[Pfesser]

I guess they couldn't pass a background check.

[cquiggy]

Obama supporters.

[devistate one four]

Nah! Militia stocking up!

[Edgerunner]

I don’t suppose the got any ammo. My guess is they stole them to sell them...

[MaxMax]

Those are the “law abiding” innocent people who will be armed when they take away our guns.

[JimSEA]

“We need to prevent these stolen firearms from falling into the hands of felons, gang members and juveniles before violent crime and tragedy results.”

The guns already done did just that the casual observer would think.

[Doohickey]

Hopefully these guys will watch a few Steven Segal movies to learn how to shoot. That’ll make them easy targets.

[Squantos]

Alice Baker.....Alice Baker..... please pick up the white courtesy phone.

[Domandred]

I imagine we might see more of this...and then using it as an excuse to close or further restrict gun stores.

(/tinfoil hat moment) Pretty easy to manufacture too.

[petro45acp]

...when guns are outlawed...

[ozzymandus]

They can turn them in at a police buy-back and get $100/gun, or $4000, no questions asked. Usually, the cops don’t even check the serial numbers, so the real owners don’t even get their stolen property back. I suspect a lot of stolen guns end up this way.

[The KG9 Kid]

Not to criticize, but if I owned a gun store, the place would be like an impenetrable vault.

B&B Sales in Westminster CA used to be like what I have in mind: A double-solid reinforced cinder block windowless cube of concrete surrounded by another wall topped with concertina wire. Felt like Fort Knox in there when the armored door slammed behind you and sealed you in as if you were in a pharaoh's tomb.

I've never liked gun shops that operate out of strip malls and leave their guns in display cases overnight where it wouldn't take much effort at all to sneak in through the ceiling from the Subway sandwich shop next door or just ram a stolen car through the back wall.

[llevrok]

well, with economy being what it is, they couldn’t steal at full retail.

[posterchild]

Are they presuming that the suspects are armed?

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[PalmettoMason]

“We need to prevent these stolen firearms from falling into the hands of felons, gang members and juveniles

I guess the police chief is afraid the ATF guys might get the guns before his own officers do.

[OneWingedShark]

Quick math, assuming the guns were cheap, say $500/GUN the total comes to: $20,000

[FreeAtlanta]

Another way to avoid being on a confiscation list?

[Fido969]

ATF will be all over these guys. There was a smash and grab here in a little store in Maine, and the ATF grabbed the guys three weeks later in New York.