ATF agents searching for thousands of guns stolen from their facility before they could be destroyed

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL ^ | 6/13/19 | JOHN DIEDRICH

[Yo-Yo]

ATF agents across the country have been working to track down thousands of guns and firearms parts that had been seized by law enforcement and were supposed to be destroyed but were stolen first, according to sources familiar with the effort.

The agents are searching for some of their own retired service weapons as well as guns from other federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and DEA.

All of the weapons had been sent to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' National Firearms and Ammunition Destruction Branch in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to be shredded, according to court documents and congressional letters.

A longtime guard at the ATF facility has admitted to carting off thousands of firearms, gun parts and ammunition and selling them over several years.

[HollyB]

Yes the article states he sold them.

[LouAvul]

Inside job.

[Robwin]

Anyone know where Eric Holder was when the theft occurred?

[cb]

A friend of mine told me that every time guns are confiscated by the cops or recovered when stolen, they are then stolen by the cops!

Once again, I'll have to say you were right!

[rellimpank]

—thanks —will try that—

[HangThemHigh]

"...to be shredded..."

replace 'shredded' with 'redistributed to criminals'. Great idea.

[ballplayer]

Check the Mexican drug cartels or Obama’s garage

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

I have to tell you every damn day we all learn just how really inept the ENTIRE government alphabet is!! It just can’t get any more disgusting makes you want to just scream!!! WHAT THE HELL do these ASSHATS actually do except collect a paycheck AND platinum benefits, sit at a desk waiting for the BIG retirement payout!!!

[Right Wing Assault]

I didn't see the words "camera" or "video" in the whole article. I know they aren't perfect, but they would at least make it look like someone cares what is going on.

[Svartalfiar]

It was either an inside thing or some one in another agency caught wind of all those pieces. Bottom line, it wasn’t an “outsider”.

Try reading the excerpt. You don;t even have to go to the actual article, the posted excerpt has the info you're looking for!

A longtime guard at the ATF facility has admitted to carting off thousands of firearms, gun parts and ammunition and selling them over several years.

[READINABLUESTATE]

“Gubmint shouldn’t be destroying guns anyway.”
I would equate this to burning books.

Both attacks on the constitution.

[Manly Warrior]

All of my Glock slides and barrels are serialized matching the frames....

[Yo-Yo]

All of my Glock slides and barrels are serialized matching the frames....

Mine, too. In some countries, the serialized part is the barrel, and in others the serialized part is the receiver, which is the slide in the case of a semi auto handgun. In the U.S., the serialized part is the frame.

That's why Glock and others will serialize all three parts.