Homeless man is accused of collecting submachine guns, silencers and handguns

LA Times ^ | 25 Nov 2015 | Veronica Rocha

[DUMBGRUNT]

Richard Cunningham was homeless. But he wasn’t gun-less, police allege.

Deputies found a cache of weapons at his Harbor City encampment, including: two fully operational submachine guns, four handguns, two makeshift silencers and numerous rounds of ammunition,

It is unclear how Cunningham came to possess the arsenal.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I was a tank commander on an M48A3 tank in Vietnam. As part of the OEM equipment, every tank had 2 M-3A1 SMG’s on board."

As of at least the mid-90's, M3's were still BII on M88 recovery vehicles.