Posted on 05/17/2005 9:42:01 PM PDT by ArmyBratproud
FORT WORTH - Federal agents are investigating the disappearance of 76 firearms from a storage site being used by Cabela's, the outdoor superstore set to open this month in Fort Worth.
Cabela's officials reported the rifles, shotguns and handguns missing Saturday to Fort Worth police, said Tom Crowley, special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The guns were valued at more than $100,00, he said.
"We're trying to determine what happened to them," Crowley said. "We're concerned because obviously they could fall into the hands of criminals."
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Duhhh... If someone took them, then by definition they would be a criminal.
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Lots of missing guns Ping.
This was on the news tonight. Apparently they left them in a "storage facility" and when they went to retrieve them, they discovered that the guns were gone.
Interesting tidbit I collected from the newscast - the padlock had not been cut and it was still installed on the door of the "facility".
Tonight on the local news, they made it sound like the ATF was more worried about a specific kind of criminal.
you can imagine
That's more than $1300 per firearm.
That must be the "street" value.
What I am wondering is....Why did they have them stored at a facility which only needed a padlock to begin with.
But yeah....the padlock still being there...makes one wonder.
Cabela's should have waited til this weekend to bring them in. Then they could have stored that at the new store.
Tonight on the local news, they made it sound like the ATF was more worried about a specific kind of criminal.
you can imagine
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Jihadists or American Citizens with unregistered weapons!
lots o missing guns Ping
We're worried that the the criminals who stole these guns might be up to criminal activity.
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Reckon some of the illegals the pols are so hot to let in here might have them? Vote Lib/RAT?????
lots o missing guns ping
Looks like Cabela's are going to make a heck of a profit on their insurance claim.
now there is a thought that will keep ya up at nights
See, if we outlawed guns this would never happen. And everyone everywhere would be safe.(sarcasm off)
BTW, Cabelas sells some very highend guns....... $1,300 a peice average could easily be skewed with just a few very expensive pieces.
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