7,000 Stolen Guns In One Place

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Law enforcement officials in North and South Carolina raided a home and found 7,000 firearms presumed to be stolen.
http://www.wistv.com/story/30340511/deputies-7000-stolen-guns-seized-near-pageland
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I'm not sure how to respond to this. How long does it take to acquire 7,000 stolen guns? This guy had to have a reputation among the thieves, a lot of thieves, so why did it take so long to catch him? Is finding the hoard intact a good thing using somewhat unorthodox reasoning? Can you imagine the man-hours that will be required to work through all these guns?
 
My opinion.....

Law enforcement is like everything else in America these days; under manned, under gunned, and under funded. We have been outsourced to third world status.

The people we have are very good. There is just too little of them.
 
That is an interesting option Alexander. Maybe he was a good person to have around as he only bought and never resold. Taking stolen guns out of circulation is a pretty good deed, even if they are not returned to the rightful owners. It could explain why the police might leave him alone for a couple years and it makes for a bigger haul at the end.
 
Plan2Live said:
Law enforcement officials in North and South Carolina raided a home and found 7,000 firearms presumed to be stolen.

I'm not sure how to respond to this. How long does it take to acquire 7,000 stolen guns? This guy had to have a reputation among the thieves, a lot of thieves, so why did it take so long to catch him? Is finding the hoard intact a good thing using somewhat unorthodox reasoning? Can you imagine the man-hours that will be required to work through all these guns?
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Operative word is 'presumed'.

They don't know for sure.

He may have most, if not, all of them legally.

Wait and see.
 
When asked what Nicholson was doing with so many guns, Brooks said, "(he) looks like a gun hoarder to be honest with you." Deputies have found no evidence that he ever sold any of the guns.
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If nothing else, we now know what a "gun hoarder" looks like!
 
I know it's a long shot but I'm hoping my stolen heirloom turns up in that pile. Pageland is about an hour away from me. About 11 years ago I was getting a divorce and my attorney told me to get rid of all my guns until the divorce was finalized so my ex couldn't use them to encourage a judge to limit my visitation rights. I gave them to a trusted friend to store for me. Sometime after I turned them over and unknown to me at the time, trusted friend's new wife's crackhead son moved into the home. Several items of value including my heirloom Winchester Model 1890 pump action .22 short rifle was among the missing. I have a police report and serial number so I am hoping it found its way into this pile. I know, I hoping for a miracle but stranger things have happened.
 
"Law enforcement officials in North and South Carolina raided a home and found 7,000 firearms presumed to be stolen"
My money's on the 'stolen' part being bunk, or misinterpreted by reporters. Sounds much like that crazy guy in California (?) who died and left behind several thousands (tens?) of 'dangerous unregistered' new-in-box guns which the police promptly dumped into a great pile and, I assume, either shredded or took home illegally. Great big song and dance about how much safer the streets were now that these never-on-the-street guns were no longer not-on-the-street.

Seriously; how do you steal 7000 of anything, and not get caught simply by laws of statistics? How does a fence acquire so much product and not go broke not selling it in the process? None of the 'stolen' angle seems to add up. My expectation is that the guns were all otherwise legal purchases, though perhaps by someone who wasn't.

"CheapShooter's rule #1: NEVER SELL ANYTHING!" :D

TCB
 
Seriously; how do you steal 7000 of anything, and not get caught simply by laws of statistics? How does a fence acquire so much product and not go broke not selling it in the process? None of the 'stolen' angle seems to add up. My expectation is that the guns were all otherwise legal purchases, though perhaps by someone who wasn't.
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Well there was mention of drugs so it's plausible he swapped drugs for guns, if druggies did the B&E all over a large area it could go undetected.
 
Of any lot of stolen guns, I'd venture that less than 1/3 of them are logged in any database as actually stolen.

Hard to tell from the pics, but looks like a lot of those guns are low-end.

And where are the HAND-guns? Thinking the depositor had better use for those than storing with Maximus Outlaw Neckbeard.

The cheaper the gun, the less likely that the owner bothered to record the serial number, let alone report it accurately to the police after a theft.

Almost guarantee that its part of a fence operation, and he's the warehouser. He collects a storage or disposal fee from a different spoke on the wheel. Except he never disposed and/or the depositor never withdrew.

Judging from the storage conditions, I doubt that a lot of those guns will be in serviceable condition if/when they ever make it back to the owner. Stored in an improvised outdoor building in South Carolina?... for how long?
 
That story surprised me. 7,000 to 10,000 guns, even by my standards seems "excessive". :D:D
 
If it turns out that the hoarder only acquired and never disposed of any of the guns he acquired, Bloomberg might consider him a hero for taking all those guns off the streets and pay for his legal defense.
 
The news interviewed a guy named "Rusty Fender". Where else would you find a guy with a name like that but NC. Sorry NC, no offence made.
 
My guess, he 'traded' for the stuff...

Owns a liquor store, and apparently a small time drug dealer...

Traded booze and/or a bag to people that brought him something...

According to police, "99%" of the guns were shotguns and hunting rifles; 150 chainsaws, scores of deer mounts, etc...
 
The one time the media could call it a "cashe" and get it right. they dont.
Stacked like cord wood. :banghead:

hopefully they will find their way back to their rightful owners.
 
7000 guns, even low end guns, represents a lot of value. one would think a fence would not just hold onto them.
 
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