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Man arrested for driving around with mounted World War II machine gun in Metro Detroit
MLive ^ | July 05, 2013 | The Associated Press

Posted on 07/05/2013 8:26:11 AM PDT by DarkSavant

Edited on 07/05/2013 10:13:44 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: DarkSavant
... the gun had been converted to fire compressed gas, which produced bright flashes and loud gunfire sounds.

If that's the case, it's not a firearm any longer. It's a Hollywood action film "prop".

21 posted on 07/05/2013 8:46:30 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Charles Martel

A cool one at that.


22 posted on 07/05/2013 8:47:16 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: henkster

Racism or Terrorism /s


23 posted on 07/05/2013 8:48:48 AM PDT by omega4179
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To: factoryrat

The Rat Patrol IN COLOR!


24 posted on 07/05/2013 8:49:36 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: DarkSavant

You just can’t have ANY fun anymore. Stupid spoil sports.


25 posted on 07/05/2013 8:51:15 AM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: Charles Martel

Go ahead and pull a prop on a police officer and then get back to me...


26 posted on 07/05/2013 8:51:54 AM PDT by stormer
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To: Red Badger

another crazy azz cracker


27 posted on 07/05/2013 8:52:13 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: cripplecreek

I used to live in Shelby Twp when it was part of Rochester long ago. This story is unremarkable - sounds like reasonable neighborhood watch patrol to me.


28 posted on 07/05/2013 8:54:48 AM PDT by shove_it (old Old Guardsman)
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To: henkster

Noise violation?


29 posted on 07/05/2013 8:56:43 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: DarkSavant
I'll buy that for a dollar.

30 posted on 07/05/2013 8:58:15 AM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: varyouga
It sounds like exactly what one would need for a nice evening drive in Detroit

Or perhaps a BTR-80:


31 posted on 07/05/2013 8:59:33 AM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: DarkSavant
Is it Stacey David and Sgt Rock?

It certainly sounds like them, if not it's a copy of Sgt Rock.

For those not familiar, David is a rock guitarist who has had at least two TV gearhead series - 'Trucks' and 'GearZ', and Sgt Rock was one of his vehicles.

Sgt Rock is a '41 Dodge military 4x4...a verryyyy big pickup...with twin 50's mounted in the bed, firing propane...very high rate of fire, very loud, awesome.

32 posted on 07/05/2013 9:02:59 AM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: henkster

Charges of whatever.


33 posted on 07/05/2013 9:03:18 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Hardraade

Yes, damn shame that.


34 posted on 07/05/2013 9:06:23 AM PDT by Molon Labbie (Prep. Now. Live Healthy, take your Shooting Iron daily.)
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To: DarkSavant

A potato howitzer was mounted onto it


35 posted on 07/05/2013 9:08:07 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: henkster

I am guessing the guy is a member of the MVPA (Military Vehicle Preservation Association) and a car (truck) collector. I have a half dozen trucks and bikes from WWII and Vietnam. My guess it was idiot or ignorant cops.

Got pulled over a couple years age and was told the gun I had in the car was stolen in Dallas a year before. I had owned that gun for ten years. Turned out that after he got backup he found out which number was the serial number, (he even had to ask me) and I was released.

BTW, If you was to see a bunch of privately owned vintage military collector trucks, the national convention is in Portland, OR at the end of the month.

There are great cops and there are ignorant cops. Its seems the ratio is shifting in an obvious direction.


36 posted on 07/05/2013 9:09:00 AM PDT by lrdg
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To: diogenes ghost

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPBfvqIexgQ


37 posted on 07/05/2013 9:15:07 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: DarkSavant
"Don't worry, we won't get caught."


38 posted on 07/05/2013 9:16:48 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: henkster

Expelling too much gas in public?


39 posted on 07/05/2013 9:17:47 AM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: diogenes ghost
Hey, Ya'All....bye the way, this happened on the FOURTH OF JULY. What a wayyy cooolll truck to drive round on that day.

On the other hand.....

Back in '67 I was working in Walled Lake, about 40 mi. N of Detroit. Riots started on Sunday, by Wed it was supposedly calmed down, so two buddies and I decided to tour the area in my '66 Coronet conv. Was pretty neat for a while, a couple of spooky/scary things, several fires burning, all in all not too bad. Then we somehow got around roadblocks and ended up driving down the length of TWELFTH STREET....HOLY SHITE...very crowded, we were the ONLY white faces around, bullet holes and burned buildings everywhere, about halfway down we heard a 50 cal burst two or three blocks away. When we got to the end of 12th there was some Airborne units there, we asked why they weren't back yonder and their reply was 'it ain't safe to go in there yet'.

So, maybe Sgt Rock would be a cool truck to drive around in on the Fourth, just maybe in a different town.

Oh - my buddies and I did NOT return to Detroit again.

40 posted on 07/05/2013 9:20:49 AM PDT by diogenes ghost
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