Man accused of ‘illegally and unlawfully’ owning 170 guns uses the 2nd Amendment as his excuse

Guns owned by Carlos Serrano-Restrepo (The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive/WSYX).

Guns owned by Carlos Serrano-Restrepo (The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive/WSYX).

A man living in Ohio illegally who pays taxes and has a Social Security number tried using the Second Amendment as an excuse for the 170 firearms he was caught with earlier this year, telling a federal judge that his “unlawful” arsenal — which included a .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifle and multiple ARs — was “for self-defense” and part of “his collection,” according to court documents.

Carlos Serrano-Restrepo’s legal bid was shot down last week in U.S. District Court in Columbus by Judge Edmund Sargus, who chastised the alleged gun aficionado for his admitted weapons cache, saying people “who have not sworn allegiance to the United States” don’t have a right to own firearms, even though Serrano-Restrepo is a taxpaying citizen who has a work authorization card and driver’s license in the Buckeye State.

“Disarming unlawful immigrants like Mr. Serrano-Restrepo … comports with the Nation’s history and tradition of firearm regulations,” Sargus wrote in his Nov. 21 ruling, which was obtained and posted online Saturday by local CBS affiliate WSYX.

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