Akins Accelerator Completely Kaput (ATF wins another power grab)

[JohnJacobH]

http://www.subguns.com/boards/mgmsgarchive.cgi?read=630990

To Whom It May Concern;

    This notice is to inform you of my resignation as President, as a Director, and as Agent for Akins Group Inc. I have also signed my stock shares over to the Corporation, severing all financial interest.

    I hereby disclaim any association and/or liabilities associated with Akins Group Inc. and/or William (Bill) Akins, whether in his capacities as an Officer of AGI, as a shareholder of AGI, as a patent holder or as an individual.

    With the customer communications (phone line and website) being shut down, the decision having been made over my objections, I am using this means to notify people of the new address and contact information for Akins Group Inc.

    Any inquiries related in any fashion to Akins Group Inc. should be directed to the Corporation, through the sole remaining Director, William L. Akins, at 12810 Kitten Trail, Hudson FL 34669, telephone 727-819-8352.

    Sincerely,

    (signed)

    Tom Bowers
    PO Box 430
    Cornelius OR 97113
    (503) 992-8697

For those of you who missed this little kerfuffle, the Akins Accelerator is an accessory stock specifically designed to comply with
the requirements of semi automatic fire when attached to a Ruger 10/22.  The design was vetted and approved by the ATF back
in 2003.  AFTER production and sales began and thousands of these things were sold the ATF reversed course and declared them
to be Machineguns. Initially the company told cusotmers it was all a big mistake , but they should surrender their LEGALLY ACQUIRED PROPERTY TO THE ATF  WITHOUT  COMPENSATION "until the matter was resolved".  Well, after 11 months the matter has apparently been resolved.

The ATF has gotten away with another power grab, expanded the definition of machineguns, put an entire group of people on some kind of "watch list" and has generally wreaked havoc for no other reason than it can.

Welcome to 21st Century America.

Best regards,

[JohnJacobH]

The Akins Website is still in the Google Cache.  Grab a copy before it is gone!

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:gMSSFfTSLN0J:www.firefaster.com/index.html+Akins+Accelerator&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:gMSSFfTSLN0J:www.firefaster.com/index.html+Akins+Accelerator&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

[JohnJacobH]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1932489/posts#comment?q=1

Akins Accelerator bumpfire rifle stock is NOT dead.
November 29, 2007 | William Akins

Posted on 11/29/2007 3:07:32 PM PST by William Akins

Contrary to uninformed internet posts which reported that the Akins Accelerator Bumpfire rifle stock is "officially Dead", this is not correct.

Mr Bowers who was president and one of the directors of Akins Group Inc resigned as president. That is all. Mr Bowers did not solely comprise Akins Group Inc and his resignation does not terminate the corporation nor does it mean the efforts to rectify the BATFE 2006-02 ruling are "officially dead". Nothing could be further from the truth. I am the inventor, exclusive patent owner, chairman of the board and a director of Akins Group Inc which manufactured the Akins Accelerator.

Not only is Akins Group Inc still in existance as a corporation, but the battle to overturn the Federal law violating BATFE 2006-02 ruling continues. Nothing has changed other than a director has resigned and his position has been replaced. Upon his resignation, Mr Bowers no longer speaks for Akins Group Inc and any opinions he has posted online since his resignation are not the official position or opinions of the board of directors of Akins Group Inc.

Sincerely, William Akins.

[Jim Urban]

"With the customer communications (phone line and website) being shut down, the decision having been made over my objections, I am using this means to notify people of the new address and contact information for Akins Group Inc."-Tom Bowers

Interesting statement there Tom,since it was YOU who shut down the website.What a friggin weasel.