ChainedMaster
Banned
Do a lot of people just skip to the second page and read the last few posts?
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Traffic stop turns up cache of full auto assault rifles, 900 rounds, survival gear
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Do a lot of people just skip to the second page and read the last few posts?
Weirdly the biggest problem with this story is that the guy may be within the law and isnt planning anything. This is just stuff Americans buy. Im constantly bewildered that the only thing between me and a massive deadly arsenal is a ten minute walk.
Its like America irrationally suspected they were going to ban Crystal Pepsi tomorrow.
They found 42 serious guns in Paddocks legal possession. There are gafers with way more than that. Its a hobby. Almost every gafer with an arsenal is responsible and diligent. But they all made a statistical choice to become drastically less safe than anime avatars. Ignoring the vent diagram obviously.
Its like America irrationally suspected they were going to ban Crystal Pepsi tomorrow.
They found 42 serious guns in Paddocks legal possession. There are gafers with way more than that. Its a hobby. Almost every gafer with an arsenal is responsible and diligent. But they all made a statistical choice to become drastically less safe than anime avatars. Ignoring the vent diagram obviously.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
That'd also be about $250 for shit .223 to waste in 30 minutes.
BTW, if he's in Cali you are limited legally to 10 round mags.. so you'd either need 90 mags on hand.. ha.. or spend more than 30 minutes reloading 10 rounds mags. Also Cali banned anything but a gimped as fuck AR-15.. so yeah have fun with that.
So you aren't shooting an AR, or you are shooting an illegal or gimped AR with a 10 round mag, no pistol grip, flash suppressor, forward grip, etc.
So curious what you are shooting to hit that 900... even in under an hour.
I went shooting with my brother last week and we were there at the range for about an hour. I might've shot 150 rounds of .223 and maybe 10 slugs and 10 rounds of buckshot.
900 rounds in 30 minutes is a round every 2 seconds not including time to reload. So you are exaggerating or just going buck wild on the range. You do you though.
Posted about this in another thread. I live in TN and if the serial numbers were intact and the firearm was purchased legally, that person would of been able to drive off thanks to the castle doctrine. Not too many states allow that, so one would have to unload his firearm or even dismantle the gun before crossing some state lines.
gamerMan
Member
Well the other guy had 23 guns and didn't last long "protecting" himself.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Keep in mind, Cali restricts to 10 round mags as well.
That top gun isn't pre-86.. 100% certain on that. 100% illegal.
I know, I was also shooting in California.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Commonplace amount of ammo or not, everything else is suspect enough to make that suspect as well.
Saucestin_Roast
Member
Holllllllllly shit. This got me.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
Must be going on a hunting trip
America, you're fucking insane. At least this guy is currently locked up, I honestly expected to read that after discussing things the police let him drive off with his stuff. I was all ready for a rant about civil forfeiture and how they can "arrest" inanimate objects from you if the officer feels there is intent to break the law.. guns with no serial numbers seems like someone who was going to break the law.
EDIT: And of course, it goes without saying, the minute the police found a stash of anything like this on a black guy (heck I'd imagine spotting one bullet in the vehicle) and the guy would have been gunned down, no questions asked, for posing a risk and making them "fear" for their life.
EDIT: And of course, it goes without saying, the minute the police found a stash of anything like this on a black guy (heck I'd imagine spotting one bullet in the vehicle) and the guy would have been gunned down, no questions asked, for posing a risk and making them "fear" for their life.
ChainedMaster
Banned
Especially if your license is suspended. Hell, he would have gotten a speeding ticket and been on his way had he not been arrested for driving with a suspended license.
This is what anyone who played duck hunt felt like if they Did not have the gun right up on the glass.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
Looks like they raided a narc/gang hidedout but without the blow and the stacks of money
Maintenance
Member
I'm not privy enough to look at a firearm and know what year it was manufactured and I shouldn't have to be. Its a full automatic firearm with 900 rounds and loaded in a vehicle. Not right imo.
Monkeyball
Banned
A good American is always prepared for the invasion of England.
Just remember - make sure you get the nomenclature for all of those right - you might make a gun nut angry that you've confused the name for one rapid-fire killing machine with another rapid-fire killing machine.
The problem here isn't the nomenclature - it's the killing machines. Gun owners have collectively decided that their hobby outweighs the tens of thousands of deaths per year caused by the items they so tightly cling to. I'd rather talk about instituting *super* strict gun control than argue over whether some gun has a clip or mag, or what is or isn't an assault rifle (which is the type of redirection that gun owners use in place of legitimate debate).
The problem here isn't the nomenclature - it's the killing machines. Gun owners have collectively decided that their hobby outweighs the tens of thousands of deaths per year caused by the items they so tightly cling to. I'd rather talk about instituting *super* strict gun control than argue over whether some gun has a clip or mag, or what is or isn't an assault rifle (which is the type of redirection that gun owners use in place of legitimate debate).
The Faceless Master
Member
must be nice to lunge at an arresting officer with a cache of firearms and live.
do we even know if he definitelty did something illegal other than speeding?
could get hosed just because of Vegas.
do we even know if he definitelty did something illegal other than speeding?
could get hosed just because of Vegas.
macfoshizzle
Member
It could be Jason Bourne disguised trying to carry out a mission so all good I think
Then he's missing a frying pan.
Counter strike affecting the youth.
Driving with a suspended license
Possession of illegal firearms
Evading arrest
and arguably threatening cops, depending on the language used and nature of his lunge/physical resistance.
Yeah, there's a lot going on here. When I saw the headline, I assumed he was your average survivalist with some unfortunate timing, but the article certainly presents enough evidence that not everything was normal, or as normal as carrying a full arsenal in America can be.
Possession of the illegally modified rifles is good for some healthy prison time alone.
Various Artists
Banned
That is what stood out to me, as well as that both rifles appear to be "hard modded" rather than "soft modded" with a bump fire stock for lack of a better term.
Random Painted HIghway
Member
Wow, that stop could have gone badly really easily...
Eric the Red
Member
So this dude with a cache of automatic weapons with scratched off serial numbers threatened and lunged at officers at a traffic stop and he's not shot dead? Good poise from the officers that you don't usually see. There must of been something about him that came off as really non-threatening to them. Don't know what it could have been. Maybe he was holding a lolipop? Mysteries.
Do you also take AR's modified for fully automatic fire, with no serial number or license? Because you know, that seems like a key difference otherwise.
*edit* I see I'm beaten to this point by like 5 other people, yet some are still suggesting this is somehow normal. Not to mention lunging at an officer asking him questions.
astroturfing
Member
madness.
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Unconfirmed Member
Hes alive after lunging at a cop, so imma guess milk.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
During military drills we don't shoot anything near 900 rounds in 30 minutes, let alone target practice.
TatteredHat
Member
All legal gun owners are within the law until they open up on a crowd.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
Also, can some of the gun owners on GAF at the very least have a bit more self awareness?
There's still another thread going on on the front page of the OT for a GAFer who lost their friend in the Vegas shooting!
There's still another thread going on on the front page of the OT for a GAFer who lost their friend in the Vegas shooting!
Marky Mark
Member
Alcohol, tobacco and firearms....
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autumnleaf
Member
It's a dilly of a pickle alright 🤔
Just another day in America. The rest of the sane developed world looks on in bemusement.
Gotdamn 6 foot ducks.