Posted on 12/04/2015 5:18:04 AM PST by WhiskeyX
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
ATF
Reward Notice
Charlotte Field Division
Contact: Gerod King, Public Information Officer
704-716-1843
www.atf.gov
For Immediate Release
Friday, November 20, 2015
ATF Offers Reward in Pineville Firearms Theft
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) – the trade association for the firearms industry – today announced a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the theft of firearms from a Pineville, N.C. federal firearms licensee (FFL).
ATF is offering a reward in the amount of $5,000, which will be matched by the NSSF for a total reward of $10,000.
This reward is part of a larger national cooperative initiative between the NSSF and ATF in which NSSF matches ATF rewards in cases involving the theft of firearms from federally licensed firearms retailers. ATF works closely with members of the firearms industry to curb the criminal acquisition and misuse of firearms.
On Nov. 18, 2015, approximately 1:30 a.m., unidentified suspects broke into The Range at Ballantyne, Inc., located at 315-4B South Polk Street, in Pineville, N.C. The individuals stole multiple firearms. The FFL burglary is being investigated by ATF and the Pineville Police Department.
Anyone with information about this crime should contact ATF at 1-800-ATF-GUNS (800-283-4867). All calls will be kept confidential.
### Field Division: Charlotte Field Division
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I think it is illegal to steal firearms without a background check.
The crooks didn’t do the paper work, they should be in jail.
The ATF has a list of firearm serial numbers from this theft, yet they refuse to make it public.
Yet they maintain a photo copy of every firearm purchase via FFL . Their field agents are doing this despite fed law prohibiting it.
Huge gunshow in Atlanta tomorrow, guarantee some of those guns will be walking around the show.
Fat lot of good any gun control law does.
Here is where thugs-r-us get their weapons:
https://www.atf.gov/news/reward-notices
Huge gunshow in Atlanta tomorrow, guarantee some of those guns will be walking around the show.
First, they should make the list public, along with the s/n of every weapon.
I sure hope those firearms have been entered into the NCIC, and that dealers check used rifles bought and trade-ins against that.
This could be a 'stolen goods' setup to snare unwitting dealers or even private buyers.
It isn't a 'sting' if the police aren't the ones selling the guns.
Possession of stolen property is a crime. Yet how can an honest buyer tell if something is stolen?
As mentioned, even a dealer may have some of these by now, and has no way to check them. Lots of used guns on the market on any given day.
good... because terrorists are interested in a ‘reward’
If it comes up clean you at least ran the check.
If not, either don't conclude the purchase, or you may well have to surrender the arm as stolen goods and answer some questions about where you got it, which means you are out the purchase price. Beats being charged with receiving stolen goods. Or you can take your chances.
Me, I hate thieves, so i really don't want to reward them. I have been pretty careful about who I buy what from.
In these parts, gun shows are fairly small, and the local police know pretty much everyone with a table (and check out those they don't).
Cops can use NCIC for legit reasons, citizens do not have access.
Right. As a citizen, though, I can phone my local police department and ask them to run the s/n on the gun to make sure it isn’t hot.
I know a pawnbroker who would do that for me (have the police run the numbers) in a pinch, too.
You are lucky. My local LEO won’t do it.
There should be a nationwide 800 number we taxpayers can use.
I agree. That would simplify things and help cut down on theft.
Are people aware that one of the very first terrorist camps in America was in the North Carolina area ..??
I know this because my employer had to deal with an employee who “supposedly” went to visit family, and he confessed to other employees that he had been to “community”. While it was just talk at the time; he soon planned to make another visit to that camp .. and my employer had to hire people to fill his position; so there was no opening for him when he returned. We never heard what happened to him.
I was very relieved when he was no longer there.
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