Perhaps destroying the mortar rounds I can agree with, but for what the cost of ammo is going for the family would be nuts not to sell it.
Posted on 10/10/2008 12:34:42 PM PDT by Abathar
LAWRENCE, Ind. -- Officers who were called to a northeastern Marion County home on a welfare check late Thursday night found one of the largest weapons caches at a home they have ever seen.
Police went to the home in the 7000 block of Lantern Road just before 10 p.m. after the daughter of a 60-year-old man found a suicide note and empty gun holster at the home.
When they arrived, officers found military ordnance in the home and asked investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to do a complete search.
In the search, officers found a 20 mm Russian anti-tank rifle capable of piercing through most armor, 6News' Jack Rinehart reported.
Investigators also found mortars, mortar shells, nearly 80 pounds of black powder, smoke grenades, a Thompson submachine gun, assorted rifles and shotguns, along with about 50,000 rounds of ammunition.
The man was found at about 3 a.m. sitting in a truck in a church parking lot and was detained
Police said all of the firearms and ammunition in the home posed a serious threat to the neighborhood.
The weapons were seized based on a law legislators passed in the wake of the shooting death of Indianapolis police Officer Jake Laird in 2004.
The law allows police to seize weapons until an owner can prove mental fitness to have them.
Neighbors told Rinehart that they knew the man had weapons but they had no idea about the extent of his stash.
ATF plans to inventory and, possibly, destroy all of the items.
(Excerpt) Read more at theindychannel.com ...
Perhaps destroying the mortar rounds I can agree with, but for what the cost of ammo is going for the family would be nuts not to sell it.
Now it’s a guarentee the guy’s gonna off himself.
Well, it's a "large weapon", but I only have one of them....
Did they make Thompsons that loaded from the top? I always thought the Thompsons took rounds from the ammo clip near the trigger.
That guy is getting ready for the O nazi’s. LOL
That’s the 20mm anti-tank rifle.
We contracted to deliver a load of two armoured personnel carriers last week. You should have seen the looks on the faces of the neighbors when we parked for the weekend. I parked in front of my McCain/Palin yard sign. LOL
That is a Russian 20mm anti-tank weapon pictured I believe, top loading magazines have never been very popular and I don’t think Thompson made any.
Top load for gravity feed —shell’s heavy enough to drop in without mag spring....
Do you roll that sucker out on the 4th of July?!
ready for whity if obama had lost
“The law allows police to seize weapons until an owner can prove mental fitness to have them”
Huh?
LOL
In all honesty you’re probably right.
LOL...OH MY...Im soooo glad the local cops and ATF are on the job. NOT!
Nothing was proven to be illegal. Were the grenades live or dummies? Was the 20mm rifle a DEWAT? Was it properly registered? Was the’Thompson’ select fire or a semi auto version? If select fire was it registered? So much pertinent info was missing from the article. Present in copious amounts was hand wringing. BTW his ‘cache’ was tiny by comparison to some Ive seen. LOL... Notice the ATF was going to destroy it all...how predictable.
Doesn’t sound like the ATF is calling any of these guns illegal...the premise for detaining him and seizing the guns is on a mental fitness charged backed by the daughter’s phone call....maybe he’s got permits....
Coming to a neighborhood near you, if Obama wins. (And you know how the left always accused the police of planting drugs? They’ll be planting suicide notes on people to take their weapons)
You a right. Conventional bottom feed makes it hard to elevate the muzzle. Side feeding is best, but it is a bitch to sling and carry when it is a a magazine as opposed to belts.... and of course, belts get tangled, clogged and dirty. .
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