"We’re concerned with getting these guns off the street," Gwyn said. "We have a lot of folks working on it right now."
Posted on 04/24/2007 5:44:58 PM PDT by SubGeniusX
Memphis police were looking Monday night for the thieves who stole seven weapons from a North Carolina SWAT team van parked in South Memphis.
Members of the SWAT team based in Raleigh, N.C., were eating at Interstate Bar-B-Que, 2265 S. Third, about 3:30 p.m. Monday when they realized their van had been broken into, said Lt. Jerry Gwyn of Memphis felony response.
Taken were three machine guns, two semi-automatic handguns, and two 12-gauge shot guns, Gwyn said.
The officers, who were traveling from Raleigh to Little Rock for training, noticed two thieves driving away in a burgundy Ford Expedition, Gwyn said. A video surveillance camera also caught the thieves in action.
"We’re concerned with getting these guns off the street," Gwyn said. "We have a lot of folks working on it right now."
The theft was reminiscent of a heist in 1997, when thieves stole a Little Rock FBI team’s Suburban. Inside the SUV were grenade launchers, M-16 rifles, submachine guns and other potent weapons, which were found after an intense three-day search.
"We’re concerned with getting these guns off the street," Gwyn said. "We have a lot of folks working on it right now."
SWAT teams use machine guns?
mp3 and m4’s
Should have signed up for last week's training class.
And we’re supposed to forfeit our right to bear arms to people like these brain stems?
Interstate Barbeque left holding the tab.
WOW, no background check or waiting period.
The SWAT Team must have slept through the seminar at the training in Little Rock called:
“How to Lock the Doors on Your Van”
What—the SWAT vehicle doesn’t have an audible alarm?
Yeah, now here’s a group I want responding to a 911 call.
They’ll pull up, open the doors while chanting “hut,hut,hut,hut” and yikes! No weapons!
The only thing that could be worse in this story is if the cops were sitting at a donut shop.
The Little Rock FBI stocks grenade launchers?
They are trained professionals. They can be trusted with selective fire assault riflers, classified as "machine guns" under the NFA act of 1934.
“I’m the only one in this room professional enough...” reference in 3, 2, 1...
LOL!
Los Angeles Police Department is better armed then 90% of the world’s countries.
John
“Sir, we’ll ask the questions here.”
Duh. I understand they think people won't mess with a "police car" but for 1% of the cost of those weapons, they could have installed an alarm system in the vehicle that carries them.
Any John Q. Citizen that had weapons like this stolen from his vehicle would be going through an intensive proctololgy exam by the ATF right about now.
Yes, I know, some cops shouldn't be ... but to have such a stupid thing to happen to not one, but two or more SWAT members is just surreal.
Ripping off a SWAT van takes HUGE...
Thanks, I’m no gun expert... but I did earn a marksmanship ribbon in the Air Force!
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