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Title: Police seize over a thousand guns, piles of ammunition from Los Angeles home
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ABC News
URL Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-se ... -los-angeles/story?id=62925007
Published: May 9, 2019
Author: Mark Osborne
Post Date: 2019-05-09 11:22:51 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1853
Comments: 9
A man in Los Angeles' posh Holmby Hills neighborhood was hiding a stash of weapons large enough to outfit an army.
The Los Angeles Police Department busted Girard Damien Saenz, 57, with as many as 1,000 weapons piled up in his home. Authorities also found massive stockpiles of ammunition.
Saenz, who was living in the home alone, was booked for unlawful transportation and giving, lending or selling assault weapons. Additional charges may be added later, including federal charges, authorities said. He is being held on $50,000 bond.
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department removed over a thousand guns from the home of a man in the city's Holmby Hills neighborhood on Wednesday, May 8, 2019.more +
"I had never seen so many weapons in my career of 31 years," said LAPD Lt. Chris Ramirez. "That's such a big arsenal in a residence like this, in this type of neighborhood. It's astounding."
Holmby Hills is bordered by the Beverly Hills and Bel Air neighborhoods and is home to the late Aaron Spelling's massive $85 million mansion and the Playboy Mansion.
Authorities seized more than 1,000 firearms from a Southern California home after getting an anonymous tip regarding illegal weapons sales in a posh area of Los Angeles
Officials removed all of the guns -- hundreds of rifles, semiautomatics, handguns and even antique Civil War-era guns -- and piled them up outside the man's home. Officials spent the entire afternoon cataloging the humongous stash of firearms.
Ramirez called the cache of weapons "beyond comprehension" in a press conference Wednesday. He said the large house was cluttered with piles of guns and ammunition spread throughout different rooms.
Los Angeles Police DepartmentSaenz apparently was licensed to own weapons -- and there is no prohibition on the number of guns a person can own -- but the person was selling the guns illegally, according to police.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) assisted in the operation.
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Saenz apparently was licensed to own weapons -- and there is no prohibition on the number of guns a person can own -- but the person was selling the guns illegally,
Obviously a collector and ethusiast. Seems he never shot a single person, and is only guilty of violation a law that apparently didn't "infringe" on the right to keep and bear arms.
#2. To: Deckard (#0)
You have been selected for a secret mission.(Compliments of the Linux Fortune program.)
Saenz apparently was licensed to own weapons
Say what - We don't need no stinkin' license!
#3. To: Deckard (#0)
Doesn't this stuff tie right back to the governor Gavin. Gorden Getty's ex- mistress is this guys girlfriend and its their house! Gavin and Gordon have family ties!
I think Gavin Newsom needs to answer up!!!!!! LOL
"Socialism corrupts and Democratic Socialism corrupts Absolutely"!
#4. To: Deckard (#0)
Saenz apparently was licensed to own weapons -- and there is no prohibition on the number of guns a person can own -- but the person was selling the guns illegally, according to police.
So whether he owned one gun or a thousand, he broke the law against selling them.
#5. To: misterwhite, Hogg Bro (#4)
he broke the law against selling them.
So you want to disarm the people he sold them to as well?
Take the guns first ~President Donald J. Trump (& David Hogg)
#6. To: Deckard (#0)
Saenz apparently was licensed to own weapons -- and there is no prohibition on the number of guns a person can own -- but the person was selling the guns illegally, according to police.
Since there is (note I emphasize here) no prohibition on the number of guns a person may own in California, the only argument left is to prove he was selling them without a license.
#7. To: Hondo68 (#5)
So you want to disarm the people he sold them to as well?
Only if they're not allowed to have them.
#8. To: goldilucky (#6)
...the only argument left is to prove he was selling them without a license.
Private sales without government permission is still legal, isn't it?
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen.
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
#9. To: Deckard (#8)
Yes, if he had the license to sell them. You never know who you're dealing with when it comes to selling these items. He may have been baited by an informant. :(
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