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Title: Feds: 27 rifles stolen from military base (26 AK-74 assault rifles, one Dragunov)
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The Associated Press
URL Source: http://www.timesleader.com/news/Fed ... _military_base_07-29-2011.html
Published: Jul 30, 2011
Author: The Associated Press
Post Date: 2011-07-30 19:56:45 by Hondo68
Keywords: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Fire, Fort Irwin in San Bernardino, offering a $10,000 reward
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Comments: 4
FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Federal officials say more than two dozen firearms have been stolen from a Southern California military base.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says in a statement Friday that 26 AK-74 assault rifles and one Dragunov sniper rifle were stolen from a supply warehouse at Fort Irwin in San Bernardino County on July 15.
ATF spokesman Special Agent Christian Hoffman says arrests have been made and one rifle has been recovered, but the agency is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to more arrests.
Hoffman could not say how many arrests have been made, whether those arrested were military or civilian or what a motive may have been.
He referred those questions to military officials. Messages left late Friday for an Army spokesman were not immediately returned.
ATF, Federal Bureau of Investigation and California Department of Justice officers conducted interviews with employees working in the storage warehouse and have recovered one of the weapons. Officers have made some arrests in the case, but did not release the names of the suspects.
Investigators have received information that some of the firearms could be in Fresno, according to the ATF.
Investigators are still seeking more information from the public on the case and are offering the $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the people responsible for the thefts.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the ATF Gun Hotline (800) 283-4867 or the Fort Irwin Criminal Investigation Command at (760) 380-5812.
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/fort-11298-irwin-weapons.html
Poster Comment:
Maybe the ATF sold them to Mexican drug cartels? The fox is guarding the hen-house.
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#1. To: hondo68, *Bang List* (#0)
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"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
#2. To: sneakypete (#1) (Edited)
What's with the commie weapons, have the Ruskies taken over Fort Irwin, or what?
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
#3. To: hondo68 (#2)
What's with the commie weapons, have the Ruskies taken over Fort Irwin, or what?
I don't know for a fact,but I am GUESSING they need some for familiarization classes for the young soldiers being deployed to the Middle East for the first time,as well as some for the "aggressor forces" they train with to carry to make the training more realistic.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
#4. To: hondo68 (#2)
What's with the commie weapons, have the Ruskies taken over Fort Irwin, or what?
Having the others sides weapons is not unusual, they are you used for identification and familiarization training mostly......
After Desert Storm a C-130 arrived back at my base (Dyess AFB, Tx) loaded up with about a dozen different anti aircraft weapons used by the Iraqis.... They were cleaned up, got a fresh "authentic" paint job and scattered around the base as static displays.... Periodically you would see some of the pilots checking them out from all different angles to help with their identification skills.....
I tried to snag one for my shop but got told "The flyboys brought them back so they get to decide where they want to put them"..... needless to say a couple bottles of 15 year old Glenfiddich wasn't enough to convince them to "GIVE" me one..... LOL.......
When asked by a Liberal what I bought my Granddaughter for her 1st birthday I replied, "MORE AMMUNITION"!!!! -----------------------------"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
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