Interesting read on missing military weapons.

[Sumpta]

Once when my Son was on leave, he was called asking for his help / suggestions at finding 1rd. of 5.56 missing after quals.
It was never found....probably some kid stuck it in his pocket for a souvenier

You can't just grab a round and toss it in, lot numbers have to match....pretty big deal actually.

Firearms missing would be a huge and far reaching NCIS investigation.

 

[pharmer]

74 "machine guns" lost. Is that just M249 and 240's or some .50 M2's? Throw in the 70 "destructive devices" and the potential for a serious party is readily apparent. Joe

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Then there are the federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. At one time the FBI acknowledged about a hundred full-auto weapons unaccounted for.

Since 9/11 the Defense Department has been sending M16, M4, and M14 rifles out to law enforcement agencies, ostensibly "on loan" for homeland security purposes. More than a few cannot be accounted for.

Dozens of federal agencies have their own LE agencies and nearly all are equipped with serious fire power. Even the National Parks Service and the IRS have SWAT teams these days.

Not all of those weapons are kept locked up in arms rooms, like the military utilizes for nearly everything. Many (if not most) are issued to individual officers and kept in vehicles or homes, to be deployed on an as-needed basis.

I suspect that military storage and accountability are among the most stringent. But nothing is an absolute guarantee against pilferage, greed, or stupidity.

 

[Golddollar]

Somebody asked where AP got their information. From the article much of it came from multiple Freedom of Information requests, though not all were honored.

As for weapons being "lost", I have no doubt that some are stolen. That said, poor accounting can "lose" things easily, and computer systems don't necessarily help. Remember the "garbage in, garbage out" principle.

That's for sure. After a received my 1911A1 from the CMP, I put in a FOIA request with the US Army to see it could give me a history of my pistol. My pistol was made in 1943, and the report I received in response to my request said that the initial record found relating to my pistol was from 1992.

 

[steelslaver]

Are weapons lost during conflicts air crashes etc counted. I can see a m4 or the like being lost in a wars zone.

 

[PALADIN85020]

The current nominee for director of the ATF may have had a gun stolen from his car in the past - there are witnesses that say it happened, but he has denied it vigorously. ATF says their records do not show it....

Inquiring minds want to know...

John

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

The current nominee for director of the ATF may have had a gun stolen from his car in the past - there are witnesses that say it happened, but he has denied it vigorously. ATF says their records do not show it....

Inquiring minds want to know...

John

FBI agents had some stolen from a car parked outside a motel
in Memphis about 20+or- years ago.

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

I almost forgot, Patrick Sherrill used Air National Guard pistols to kill
14 and wound 6 in the Edmond, Ok post office back in the 80's.
He was an ex marine and was on the air guard's pistol team and their
instructor. He had permission to take weapons home.
People in his neighborhood called him, "crazy pat". Maybe the guard
should have been a little more diligent.

 

[Steve912]

74 "machine guns" lost. Is that just M249 and 240's or some .50 M2's? Throw in the 70 "destructive devices" and the potential for a serious party is readily apparent. Joe

Tracing out all the AP article references, possibly the last
seven stolen, were M2's (fifty cal machine guns). Strong thieves!

 

[Steve912]

FBI agents had some stolen from a car parked outside a motel
in Memphis about 20+or- years ago.

Not to mention the one in SF, four years ago...


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