Posted on 04/17/2018 10:48:38 AM PDT by PROCON
The guns and ammo were found in the basement of a 60-year-old man’s home in Queens after a search warrant (Photos: NYPD)
Officers with the 81st Precinct in the Bayside area of Queens seized over 60 guns and quantity of ammunition from an area man after a tip about illegal weapons.
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced Monday that Ronald Drabman, 60, was arrested over the weekend and charged with a staggering 110 weapons violations, mostly for criminal possession. Following a search warrant of his home’s basement, authorities seized 45 long arms, 23 pistols, a zip gun, a couple of airguns and 50,000 rounds of ammunition.
“The defendant is accused of using his home as a warehouse for illegal firearms – along with tens of thousands of rounds of live ammunition,” Brown said. “This stockpile of weapons poses a great risk to the residents of Queens. It is extremely disturbing to find such an arsenal of firearms in a residential community.”
NYPD Chief of Intelligence Thomas Galati said the gun bust was one of the largest in the department’s history from a single individual and well as what he described as an “unprecedented amount of ammunition.”
The firearms shown off at the conference included a number of collectible arms or at least guns rarely seen in Queens. Among these are an AR with what looks like a Colt Light Machine Gun front end, a Mossberg bullpup shotgun, and a Franchi SPAS-12. One of the rifles seems to be a fairly rare Italian BM59 in a Nigerian pistol grip stock while a Mauser 1934 Pocket Model, Walther P-38, and a Browning Hi-Power rest on table display of pistols.
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This guy should lawyer up fast. How is the “tip” of a lot of guns evidence of any crime? At all?
OMG........
You just said it ALL!!!
I wonder rat him out?
“‘Unprecedented’ amount of ammo,” meaning ZERO?!
I saw none.
As opposed to expended brass and dummy rounds for displays.
Ah, I see some boxes, but no ammo.
More than likely he was selling guns to the gangs.
Not a lot of boxes, either.
Pitiful, just pitiful.
(A la Buddy Ebson)
gov’t employees hate it when Americans have liberty
“Among these are an AR with what looks like a Colt Light Machine Gun front end...”
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An Armalight Rifle made by Colt?
Methinks this is an innocent, non-violent collector who is in technical violation of the law. Exactly what the f*ckfaces are looking for so they can swoop in and seize the guns and declare the innocent guy a criminal and crow that they are stopping crime.
Undeniable dictum of life:
the left intends to take guns from non-violent citizens, and deliberately leave them in the hands of violent criminals.
What was illegal about it?
So I take it that a “Colt Light Machine Gun front end” is otherwise known as a bipod?
Well, the bipods certainly look dangerous to the peeps of Queens.
Have the NYPD of Queens solved all of this year’s murders? Driven burglary to zero? Made Queens a drug free zone?
I doubt that.
Unless it was to gangs of unique firearms collectors.
Whot azzoles. Escape while you still can! d:^)
What? As opposed to tens of thousands of "dead ammunition", which then isn't "ammunition".
“This stockpile of weapons poses a great risk to the residents of Queens.
How does a "stockpile" of inert metal and wood pose a threat to Queens -- or anyone for that matter.
Wow, bring a new meaning to "Escape From New York!"
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