Posted on 05/11/2014 4:52:33 PM PDT by KeyLargo
13 assault rifles stolen from Chicago rail yard
Posted: May 09, 2014 4:16 PM CST Updated: May 10, 2014 3:09 AM CST
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) -
Authorities are investigating the theft of 13 semi-automatic assault rifles from a freight train container at a South Side rail yard, the Sun-Times is reporting.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was notified about the theft of Smith & Wesson AR-15 Sport rifles in the early morning hours of May 4th, said ATF Special Agent Thomas Ahern on Friday.
Thieves had broken into a freight train car operated by Norfolk Southern Railway Corp. that was parked at a rail yard at 61st and Lafayette in the Englewood neighborhood, Ahern said. They then broke into the container with the weapons, Ahern said.
Authorities do not believe the thieves had prior knowledge of the gun shipment, Ahern said.
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxchicago.com ...
Just make it against the law to steal stuff.
Problem solved.....
“Semi-automatic assault rifle” is an oxymoron since only assault rifles are defined by Fedzilla as full-auto firing.
I thought Guns were Illegal In Chicago?
MSM video report hyping up the scary black rifles gun grabber angle as usual...
http://wgntv.com/2014/05/09/assault-rifles-stolen-from-chicago-rail-yard-2/
Simple—ban all trains from Chicago.
Next issue, please.
Article indicates just 13 of 50 rifles taken, maybe indicating it wasn’t planned but rather just some target of opportunity.
Or the thieves were interrupted and fled before completing the job.
I’m confused, that’s not an assault weapon, but the story says 13 assault weapons stolen.
This is nothing new. During the 1920s, the CPD rented out its Thompson submachine guns to Al Capone's gunmen and then stored them for his next “hit”. The considerate gunmen always returned the guns to the police armory cleaned and lightly oiled.
13 more men able to secure their neighborhoods while the cops shoot dogs and old men and women.
Authorities don’t believe bla bla bla. ie Freight cars are frequently broken into at that location. N&S’s fault they’re either going have to find another location to breakdown consolidated rail freight into LCL or keep paying full face claims on stolen shipments. Break-ins are probably a daily occurance in that yard why this made news is because they were guns.
OMG it's looking at me cross-eyed, make it sto-op! Wicked, evil assault rifle...
; p
The writer is confused. Later in the article the ARs are called “sport rifles”.
13 AR-15s in Chicago? That’s like spitting into the ocean. It won’t raise sea level. Proverbial needle in the haystack.
I smash you in the head with the butt of my AK, well then you’ve been assaulted by a rifle. Otherwise, it’s just another semi auto rifle.
Right. They just happened to break into that a rr car in that location at that time and then into that box. What a stroke of good luck!
They did reportedly leave behind 37 rifles in that shipment. LEOs in the area might know that these thefts are common here.
that’s unlucky
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