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Nearly 80,000 Ammunition Rounds Seized From Home
The Indy Channel ^ | 08/31/07

Posted on 08/31/2007 9:16:22 AM PDT by Abathar

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Authorities said they removed nearly 80,000 rounds of ammunition from the home of a South Bend man who warned that the world was going to end.

South Bend police and federal agents blocked off streets around Kevin Rieder's home for six hours Wednesday while they removed the ammunition.

Rieder, 38, was arrested Wednesday and charged with illegal possession of ammunition while subject to a restraining order, Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Schmidt said.

The restraining order had been taken out by an ex-girlfriend, Schmidt said.

Rieder told employees at a gun shop where he bought 18,000 rounds that he believed the world was going to end, officials said.

He was in custody Friday morning, awaiting a Tuesday bail and detention hearing.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: banglist; gungrabbers; policestate
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To: Abathar
"Authorities said they removed nearly 80,000 rounds of ammunition from the home of a South Bend man who warned that the world was going to end."

Thats just his excuse, the real reason is he is an Irish fan ;)

21 posted on 08/31/2007 9:26:02 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak....)
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To: Abathar

Typical mainstream media article trying to demonize large amounts of ammunition, not abusive relationships.

Convince the public that you don’t “need” this much ammunition and politicians can start passing laws governing how much you may posess.


22 posted on 08/31/2007 9:26:09 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party will not exist in a few years....we are watching history unfold before us.)
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To: IamConservative

I’d feel pretty safe if the world was ending and he was my neighbor.


23 posted on 08/31/2007 9:26:27 AM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: Abathar
Was the ammo Shooty or Not Shooty?
24 posted on 08/31/2007 9:26:30 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Abathar

I haven’t counted lately, but I’ve got to have almost that much. I buy in quantities of 5000-10000 rounds and I never make less than 5000 when I change the press to a new caliber.

Let’s see...
.22
32 ACP
9 x 18
9 x 19
38 special
357
40
45 ACP
30-06
.223
7.62
12 ga. (well... OK... I only have about a thousand 12 ga.)

Yup. I probably do have him beat.


25 posted on 08/31/2007 9:27:21 AM PDT by Poser (Willing to fight for oil)
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To: hophead
Somehow I am assuming it wouldn’t take the police hours to remove that much .22 shells though...
26 posted on 08/31/2007 9:27:36 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Ancesthntr

LOL


27 posted on 08/31/2007 9:27:44 AM PDT by HockeyPop
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To: miliantnutcase
I’d feel pretty safe if the world was ending and he was my neighbor.

Until you discover he spent all his money on ammo and not food.

28 posted on 08/31/2007 9:28:15 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: dirtboy

It’s not me. Although I live in Indiana, I have significantly fewer rounds stockpiled than this guy. If my house ever catches fire, though, the firefighters either better put it out quick or pull back about a mile and let the rounds cook off.


29 posted on 08/31/2007 9:28:15 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (How hot does it have to get for a burning concrete lion to experience spalling? Anybody know?)
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To: Abathar

80,000 rounds of ammo. Pffft... With all the hoarding due to the “shortage” this ain’t nothin’.


30 posted on 08/31/2007 9:28:40 AM PDT by Obadiah (Nothing says, "Get off my lawn" like the inscription of a claymore - THIS SIDE TOWARDS THE ENEMY.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

LOL!


31 posted on 08/31/2007 9:29:18 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Domandred
No mention of why or anything else? I smell vindictive ex-girlfriend, if she even was a "girlfriend" to begin with.

Yep. Most likely the story here. Don't want to defend the guy, 'cuz I don't know him, but I suspect most any woman can get a restraining order these days. Just sayin'.

32 posted on 08/31/2007 9:31:33 AM PDT by Obadiah (Nothing says, "Get off my lawn" like the inscription of a claymore - THIS SIDE TOWARDS THE ENEMY.)
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To: Poser

What, no .308?


33 posted on 08/31/2007 9:33:02 AM PDT by 6ppc (It's torch and pitchfork time)
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To: IamConservative
So a persons 2nd amendment rights are suspended under a restraining order?

Yup. Remember that was the crux of the Emerson case: A TRO forbidding the possession of firearms and ammunition EVEN in the absence of a specific finding that there's a threat. Ridiculous.

34 posted on 08/31/2007 9:34:28 AM PDT by BearCub
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35 posted on 08/31/2007 9:35:25 AM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: Abathar

Sounds like a pretty bogus situation for law enforcement.

There is no law against possessing a million rounds of ammo if so desired.
And some trumped up, alleged restraining order is not grounds to sieze anything without a public hearing and due process.

Lately there has been a lot of focus on confiscating or limiting the amount of ammo one can purchase and it is nothing more than a back door to gun control.

I would like to know more about this story than the article gives.


36 posted on 08/31/2007 9:35:34 AM PDT by o_zarkman44 (No Bull in 08!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
"Until you discover he spent all his money on ammo and not food."

But -- If he has guns that accept the ammo he has, he can take YOUR food or anyone else's food he desires...

The folks with food can't do much by throwing bananas at him...

The prudent "survivor" will have the holy trinity - guns, food and water --- and if REALLY righteous, isolation and privacy.

37 posted on 08/31/2007 9:35:48 AM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: BearCub

Another victimless crime.


38 posted on 08/31/2007 9:36:33 AM PDT by TheDon (The DemocRAT party is the party of TREASON! Overthrow the terrorist's congress!)
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To: river rat
The prudent "survivor" will have the holy trinity - guns, food and water

You forgot currency: Ammunition, tobacco and alcohol. With those, you can barter for anything else you need.

39 posted on 08/31/2007 9:36:57 AM PDT by BearCub
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To: Tijeras_Slim; miliantnutcase

or if he didn’t like you much cuz you didn’t return his lawnmower.


40 posted on 08/31/2007 9:37:15 AM PDT by Hi Heels (Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult)
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