Man pulls Uzi submachine gun out of a pond with magnet and rope

The Independent via Yahoo ^ | 7/24/2019 | Adam Forrest

[csvset]

What is it about magnet fishing and Uzi’s ? From the UK.

Fisherman pulls Uzi submachine gun out of canal in London

[DUMBGRUNT]

While shooting fish...

They found an Avtomat Podvodny Spetsialnyy ???

NICE FIND!!!
Any of the underwater darts still in it?

“Special Underwater Assault Rifle”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APS_underwater_rifle

[devane617]

Jimmy Hoffa will be next

[Bonemaker]

Surprised the cops didn’t arrest him for illegal possession or some other Romney law.

[Tax-chick]

Those weren’t the rules I meant, but there’s nothing wrong with them.

[dfwgator]

Was the Uzi called “Excalibur”?

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

I’d just like to say...

“The unnamed individual called the police “

Is a very dumb unnamed individual.

5.56mm

[xrmusn]

Aside: the other day while not looking for them I found my glasses that had been missing for about a year....
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Were they on your forehead?

OR.....

I will bet they are right where you (or someone) left them.

[Lurker51]

There are literally hundreds of magnet fishing videos where one or more guns get found on youtube. However, most of the time the gun is found under a bridge, do I doubt boats were involved.

[Rurudyne]

Of course.

I’d put them someplace safe, on top of a 4-stack Globe-Wernicke metal barrister bookcase ... which works out to some inches above eye level even as tall as I’m.

[csvset]

Magnet fishing, I think I’ve found a new hobby.

[zeugma]

I’d say it’s not a keeper.

[Notthereyet]

“WHY would one call the cops???!”
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I’m from the school of Don’t Know If The Gun Was Used In A Crime.

I would not want (under normal conditions) to be found with a gun that could possibly be traced back to a crime.

Isn’t that why they’re discarded like that?

[moovova]

“...and he was immediately arrested by the police.”

[Lurker51]

Hey, why not? Plenty of folks are even making a living off of it posting their magnet fishing videos to youtube.

[kiryandil]

Dain bramage.

Is it a Taxachusetts thing?

[kiryandil]

Forget it, Jake - it’s Taxachusetts.

[Pontiac]

Don’t forget the extractor and ejector on the semi-autos. They leave marks too.

Easily altered with a few strokes of a file.

[Pontiac]

I would not want (under normal conditions) to be found with a gun that could possibly be traced back to a crime.

Isn’t that why they’re discarded like that?

Not in this case.

This sounds like someone got rid of a collection.

Most criminals would not dump their guns in a pond in an affluent area. They would drive over a bridge and toss the weapon while they drive by in the dark.

Most criminals would also not use high end weapons like a Colt Python or an Uzi. These guns are worth at least twice as much as the average 9 or 10 mm semi-auto pistols.

My guess is that someone local had a relative die and they did not know what to do with the gun collection. The pond was the obvious answer (in their mind).

[csvset]

I spent the afternoon watching the magnet fishing videos. The ones from Britain are interesting, they have a target rich environment, searching barge canals. One group found a Walther P38, (That would have been a keeper, 🤫)

Some Dutch guys found a AK-47

Urban waterways, no matter what country, seem to be the most productive.