Posted on 06/23/2016 2:26:43 PM PDT by dennisw
The heirs of 60-year-old Jeffry Lash plan to destroy a stockpile of $5 million in guns and ammunition discovered after his death in Pacific Palisades last year.
Family members intend to destroy the guns to show their disapproval of “gun violence.”
Lash was discovered dead in an SUV in the summer of 2015. Breitbart News reported that as Lash approached death, he told various women he was suffering side effects from poisonous agents to which he had allegedly been exposed while working for the CIA. In truth, he had cancer.
According to ABC 7, “Police said Lash stockpiled more than 1,500 guns, 6.5 tons of ammunition, nearly $250,000 cash and more than a dozen survivalist-type vehicles.”
Daniel Brookman, an attorney for Lash’s heirs, says he will “reject [their] inheritance to send a message against gun violence.” Speaking for the heirs, Brookman said, “We don’t want it. We don’t want money from these weapons. We don’t want these weapons out there. We want them destroyed.”
Investigators cannot ascertain where Lash came up with the money to buy the weapons, ammunition, and vehicles: “Police said there is no record that he ever filed a tax return or held a job,” ABC 7 reports.
AWR Hawkins is the Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
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Must have been a congressman.
Or Chicago politician.
“I hope they end up flat broke and regretting their stupid decision.”
They should burn the cash too.
No Estate Tax until you get to a net estate (after expenses) of $5.45 million. Still, it’d be funny if they HAD to sell some of the guns or ammo to pay taxes.
So, all he had was a RV and 5 mil in guns and ammo?
I have no problem with this. People can be as dumb as they wish. It’s their property.
some people are dumb as cowturds
but at least they are only destroying their own property and not trying to confiscate or destroy anyone else’s property or rights like the D party bosses, Obama, etc
Well, $250K in cash...
...and some rather large bills for unpaid taxes, penalties and interest. I’m thinking that not only will his net estate be well under $5.45 million, but that the guns and ammo won’t be destroyed after all - because the IRS is likely to come in and seize them, then sell them to pay his debt to them. If the family destroys these items, they are going to have to deal with the IRS.
The ironies are piling up like crazy in this case.
Something tells me the 5 mil figure is greatly exaggerated. $1000 each is only 1.5 mil. Either they are all very high dollar guns or he had a few rail cars full of top of the line ammo.
I think it is clear he was a lawyer.
How much do they have to pay in tax? Or is the state one of those that you get to keep all the money?
Some day they are going to wish they had those guns.
What idiots.
I was wondering if they will destroy the cars - over 35,000 car deaths a year in the USA.
If the estate is worth more than that 5.45 million and they destroy the guns which could have been sold to pay the estate taxes, they’ll be liable for the estate taxes themselves.
They’ll be shooting themselves in the foot if they actually destroy those weapons.
Oh - better torch the house too - over 20,000 deaths due to accidents in the home.
Idiotz.
Hope they have another $2 million in the estate because, fo sho, Uncle Sam will want his cut.
What do you suppose the chances are the government is going to go in and seize that stuff?
Considering the value, the equipment, and the fact that there is no record he ever filed a tax return, the heirs many not have any choice about whether the guns and ammo are destroyed.
My wisecrack exactly!
I would like them to hire my firm, “Enviro-Friendly Gun Destroyers, Inc.” I will remove the offensive material to an off-site location, and provide documentary evidence that everything has been destroyed.
As I consider this to be a public service and civic duty, I will not charge a fee. Handling this task will make the world a better place, so it will be my honor to do it.
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