Man Arrested for Stolen Magazines

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"The State Patrol sets up check points every year around the 4th and searches cars coming across the border from Missouri." RED FLAG! There is NO WAY such radom searches can be Constitutionally justified! Has anyone contacted the Nebraska state AG office about this? How about on the Federal level? Do they also check for alcohol that hasn't had Neb.state taxes paid on it? This stinks to high heaven.
 
they did check for booze back when i lived in bellvue in the 70's. particularly underage booze buyers they would fill a dumpster with what they confiscated
 
Well they got him for drinking and the fireworks so they are going to charge him with anything they can make up. Even low air in his tires if they can out there. I bet if they pulled him over any other for a tail light out they would of just blew it off he could of got them at a swap meet. But what kind of state is that where they let there troopers set up check points for fire works. I live in the Rotten wealth of Mass and I have never seen such a check point and this state would of chared this guy for trying not to pay the tax on the beer and fireworks.
 
The Real Mags said:
Mags marked "LE/Gov't. Use Only" can still be purchased at PX stations on military bases.
BS. The only gun related stuff the BX sells anymore is cleaning kits and Air guns however you can't discharge an air gun on base.

Depends on the Base, there are still USAF Base Exchanges that sell guns.

ETA: I personally have not been to a base that sells guns, but there was an article from Whiteman AFB, MO that stated they would start carrying firearms, and Eglin AFB, FL, and some of the AF bases up in AK are some of the other bases that I have read about carrying guns. Now that I am thinking about it, the Rod&Gun club at RAF Lakenheath did sell guns when I was stationed there (RAF Mildenhall 95-98), but I'm sure they don't anymore with the crazy British laws.
 
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Been in 8 years and some change and havent came across one yet. Only been to 6 bases though. The guys at Barksdale said they used too you must be at F.E., you a 2w2?
 
Yeah, and every MRE is marked "U.S. Government Property Commercial Resale is Unlawful", but the commissary was selling those.
 
I'll be honest with you (as an LEO) and this doesn't make sense to me, either. If you think about it, there is no such thing as a "LE only M16 magazine." All civilian market magazines you see in stores and online can fit M16A2s and M4A2s that the military use...Now I think they stamp that kind of stuff on certain guns to differentiate between different models, however. For example, on the Beretta 92G. The regular 92 and 92FS magazines do NOT work on 92Gs. The 92G can ONLY accept a SINGLE type of magazine that is obviously different (bigger floorplate, different location of magazine catch hole/hook indentation, different size of lips on the top). If you try to use a regular model mag on a 92G it will not seat into the magazine well, period. Unless it is to prevent confusion and mis-use in the improper weapon, I don't see why they would stamp "Restricted LE/Military use only" on any of them. There IS NO explanation for this, especially because they are AR style magazines. No explanation, unless he really stole them.

Another explanation is probably the fact that they MAY have been "illegal" at one point in time, maybe during the AWB. There are many milsurp magazines with those stamps and it "shouldn't" be illegal to have them. Do not quote me on this, but I do not believe that having a milsurp "LE/Military only" stamped AR mag is illegal...Many people own them that are not LE or military.
 
Maybe they were Ruger Mini 14 factory mags. I have several of them and they all are stamped "For law Enforcement Only" even though I bought them from the Ruger store. M16 and Mini 14 mags look very similar.
 
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The Real Mags said:
Been in 8 years and some change and havent came across one yet. Only been to 6 bases though. The guys at Barksdale said they used too you must be at F.E., you a 2w2?
Nope, 8S000 (Facility Manager - Special Duty), been in 20+ years, with 7 PCS assignments, tons of TDYs to other US bases, and have not been to a one that had firearms for sale in a Base Exchange (Just RAF Lakenheath R&G club). Just because we have not been to one, doesn't mean they don't exist :)
 
For the Canadain made M16 look a like they only have plastic clips issued up here. We have to buy US clips if we want metal out of our own pocket.
 
This thread is diverging off into about 4 different directions. We have a discussion of magazines, a discussion of roadside safety checks a discussion of how the man came into possession of the magazines and a discussion of checks for fireworks and untaxed liquor.....Tell you what, the first person who comes up with the arrest report so we can have a discussion about the actual incident is free to open a new thread. In the meantime, there is no sense carrying on with this thread.
 
I'm adding one more post. We received an email from the Nebraska State Patrol concerning this story. I will post it in it's entirety, including the foreward:

The Nebraska Sate Patrol has received numerous contacts from members of your website in regards to a recent news story involving a vehicle checkpoint. We would like to address the situation in this email, to ensure your members are aware of the situation as it unfolded. If possible would you please post the following reply so that all of your members might view our response.


Thank you for taking the time to contact the Nebraska State Patrol with your concerns, about a recent TV news stories filmed during a fireworks checkpoint in Nemaha County, Nebraska. You are correct that the possession of magazines marked in the fashion described by many of your members are legal to possess. Our trooper made an inaccurate statement to the news crew filming the story. This was pointed out to him by his fellow officers soon afterward. This also was not a factor in the arrest of the suspect. The subject in the story was placed under arrest for DWI. The officers obtained additional information that the magazines in question had been stolen from a specific National Guard Base in Nebraska. This information has been forwarded to the local prosecutor. It will be up to the prosecutor to decide whether additional charged are filed for possession of stolen property.

Sincerely,
Captain Steve Ayres
Nebraska State Patrol


Deb Collins
Public Information Coordinator
Nebraska State Patrol
(402) 479-4985
[email protected]
 
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