Arsenal stolen from Woodlands (TX) gun dealer

[dws1117]

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March 21, 2005, 3:08PM

Arsenal stolen from Woodlands gun dealer sought
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

Montgomery County and federal authorities are looking for machine guns, silencers and semiautomatic pistols apparently stolen from a Woodlands firearms dealer last week, officials said.

"The most important thing is to get these firearms off the street," said Franceska Perot, public information officer for the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives.

Missing are five machine guns, 17 silencers and two semiautomatic pistols, valued at $20,000.

The dealer discovered the firearms missing on the morning of March 16. He went out to his Hummer parked in the driveway to go to a shooting range to fire the guns, Perot said.

The previous night, he had left them in a box in the back of the vehicle. Perot said the dealer said he locked the vehicle

but that there was no evidence of forced entry.

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I am trying to get more information about this.

If the incident is as it is being reported, it doesn't seem like a very smart thing to have done.

If they want an arsenal, I know a few people that have collections that would qualify.

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[dolanp]

Oh man, leaving a bunch of Class III weapons in the back of your car in the driveway.... not too bright.

[Paladin]

You have to think that a Hummer comes with an alarm, so why didn't the guy use it?

For reasons of protecting the vehicle alone, I'd park in the garage.

[Braden]

No kidding.

I do have one question though. I've always been under the impression that silencers were illegal to have. If that's the case, how can a dealer sell them?

[Paladin]

'Silencers' are legal in Texas and several other states as long as you have a federal license for them. It involves paperwork and a $200 tax.

[bkridel]

In the words of Ron Burgundy "Leaving guns in the car is a bad choice."

What is the logic involved in this thinking?

[Greybeard]

Something sounds a little fishy there ...

[stevie_d_64]

Looks like they recovered most of them...

http://www.click2houston.com/news/4337140/detail.html

Still looking for an evil combo package of a pistol/silencer and one or two more that were not with the cache they found...

Why did they bury them??? There's a lot of $$$$$ in that stuff...

Later,
Steve

[Greybeard]

Steve - Thanks for the update.

[Paladin]

Gotta love this part:

"The Regalado brothers, who are free on bond, were part of a group that found the firearms dealer's vehicle unlocked on March 16 as they were burglarizing cars, authorities said.

"They got lucky and happened to find a vehicle with some firearms in it," Perot said."


And I checked. Hummers do come with alarms standard.

That idiot FFL is making us all look bad. I do believe that leaving firearms + ammo in such a way as children can get to them is illegal in Texas.

If he can't take even minimal precautions with that kind of hardware, he shouldn't be a dealer.

[Braden]

I agree 100%. The guy got careless. Luckily they've recovered the weapons....or at least most of them.

[XD_Dan]

If he can't take even minimal precautions with that kind of hardware, he shouldn't be a dealer.

Indeed. :x