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A Thureon Defense machine gun.
A morbidly obese Melbourne man has been jailed for importing “truly terrifying” machine
guns from the US, but dozens of the firearms he smuggled remain on the streets.
Paul Munro, 64, was jailed today for at least six years by Victoria’s County Court for
importing Thureon fully-automatic machine guns and semi-automatic handgun parts
between 2012 and 2016.
Munro decided to illegally import the Thureon machine gun, which can fire up to 1000
rounds per minute, after he went to a gun show in Las Vegas. The mechanic later asked
Thureon Defense owner Andy Huebschmann, based in Wisconsin, to send him the machine
guns hidden in the false base of containers holding engine parts.
Munro also asked Huebschmann to send him triggers that would convert other semiautomatic
guns into fully automatic weapons.
“The Thureon in fully automatic mode is a truly terrifying weapon,” judge Douglas Trapnell
said.
“It has no use other than a mass killing machine and has no place in civil society.”
Munro paid about $US1000 per assault rifle and $US2000 for some of them to have their
serial numbers or identifying marks removed.
Back in Australia, Munro was arrested at Geelong on August 30, 2016 after he set up a deal to
sell 15 firearms for $110,000 to an undercover operative. The mechanic was selling the
Thureon rifles for $15,000 a piece, and charging $5000 for the handguns.
Before Munro was arrested, a local gun dealer warned the mechanic about selling illegal guns
to people he didn’t know.
The dealer advised Munro not to trust people who wanted to do business without a personal
recommendation.
Judge Trapnell said police were yet to recover 40 firearms and firearm parts that Munro
smuggled into Australia, including five Thureon fully automatic machine guns.
Three Thureon machine guns were seized at Caroline Springs, Williamstown and Rockbank
as police charged three men with trafficking a commercial quantity of methamphetamine.
A fourth Thureon weapon was handed in to police as part of a gun amnesty.
Judge Trapnell said Munro ran his “nefarious scheme” to support his lifestyle after various
failed stints in farming and car restoration.
Munro pleaded guilty to four charges of importing firearms and two counts of attempting to
import firearms.
He was sentenced to 10 years and three months in jail. He has already served 617 days in presentence
detention.