We would hope so.
"Oh, look! A citizen over there bought a shotgun!"
Posted on 12/27/2005 9:52:42 AM PST by Bald Eagle777
Albuquerque, NM (AHN) - Special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recovered about 400 pounds of explosives stolen from an ATF licensee after arresting three men in connection with the theft.
All the explosives and explosives materials, reported stolen on December 18, were found, including 150 pounds of commercial plastic explosives known commonly as C-4 and 250 pounds of sheet explosives.
The suspects, Leslie Brown, 44, David Kendrick Brown, 49, and Eric Wayne Armstrong, 32, have been transported to Albuquerque and Denver, Colorado, for appearances scheduled on Tuesday before U.S. magistrates.
ATF and the Federal Bureau of Investigation offered a $50,000 reward leading to the recovery of the stolen explosives, which also included about 2,500 explosive detonators of various types and 20,000 feet of explosive detonating cord.
ATF Resident Agent in Charge Wayne Dixie says, "The theft was the largest reported to ATF in 2005 and we and our partners left no stone unturned in finding the perpetrators and the stolen explosives."
ATF, which has jurisdiction for the investigation of explosives thefts, continues to to investigate the theft and report more arrests may be forthcoming.
Ummm...to blow something up?
Nice to know that they seem to be home grown evil doers!
If we knew why we wouldnt need the investigation would we now?
All we would need to do is find them.
No, and we never will. Wasn't there another guy they were looking for?
Maybe sell the explosives to suicide bombers?
Gosh. Hope nobody got spied on.
Drug addicts.
That is all oil field and mining in that area. Always some sleaze company looking for a bargain buy. They would have no problem reselling the bang for folding cash.
That's hard to tell these days. They could be converts to the ROP for all we know. You can be sure the media wouldn't report if there was a connection, much like they kept quiet about the motives behind the father and son sniper team. Or, they could just be regular run of the mill opportunistic thieves looking to make an extra buck. Maybe it will come out at their trial.
There was a thread some time back with a link to a list of convicted murderers with the middle name Wayne. Does anybody here still have it?
GIVE ME LICENSE OR GIVE ME DEATH!
EEYAAHHHHH!!!
We would hope so.
"Oh, look! A citizen over there bought a shotgun!"
You have the best explanation so far.
Maybe they wanted to commit suicide, like that student in Oklahoma. No "threat" just more than enough to do the job. < /sarcasm >
Perhaps but you'd think that explosives would be tracked. Buy blackmarket goods and you open yourself up to ATF investigation. Don't they need to indicate where they got it from as well as noting where they used it?
When did a ski-mask become part of the police uniform in the U.S?
I believe during the Reno-Clinton years.
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