Another gun ripoff and it's bad!!
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP -- An unusual gun theft in Springfield Township Tuesday morning is leaving local police on edge. Detectives say thieves stole two high-powered automatic weapons that were meant for war and can cause a lot of destruction, reports News 11's Lisa Rantala.
Most gun thefts involve rifles, shotguns, handguns. But in this case, the machine gun makes an AK-47 look like a BB gun, says the gun's owner.
Now deputies want the weapons off the street, fearing where, and with whom, they'll end up.
"It's for killing enemy personnel. The bigger the boom, the bigger the wound," said the gun owner about the stolen guns. And for this local gun owner, the M-60 was a prize in his collection.
He says it can shoot through homes, cars and up to 850 bullets in a minute. It took him eight months to obtain federal approval for the weapon, and he kept it in mint condition to increase its value.
"They're awesome weapons. They're war things, relics, trophies," the gun owner said.
At 2 a.m. Tuesday, he noticed the guns were gone. His apartment and trophy case had both been broken into.
"He came home and found his back door kicked in and had a gun safe that had been pried open," said Lucas County Detective Mark Woodruff.
"I'm worried for the police officers out on the street right now because if real psychos get ahold of these things..." the gun owner worried.
Along with the M-60, the thieves took his automatic Uzi with a silencer. "They'll probably be traded for drug money. So, you don't know who's going to end up with them," Detective Woodruff said.
Police are asking for your help to get these dangerous weapons off the streets. If you have any information about the theft, please call Crime Stopper at 419-255-1111. Or give detectives at the Lucas County Sheriff's Office a call at 419-213-4917.
Posted by KO
Most gun thefts involve rifles, shotguns, handguns. But in this case, the machine gun makes an AK-47 look like a BB gun, says the gun's owner.
Now deputies want the weapons off the street, fearing where, and with whom, they'll end up.
"It's for killing enemy personnel. The bigger the boom, the bigger the wound," said the gun owner about the stolen guns. And for this local gun owner, the M-60 was a prize in his collection.
He says it can shoot through homes, cars and up to 850 bullets in a minute. It took him eight months to obtain federal approval for the weapon, and he kept it in mint condition to increase its value.
"They're awesome weapons. They're war things, relics, trophies," the gun owner said.
At 2 a.m. Tuesday, he noticed the guns were gone. His apartment and trophy case had both been broken into.
"He came home and found his back door kicked in and had a gun safe that had been pried open," said Lucas County Detective Mark Woodruff.
"I'm worried for the police officers out on the street right now because if real psychos get ahold of these things..." the gun owner worried.
Along with the M-60, the thieves took his automatic Uzi with a silencer. "They'll probably be traded for drug money. So, you don't know who's going to end up with them," Detective Woodruff said.
Police are asking for your help to get these dangerous weapons off the streets. If you have any information about the theft, please call Crime Stopper at 419-255-1111. Or give detectives at the Lucas County Sheriff's Office a call at 419-213-4917.
Posted by KO
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The guy was dumb enough to have an M60 in a cheap enough safe that it could be pried open? Are you series? Are people really that dumb and looking for things to get stolen? If I had enough money to buy an auto M60, you better believe that I would have the best safe that money could buy. 0 -
This is not to far from [5-10 miles] where the safe with 30 guns was stolen. 0 -
Wow, I honestly have to say that was the dumbest interview I've seen a gun owner give.....
Nice job giving Sarah Brady enough talking points to last through 2010, douche-bag
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an uzi is not high powered.
am M60 is a dumb thing to steal, they go shooting up something/somebody, you're going to know what it was that did the shooting. duuuuhh.
anyways, if those eeevil semiauto high capacity (laughably) high powered AR's are so eeeeeeeeevil, how is this any worse? what's the difference?
gimme a break. sheesh.0 -
Aryan Nation, Black Panthers, or Al Quieda? Someone around there wants some heat. 0 -
The M60 is a good weapon, but it won't kill you any more dead than any other 7.62. 0 -
It's a good thing we have all these gun control laws to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. *ROLL EYES* 0 -
Criminals prefer small concealable weapons. That Uzi is more likely to be used in a crime than the M60. 0 -
Never talk to the media! EVER.....they may have spliced all kinds of quotes together to get that little piece of crap interview. Who knows.....just remember....you may THINK you can say what you want and it be taken the right way....but NO NO NO NO NEVER...EVER talk to the media! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Locust Fork
Never talk to the media! EVER.....they may have spliced all kinds of quotes together to get that little piece of crap interview. Who knows.....just remember....you may THINK you can say what you want and it be taken the right way....but NO NO NO NO NEVER...EVER talk to the media!
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That advice is learned taught in the 1st week of police academy.0 -
Your basic criminal thinks of one thing. Resale. They are looking for the sale, not the the use of the gun. 0 -
I would bet my right leg its someone who had been in his home before and knew he owned them. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Rack Ops
Wow, I honestly have to say that was the dumbest interview I've seen a gun owner give.....
Nice job giving Sarah Brady enough talking points to last through 2010, douche-bag
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quote:Originally posted by redice
I would bet my right leg its someone who had been in his home before and knew he owned them.
Insurance fraud?0 -
quote:Originally posted by Captplaid
quote:Originally posted by redice
I would bet my right leg its someone who had been in his home before and knew he owned them.
Insurance fraud?
That's another possibility, just seems to me since those were the only things stolen, or that's what it sounds like and the fact that they pried his safe open. They came prepared it seems to me.0
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