Posted on 05/29/2014 8:14:11 PM PDT by smokingfrog
(WXYZ) - Keeping guns away from violent criminals is a top priority for hundreds of federal agents here in Detroit.
7 Action News Investigator Heather Catallo had an exclusive look inside the top-secret gun vaults at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
It's a fascinating glimpse inside the ATF’s battle against violence and crime in Southeast Michigan. The vaults at the Detroit Field Division house the weapons seized during criminal investigations, and the 7 Investigators got to see what’s normally kept under lock and key.
Four vaults inside the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Detroit Field Division are loaded with thousands of weapons.
ATF Special Agent Donald Dawkins says the guns have all been seized and stored as evidence, as part of their criminal investigations in Southeast Michigan.
“This is a very old firearm, but obviously, it’s still functional,” said Dawkins, holding up an older rifle.
Inside the vaults you’ll find vintage weapons, semi-automatic rifles and even AR-15’s, which Dawkins says more common than you may realize in Detroit.
“People think these are sexy and you see them, they can do a lot of damage, obviously,” said Dawkins.
Whether it’s gun trafficking cases or massive motorcycle gang investigation, the ATF has to store all of the evidence that agents seize until the verdict is in and every appeal is exhausted.
There are even guns that have been “enhanced” by their former owners.
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lmao!
AR-15 is okay, but I think ‘kill’ is more important than ‘maim’. Give me an AK-47 and it’s reliability. Might have to use it after draging it through the mud.
“There are even guns that have been enhanced”
I’ve always wanted a derringer with a bayonet.
And a shoulder stock...
Go ahead, smokey, but a 10-22 could put the hurt in your butt! :) Frog legs tonight! :)
They make bayonets for our CZs. It keeps the gun from going out of battery if you push it up against the bad guy’s body.
“Hold still, you, while I perforate you.”
There was a story about a drill Sgt. showing recruits how to dislodge a bayonet stuck in ribs by discharging the weapon.
A recruit replied, “If I have a cartridge in my rifle, I don’t think I’ll be using my bayonet.”
See, you pulled my string mylife.
An 8 year old could have edited that video better…
Bubble headed bleach blond alert
Good grief, you could clean somebody’s fingernails with that thing! After you shot them, that is.
There’s one of those shoulder goes up thingies.......
that I’ve been able to find.
Where’s the barrel?
There is no barrel.
It is a French Apache pocket revolver.
You could really pees someone off with that thing.
Well, so I didn’t have frog legs tonight, chicken instead...but it all tastes the same :)
I imagine it was mostly used to intimidate.
“I imagine it was mostly used to intimidate.”
Up close and personal ‘in your chest’ would do more than intimidate...sort of a point blank determination on how you might react if you thought the trigger were about to be pulled.
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