Gun Control & RKBA

SeattleVet

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7. Somebody is about to be in a HEAP of trouble.

Wed Sep 28, 2022, 01:42 AM

Sep 2022

I'm pretty sure that they'll very quickly trace these to the folks that sold them to the surplus auction house, and someone is going going to become very familiar with military investigators and lawyers. They don't screw around when weaponry goes astray.

I've seen what happens when a single M-16A1 (an older model than the ones in the story) is misplaced. Entire bases get locked down, and massive resources are deployed to find a single missing weapon.

Given the information that was on the tags, this should be an easy one to solve.

I do feel somewhat sorry for the person that made the error...their life is about to get VERY interesting.

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Texas couple finds fully automatic military-grade M16s in storage cases purchased online [View all] peppertree Sep 2022 OP

"...the military carefully tracks all of its weapons..." dchill Sep 2022 #1

Lol. No kidding! Bristlecone Sep 2022 #4

When I was in the Army, all firearms were carefully checked. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2022 #8

Someone in my brother's unit lost an M-16 in the field melm00se Oct 2022 #12

How do you lose an M-16? discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2022 #13

My brother asked the same question melm00se Oct 2022 #14

re: "...the bulk of his unit struggled with simple tasks..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2022 #15

Dropped out of a chopper, possibly. yagotme Oct 2022 #16

Ugh. discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2022 #17

Guy I worked with "found" one... yagotme Oct 2022 #18

Wouldn't all of the added weight of firearms tip ANYONE off even before shipping and opening these? Drum Sep 2022 #2

Those rifles don't weigh a whole lot n/t gay texan Sep 2022 #5

A bit over 7 lbs sarisataka Sep 2022 #10

They were probably palletized and handled by a fork lift. Chainfire Sep 2022 #9

Pretty soon you won't be able to walk down the street in the country without tripping over guns Walleye Sep 2022 #3

About the damn truth!! Duppers Sep 2022 #6

Somebody is about to be in a HEAP of trouble. SeattleVet Sep 2022 #7

Honestly, I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. (nt) Paladin Sep 2022 #11