Million Dollar Arsenal Found in Indiana (during house fire)

[hotpig]

Keep in mind that the media would consider a 88.00 SKS a machine gun.

 

[scout26]

The sheriff says he's glad to get these guns "off the streets."

Hmmmm, they weren't "on the streets", they were in this guy's (actually his wife's) "arsenal".

Not a very secure arsenal, but a somewhat clever way of maybe "Hiding in plain sight."

 

[SShooterZ]

He's also a felon because he's a pervert, not because he's a violent criminal.

NOT excusing his sick ass behavior, but really, is he that big of a danger to own a gun?

Seems like another, "The Police saved America by taking more illegal guns off the street" story to me.

 

[grnzbra]

As far as his wife being the owner of the guns, wouldn't that be considered "constructive posession"?

 

[BigG]

Million Dollar Arsenal

Heck, that ain't nothin. You oughta see Tamara's wheelgun collection. That's at least a million by itself.

 

[MechAg94]

They said the guy has not been arrested and that they were trying to find out if they could sieze the guns. That tells me that they have not been able to easily show that his wife did not own the guns, and that they were actually in his possession.

It could be that he and his wife put the guns in this other location precisely so that they couldn't say he possessed them. Also, they said they searched his actual home and did not find any guns, only some parts and a safe or two.

This tells me that the cops don't have a case right now, but they are trying to find one very hard.

 

[svtruth]

Just-a-da-minute

200 goes into $1,000,000 5000 times.
Those must have been some nice guns.

 

[Ironbarr]

illegal guns

I continue to have mental difficulties with this term. I prefer "illegal possession of ( ) firearm". How can a normally inert object be illegal? Humans make rules for humans. Would a car itself be considered illegal if the driver had no registration or DL?

Maybe my think machine is a bit misaligned or out of calibration... or both for that matter.

Please don't let my comment hijack this thread - not intended.

MC&HNY

-AndyB

 

[Standing Wolf]

Well, yeah, but it sure was an attention-grabbing headline, wasn't it?

 

[f4t9r]

I just wish I had a million dollars.

plus one here

 

[QuickDraw]

The sheriff says he's glad to get these guns "off the streets."

"And into my collection"

QuickDraw

 

[dance varmint]

As far as his wife being the owner of the guns, wouldn't that be considered "constructive posession"?

Indeed, in the case of State of Indiana v. Bazooka Doe, the ISC ruled that "he is deemed to constructively possess firearms who has access to a secondary dwelling which has guns out the ass."

 

[NineseveN]

A mil's worth of guns? I ain't buying it.

 

[Working Man]

The news reported that the guy was a convicted felon, so it's no wonder he claims they belonged to his wife. (I understand that G. Gordon Liddy's wife has a nice gun collection, too.)

If there were truly some unregistered machineguns, I wonder if the wife will confirm the guy's assertion that they were hers?

Indeed Mrs. Liddy does.