Police Seize 388 Guns from One Man

[Brutuskend]

SAN FRANCISCO - Los Angeles police seized 388 guns from one man, more than were recovered in the city all last year, a police spokeswoman said on Saturday.

Police seized 11 guns on Thursday from the car of Wayne Wright, 56, along with another he had illegally sold to an undercover officer. After his arrest, police searched his home in the nearby suburb of Simi Valley and found 376 more firearms.

"Last year there were 348 firearms seized (in Los Angeles). This year there have been 411, including the 388 that were seized from Wayne Wright," Officer Sandra Escalante said.

"There were rifles, shotguns, handguns and assault weapons" recovered from Wright's home, Escalante said.

A silencer and thousands of rounds of ammunition, including armor-piercing rounds, were also recovered from Wright's home, Escalante said. Possession of a silencer and armor-piercing bullets are felonies in California, she noted.

Wright is not a licensed gun dealer and may have been engaged in illegal gun trafficking, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

Source: Reuters, September 20 2004

 

[edro]

Since when is it illegal to own 300+ guns? The armor piercing rounds are legal in Ohio, and I have shot them. As for the silencer... who cares?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Maybe he was a gun collector.

 

[xXped0thugXx]

damn i had a pending deal with this guy too... now where am i gonna find my illegal firearms

 

[ViperSSD]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Maybe he was a gun collector.

that just happens to illegally sell guns to undercover officers.........

 

[MacBaine]

Originally posted by: edro13
Since when is it illegal to own 300+ guns?

SAN FRANCISCO

Since then.

The armor piercing rounds are legal in Ohio

Oh somebody better tell the Los Angeles police then... they must have messed up.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: ViperSSD

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Maybe he was a gun collector.

that just happens to illegally sell guns to undercover officers.........

The illegal part was that he didn't have a license. No mention on how the guns were gained and what guns were sold. As far as we know he could've sold a circa 1760 Musket.

 

[alexeikgb]

Same here in MD, you can't own a silencer... which kinda sux
And as far as I know the lifted AWB still does not allow me to buy hi-caps and assault rifles, I think MD,NJ,NY and CA have the stictest gun laws in the nation

 

[Demon-Xanth]

In California, a scope and bipod would turn my .22 into an assault rifle.

...funny, I would've thought it'd make a good target rifle, but a crappy assault rifle with those add ons.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Here in TN, most people don't care about gun laws because the people who are directly affected by them can't read them anyhow....

 

[Gulzakar]

Los Angeles... can you blame him?

 

[Arkitech]

I found this part amusing

Wright is not a licensed gun dealer and may have been engaged in illegal gun trafficking

 

[PrinceofWands]

Dangit, now I have to find a new supplier. 8-(