Tuesday, July 21, 2015

If Your Going To Be A Hoarder - You May As Well...

...hoard things that you love. Some people hoard knickknacks, others toys, some just about everything including old newspapers and all sorts of trash but one man evidently hoarded or collected away to my heart's content. When the police searched his home, after finding his decomposing body in his parked car about a block from his house (and that may wind up being a big story all on its own), they found what for once the media could be reporting as an arsenal but for some reason they are not, at least not in the two reports I read. I think an arsenal an apt description, then again I think large collection or life's work might be just as appropriate. The find consisted of more than 1,200 guns and approximately two (2) tons of ammo. While I might almost come near to having half that much ammo (chuckle, snicker, sob) I have a long, long, long way to go to acquiring over twelve hundred firearms.

Police have their rather tedious work cut out for them, they are going to try to determine if all of the guns were legal to own and whether or not any of them are linked to any crimes. Of course, they could all be legitimate and perfectly legal to own, even in California. Here is how one of the cops put it:

"Running the background, history and legality of these weapons is going to require a tremendous amount of time.

It's not a crime to have a large number of weapons so long as they were legal to own and legally obtained. We want to make sure that's the case."

More here at the source but sadly not a good enough picture to put in his post. The first but very small photo of the guns that I saw was one that Fox News had on its headlines page was one showing a large mound of pistols piled one atop the other in apparent total disregard for the values of the pieces. A couple of other photos I found, after doing an Internet search, showed the firearms, evidently outside strewn about on blue tarps an not looking like much care had been given to preserving their condition. A picture of rifles (and maybe shotguns too) showed them piled one atop the other much as in the first pic that I saw of the pistols. All that despite the reported facts that some were high end pistols and that many had still been in boxes with price tags attached apparently unfired. If the police took them and threw them in a heap like that - it seems they disregarded their condition, monetary and potential evidentiary values. I would hope that every one of them was legal and that his survivors receive all of them intact and in excellent condition. I would imagine though that the surviving family members, if any, will have what should have been an unnecessary lawsuit for any damage to the guns that might decrease their value. And yes, they could be very valuable depending on make and model. But that is only what  at most will amount to an afterthought. For now they mourn their lost loved one. My condolences to them in this time of their sadness.

In closing, I must say, if all those guns were legal (and maybe even if not) that man seems to maybe have been a man's man among firearms hoarders collectors!

All the best,
Glenn B

 

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