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I hate this because its gives the antis more reasons to think there is a gun show problem in this country...

 

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Gun cache theft revealed

 

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:13 AM EST

 

By KEITH PHUCAS

Times Herald Staff

 

 

 

UPPER MERION — In the wake of the theft of machine guns and rifles from a vehicle after a gun show Dec. 21 comes the announcement that about 40 guns were also stolen from a trailer following a September gun show in King of Prussia, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

 

ATF Special Agent John Hageman of the Philadelphia Field Division said the dozens of weapons taken in September — all handguns — were stolen from a licensed gun dealer from New York state who exhibited at the event.

 

He would not speculate about whether the investigation into the missing handguns was related to the December weapons theft from a Warrendale gun dealer’s pickup truck parked near Kildare’s Irish Pub. The Pennsylvania man, who had exhibited 26 firearms at the Valley Forge Gun Show, had the weapons stolen from his vehicle as he ate dinner at the pub following the Valley Forge Convention Center show.

 

“It’s still an open investigation,” Hageman said.

 

According to Upper Merion police Sgt. Jeffrey Maurer, the handguns were reported missing Sunday, Sept. 21, from a trailer towed behind an SUV. The vehicle and trailer were parked in the lot at the Bahama Breeze restaurant where the dealer had reportedly stopped to dine following the weekend event.

 

Maurer recalled that police arrived on the scene in September and reported that the SUV had been broken into and items taken, but the New York dealer wasn’t aware that the trailer had been tampered with until later.

 

“The car was broken into, and (the victims) thought only a handbag and a GPS unit had been taken,” he said. “But when they checked the trailer, it didn’t look like it had been broken into.”

 

On Monday, Hageman said an ATF investigation determined a total of 26 weapons had been stolen in the Dec. 21 incident at Kildare’s pub, located on Route 202 across from the King of Prussia mall. Twenty-three of the firearms belonged to Arms and Ordnance, a federally licensed dealer from Warrendale, and three other stolen weapons are owned by Bloodhound Arms, another Warrendale dealer.

 

The guns reported stolen last month, which are valued at $200,000, include 14 machine guns, five semi-automatic rifles, three short-barrel rifles, two sniper rifles and two silencers, according to ATF.

 

In the days following last month’s theft of machine guns and rifles, the ATF announced it was offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of suspects. Anyone with information about the weapons thefts should contact ATF at 1-800-ATF-GUNS (800-283-4867) or the Upper Merion Police Department at 610-265-3232; all calls will be kept confidential.

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Here's something from 2001 the antis need to investigate first...

 

"An internal F.B.I. inventory has found that 449 firearms and 184 laptop computers, including one containing classified data, are missing or have been stolen, bureau officials said today, acknowledging what appears to be another lapse at an agency already battered by criticism of its managerial practices.

 

Bureau officials said the laptop that was known to have secret data contained information from two closed cases, which were not identified. The officials said three other computers were suspected of containing classified information. The bureau has about 13,000 laptops.

 

Of the missing or stolen firearms, at least one was recovered from local law enforcement authorities after they determined that it had been used in a crime, although the officials said the nature of the crime was uncertain. "

 

More - aka - the rest of the story:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...754C0A9679C8B63

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