Posted on 04/06/2018 1:19:34 PM PDT by marktwain
Long ago, in a far away country (2017 in California) a dying city locked treasure in a forgotten vault, to be handed over to the new, larger regime. The treasure was inventoried then ignored for several months. During that time, from March 6, 2017, to August 31, 2017, the treasure, 23 Beretta .40 caliber handguns and 8 Glock .40 caliber handguns, disappeared. No one admits knowing who purloined the treasure or where it has gone. At the end of March 2018, the city gave up on finding the treasure on its own, without controversy. They offered a reward close to the market value of the firearms stolen. From nbclosangeles.com:
Authorities announced a $10,000 reward Tuesday for information that could lead them to whoever was responsible for stealing 31 police guns from the old Compton City Hall building.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says the guns were probably stolen sometime between March 6 and August 31, 2017. The guns, which belonged to the Compton Police Department, were being stored in a vault at the old city hall building at 600 N. Alameda St. after the department was dismantled in 2000 and duties overtaken by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The LASD conducted an inventory of the guns in March 2017. The Compton City Council, “determined LASD should take control of the firearms until a final adjuration was made on whether the Compton Police Department would be restored,” the ATF said.
The Compton Police Department was disbanded in 2000, amid back and forth charges of corruption.
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I’m glad that we can only trust to police with firearms
Stealing is a benefit to Govt workers.
I wouldn’t call .40 cal. Glocks and Berettas a treasure.........
Heh, I was thinking the same thing.... But didn’t have the guts to post it.
I would think the list of people with access is fairly limited? And maybe cameras and all? How long until a bullet from a crime scene is associated with one of these guns.
Compton’s Ancient History(from Wikipedia):
“The City of Compton was the ULTIMATE Los Angeles area MIDDLE-CLASS SUBURBAN COMMUNITY and dubbed the Hub City because it is 11 miles from Los Angeles and as many miles from Long Beach Harbor. The city police was founded in 1888, when the city of Compton became incorporated. City of Compton police served the city of Compton and areas outside of its city limits such as the community of Willowbrook.”
At work the other day, a guy walked into the shop with a T-shirt that said “.40 Sucks”, I had to ask him where he got the shirt.
“Civilians should not be allowed to own guns because criminals will steal them anyway.”
I would think the list of people with access is fairly limited? And maybe cameras and all?
There were no cameras for the building.
Hmmmm....
I saw one of those t-shirts on a Full30 (or maybe youtube) video a few days ago.
“All my hand-held devices are in calibers.”
If Diane Feinstein has her way, they would be.
mehico
now hand over the reward
I wouldn't call ONE Glock or Beretta a treasure.
And I don't care who knows it.
But the gang-bangers that ended up with them no doubt treasure each and every one.
California!
Ain't it grand!
Gun Control Spurs Black Market!
Imagine the traffic if guns were banned completely.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3645469/posts
Those serial numbers have been removed by now.
Is it considered a sin to laugh about this?:-)
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“The City of Compton was the ULTIMATE Los Angeles area MIDDLE-CLASS SUBURBAN COMMUNITY
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