Iowa police chief kept and sold department machine guns, officials say

Seattle Times ^ | 21 Dec 2022 | By Daniel Wu The Washington Post

[Larry Lucido]

“Was that wrong?”

[blueplum]

I think it comes from the “charged patrons to fire police department weapons in a public “machine gun shoot” he advertised on Facebook”

I haven’t heard of any PD doing something like this. Seems more like a gun shop stunt - I guess it’s ok, unless he pocketed the fee collected from the shooters?

[Robert357]

I guess I am the only one to see the oddity and comment on it. This is the story of an Iowa Police Chief and Gun Store owner. And yet the story is in the Seattle Times of Washington State.

Seattle is a very ultra liberal location. The Seattle Times hasn’t seen a piece of gun control legislation it doesn’t love. So what is a Seattle reporter doing breaking this story? Was it fed to him? Did the Seattle Times actually assign an investigative reporter to look for and find a police chief buying too many military style weapons anywhere in the country?

Something does not smell right. I think that the story was leaked to the Seattle Times reporter by someone closer to what was happening in Iowa.

[Robert357]

Ah, sorry, it was a Washington Post Story. Yes, I can see the Washington Post assigning an attorney to look for such things all over the country.

[Warrington]

“Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms”, now, that sounds like a “party”

[KierkegaardMAN]

I lived in rural Iowa for eight years. It’s not Mayberry. Processing plants employ thousands of illegals. Trailer home parks attract all sorts. My neighbor found a Mexican national executed in a bean field. Never bring revolver to an AK fight.

[linMcHlp]

bttt

[rlmorel]

You are not the only one. That was the very first thing I noticed.

[rlmorel]

"...ATF is very fond of sticking it to small dealers to create their desired “Precedent” in an effort to tighten their grip and put more dealers out of business..."

Yes. I would agree with that assessment. ATF is despicable.

[muir_redwoods]

Shooting hogs in Iowa is a very different game from shooting hogs in Texas. He runs the risk of seeming downright unneighborly.

[thefactor]

The article was originally published in WaPo.

It fits the anti-police, anti-gun narrative so the story got picked up by various publications around the country. That being said, this chief should do time for these crimes, if they are true.

[SaveFerris]

I tried to get a job in rural Kansas.

I always wondered if it would be similar to that as there were reported drug problems in the two cities I was hoping to stay in. Meth, I think, was one.

Bizarre

[Flint]

Who bought the ammo for the .50 cal?

[Gay State Conservative]

It’s easy to imagine Adair,Iowa as a hotbed of crime,mayhem and intrigue. A SWAT team...robot bomb handlers...and a direct line to the Governor would be essential there.

[ridesthemiles]

DIRT not so cheap anymore-—:) :)

Property prices are nuts.

[Roccus]

I am sure there are very few here who really know the in’s and out’s of these allegations

And when has that EVER stopped FReepers from spouting off about ANYTHING? LOL!!

Merry Christmas

[SgtHooper]

Overpriced. Can get for 2.50 each, on up.

[kiryandil]

Yes, it has been noted that Cheaper has been overpriced since the ammo shortage.

[Honest Nigerian]

Smells of self-dealing. At a minimum.
Competitive bids not required?

[TigersEye]

Sounds like the illegality of it is in the details but his actions overall are pretty weird, I’ll say that.

This I’ll say for sure, I’d love to shoot a Ma Deuce some day, if I can afford to, and I don’t care who owns it or how they got it. :)