead, he called the police, who came by and confiscated the item.
An invoice found inside the box, Horvitz said, listed the sender as online gun retailer Gunbuyer.com. The invoice, for $1,590, was addressed to Independence Gun Shop, a gun store in Duncansville, Pennsylvania.
In the end, the mix up seems to have stemmed from a UPS error. But poor Seth Horvitz is not only out a rifle, but he still has no TV.
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