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Valuable WWII Gun at Police Buy-Back (Sturmgewehr 44)
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| Annie Rose Ramos
Posted on 12/11/2012 8:38:58 AM PST by GOPsterinMA
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I wonder how many treasures have been "pocketed" by LEO's during these gun "buybacks".
I'm surprised the woman didn't get cuffed for not having the proper permits.
To: DarthVader; Impy; campaignPete R-CT; fieldmarshaldj; Perdogg; GSP.FAN
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posted on
12/11/2012 8:40:34 AM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(The autopsy will show that this nation committed suicide.)
To: GOPsterinMA
She needs to send that gun Red Jacket and get it fixed up.
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posted on
12/11/2012 8:47:01 AM PST
by
Nashvegas
(What do you get if you offer a liberal a penny for their thoughts? Change)
To: GOPsterinMA
She needs to send that gun Red Jacket and get it fixed up.
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posted on
12/11/2012 8:47:06 AM PST
by
Nashvegas
(What do you get if you offer a liberal a penny for their thoughts? Change)
To: GOPsterinMA; waterhill; ixtl
Cool!
Banglist (((ping)))!
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posted on
12/11/2012 8:52:50 AM PST
by
Envisioning
(Call me a racist........, one more time..........)
To: GOPsterinMA
I’ve held a couple of these in my day. Sturdy platform and functionally similar to an AK, it doesn’t surprise me that any little old lady would think it “dangerous” if they’ve been conditioned to see “assault rifles” as such.
If it was a full-auto, depending on its pedigree and condition, it would fetch more than $25,000 without a problem.
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posted on
12/11/2012 8:55:41 AM PST
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: Nashvegas
Uh, shouldn’t she have been arrested and charged with violation of the NFA? Maybe the batfe needs to be called in. Do the cops get an exemption from the NFA automatically just because they are cops? Must fall under a cover since they were doing it on behalf of the department. Inoperable at the time it was turned in but I’ll bet it wouldn’t take much for a good armorer to get her up and running. Like Red Jacket.
On the other hand. Nice piece for the avid collector.
Share the lead.
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posted on
12/11/2012 8:57:19 AM PST
by
rktman
To: GOPsterinMA
FTA:
The unnamed owner of the gun has left the valuable artifact at the police station for safe keeping. Uh-oh.
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posted on
12/11/2012 8:57:43 AM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
To: Cyber Liberty
The cops in the video seem to be on the up-and-up. Also, if the owner took it back, you can bet BATF would be waiting to bust her. The PD will probably hand it off directly to a museum for her. In this case, they actually seem to be acting in this woman’s best interest.
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posted on
12/11/2012 9:08:55 AM PST
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Charles Martel
I was wondering since its a machine gun in no working condition if she would now need a tax stamp to own it.
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posted on
12/11/2012 9:18:42 AM PST
by
Nashvegas
(What do you get if you offer a liberal a penny for their thoughts? Change)
To: Charles Martel
The cops in the video seem to be on the up-and-up. That's part of the training: "How to pretend you aren't an A-hole in front of cameras." They are very good at adopting a "WTF" expression when you try to recover something. "Gun? What gun? Nobody here signed that reciept."
But I do believe you're correct that if she tried to take it home, the BATFE would have busted her for sure.
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posted on
12/11/2012 9:22:50 AM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
To: Charles Martel
I know an ATF agent. He was actually sickened the day he was required by law to confiscate a similar item form a citizen. His choice was to destroy it or ensconce in in the ATF private museum. Selling to a dealer or giving it to the National Firearms museum was not an option.
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posted on
12/11/2012 9:25:02 AM PST
by
cyclotic
( Obama's golden halo is really just a rusted hubcap)
To: GOPsterinMA
WAY cooler than that Jap Arisaka on yesterday’s thread.
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posted on
12/11/2012 9:28:18 AM PST
by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
To: GOPsterinMA
It’s amazing what one comes across. In 1982 I purchased an old used Japanese made pellet gun for $3. I never considered it to be of any value at at all until I ran across an identical one on ebay several weeks ago. I also didn’t know that it was one of the few CO2 pellet rifles made with an adjustment for chamber pressure, a feature I didn’t even know it had until I checked further. I now find that it’s worth about $700.
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posted on
12/11/2012 9:35:03 AM PST
by
BuffaloJack
(Children, pets, and slaves get taken care of. Free Men take care of themselves.)
To: GOPsterinMA
IRS
10% gift tax $2500.00
Capital Gains Tax 39.6% $9,900.00
Obamacare tax 3.8% $950.00
Federal Machine gun License $300 per year $20,000.00
Penalty for not paying license fee 10% per year $138,720
Total owed to Obama $163,160.00 (gun confiscated under new law)
Sound about right?
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posted on
12/11/2012 9:37:09 AM PST
by
Foolsgold
(L I B Lacking in Brains)
To: GOPsterinMA
The type of weapon in question:
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posted on
12/11/2012 9:40:44 AM PST
by
PLMerite
(Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
To: GOPsterinMA
If the rifle wasn’t registered during one of the amnesty periods the ATF will confiscate it from a citizen. I don’t know the legality of the cops putting it in their “collection.”
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posted on
12/11/2012 9:46:52 AM PST
by
PLMerite
(Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
To: GOPsterinMA
To: GOPsterinMA
"If the gun had been in the closet loaded, any second you could hit the wrong level and discharge a fatal round," he said of the Sturmgewehr 44.GOOD FREAKIN LORD.
Yeah, antigun buffoon, if you hit the wrong 'level' (aka, the trigger), you can discharge a 'fatal' round.
Gaw damned antigun trash f***holes.
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posted on
12/11/2012 9:54:40 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(LAZ'S LAW: As an argument with liberals goes on, the probability of being called racist approaches 1)
To: GOPsterinMA
At least, these cops were honest and let the woman keep it.
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posted on
12/11/2012 10:00:40 AM PST
by
expat2
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