Yesterday, my rental car was broken into while parked on Suburban Ave (adjacent to 94 and White Bear Ave). The GPS I’m not so concerned about, but they did get my trunk gun - an AR Pistol:
and some other support gear. SN: CM179363
A police report has already been filed and (I’m told) they will be checking with local pawn brokers, etc.
My car was parked in a business parking lot and the break in happened during business hours. I should be getting the feed from our security server soon and will post whatever screen caps I can get. If any local folks could keep their eyes, open I would appreciate it.
I am sorry for your loss, that looked like a very nice blaster. Honestly, I would have wanted to first cry… and then want to F’ing kill the ass-hat that stole my stuff.
I hope you somehow get it back, but I have doubts.
When they found that bad boy, they went to the nearest gang-banger convention and sold that thing into the underground gun trade. The next time you see that will be at the scene of a crime. Again, I pray that you get it back… I would be so upset.
Oh, believe me, I went to sleep weighing the prospect of prison against the satisfaction of revenge. In the end, it’s just stuff, BUT it’s MY stuff that I worked hard to pay for. I think the least I could do is ensure that the thieving bastard would be unable to polute the rest of the world with any offspring.
I doubt you’ll find that showing up in a pawn shop. Maybe it will show up on the black market.
Hopefully, the person who stole it, or more likely the guy who bought it, will show it off to one too many people. Your best bet is that someone then talks to the police and gets that person in trouble.
Not to rub salt in your wound, but that is why I don’t subcribe to the trunk gun idea. I would carry a rifle, if I could find an economical way to lock it up and still be able to deploy it quickly.
Sorry about the pistol. It looked like you had a lot invested in it.
i’d say your odds of getting it back are pretty good, actually. the chances of that thing going unnoticed are pretty low… some banger will get pulled over and/or arrested and it’ll get recovered. my mother has had two guns stolen from her, both were recovered from bangers through the normal course of bangerism… getting arrested with it on 'em.
hopefully it doesn’t get used to take out the cop that would otherwise get it back for you.
you’d think pawn shops would be required to call in serial numbers of hawked guns. since probably 70% of everything coming into pawn shops is stolen, you’d think someone would get a clue.
i assume the agency who does the background check for firearms sales also runs the gun through NCIS at the same time as the background check…?
Gun Rights Gathering today. I mention it because this theft happened hereabouts,
What : Fourth Occasional “Gun Rights Gathering” Potluck BBQ
When: Sun Jun 28 11am – Sun Jun 28 3pm
Where: Lake Harriet picnic area, near the Bandshell
Fourth Occasional “Gun Rights Gathering” Potluck BBQ
Sunday June 28th, 2009, 11:00 AM
Lake Harriet picnic area, near the Bandshell
A casual & friendly celebration of summer, outdoor cooking, and the human right of self·defense. An ‘open carry optional’ event, in accordance with and in celebration of the Minnesota Personal Protection Act.
W 42nd St & W Lake Harriet Pkwy
Minneapolis, MN 55410
•Free street parking around the lake and in nearby neighborhoods
•Pay station in main lot, near concessions
It’d be a good place to get the word out. Lots of folks that spend lots of range time from all over the state will be at this thing.
No. That is typical of a AR style pistol that you can build or buy new on the shelf. My local dealer has a few on display that I took a couple pictures of:
This is the brand new 2009 Bushmaster:
No, I am not high but you sir, …oh, never mind. As I recall, at one time pistols could not have a shrouded barrel, whether one calls that a grip surface or a stock, if it could not be a surface that could be held. Such a surface was one of the prohibited items on the BATF definition as to what constituted a rifle which is why AR pistols had exposed barrels and gas tubes the last time I looked at one, making them undesirable burn hazards in that configuration. Never been much interested in AR pistols since that first exposure due to the lack of semi-auto controllability/aim ability that not being able to hold it with two hands left one with. If they are being sold such now, it would appear then that there has been a change which does give them a bit more utility.
