Posted on 09/27/2018 5:15:51 AM PDT by marktwain
The search of Tong’s house at 9738 Gilded Cider Blvd. following a court-authorized, no-knock entry revealed a cache that included six ammo storage cans filled with nearly 100 boxes of ammunition of varying calibers; black powder guns, a pellet gun and a knife; three ammunition belts, multiple magazines, scopes and a silencer; ballistic vests and helmet; and more than a dozen computers. The items were scattered in three bedrooms, the basement and living room.The ammunition and silencer listed above were illegal for Tong to possess. It is difficult to know if it is a real silencer without testing, as there are numerous fake silencers on the market. The other items are generally not prohibited.
It’s also unclear how he acquired the pistol since he couldn’t legally purchase firearms. A search warrant unsealed Friday afternoon shows Tong had a cache of gun parts in his home, suggesting he may have built the pistol himself. Foulke said federal authorities were having trouble tracing the gun’s origin, calling the weapon “unique.”One reason for "unique" status would be if the firearm were home made.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Analysis of Operation CUE (Concentrated Urban Enforcement), interim report 133-34 (February 15, 1977).In countries with extreme restrictions on gun ownership, individuals or criminal enterprises often make submachine guns, which are easier to construct than semi-automatic handguns. Homemade submachine guns are found from the Philippines to Brazil, from Israel to Canada and Australia.
Sometimes you see excellent copies included in counts with originals.
Let's hope Kavanaugh has calendars going back to '77 before this gets pinned on him too.
Tony Tong?
When the perpetrator is know there is value in tracing a firearm.
Except to promote gun control.
How convenient to have a mass shooting with a homemade gun right when the 3D printing debacle is active. Why it’s almost like..
Greased marble guns were the rage when I was 10 years old. Put a stop to being sniped at with Daisey Red Ryders.
because it is “unique”.
A Unique? Made in France by Manufacture d’ Armes des Pyrénées Françaises (MAPF)? or was the pistol just “different”.
When I started in law enforcement back in the ‘70’s, it was common knowledge that prisoners and criminals on the street made zip guns out of many common things.
“Greased marble guns”??
My ignorance strikes again. Would you elucidate?
Sounds Slick.
I grew up in the old Chelsea district in NYC in the '50s. The common routine was to break off a car aerial, tape it to a right-angle piece of wood from an orange crate and use a sliding door latch powered by a heavy rubber band to fire a .22 long rifle. One guy told me he used one of these when he shot at a guy from 10' feet and saw the bullet bounce off the guy's leather jacket.
Scared Hell out of him and he quit the gang.
Hell, I has a 35c an hour grocery boy job, just saved up and bought a REAL .22.
parts is parts... receivers on the otherhand
10 ft.
Hmmmmmm,
AM or FM?
Saw the jacket dimple from the “impact”.
Haha, sounds like an a great and adventurous childhood.
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