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Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 8:51 am
by DispositionMatrix
The surplus site has a DoD contract.
Couple finds fully-automatic M16s in storage cases bought online
As opposed to semi-automatic M16s.

The couple called "authorities," then the ATF raided their storage facility.

Re: Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:02 am
by CDFingers
"Nope, not my deluxe model cheese straightener. Honey, I think this delivery is for you."

CDFingers

Re: Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:32 am
by wooglin
Oops.

Re: Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:45 am
by BearPaws
Wow.

Re: Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:57 am
by highdesert
Since it apparently has service members names on the rifles, it should be easy to trace back to an armory or depot or shipping location. Good luck to ATF in figuring out the puzzle. Honest couple, hope they get some recognition.

Re: Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:07 am
by Hiker
It will be interesting to see how this plays out legally. So legally the couple owns them because they paid money for them. But they can't own them because they don't have stamps for them. So the government will confiscate them.
But the government doesn't technically own them. So the couple sues the gov/ATF. In retaliation the ATF arrests them and gives them a charge for each gun..........
I say let the ATF buy them from the couple at fair market value!!!

Re: Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:44 am
by INVICTVS138
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Re: Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:49 am
by tonguengroover
^^^^^^ LOL Shit like that never happens to me. Would I give them back? NOOOOO! They bought them fair and square.

Re: Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:16 am
by highdesert
Hiker wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:07 am It will be interesting to see how this plays out legally. So legally the couple owns them because they paid money for them. But they can't own them because they don't have stamps for them. So the government will confiscate them.

But the government doesn't technically own them. So the couple sues the gov/ATF. In retaliation the ATF arrests them and gives them a charge for each gun..........
I say let the ATF buy them from the couple at fair market value!!!

I too hope this turns out well, but I fear it will end up like the guy who buys a car in good faith and soon discovers that the car was stolen and the title documents forged. It's "sorry sucker" unless he can successfully sue (in civil court) the seller, but in the end it turns out the seller is broke.

Re: Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:22 am
by DispositionMatrix
Not mentioned was someone in .mil/DoD might have had an intended destination for these rifles.

Re: Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:26 am
by wooglin
Hiker wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:07 am It will be interesting to see how this plays out legally. So legally the couple owns them because they paid money for them. But they can't own them because they don't have stamps for them. So the government will confiscate them.
But the government doesn't technically own them. So the couple sues the gov/ATF. In retaliation the ATF arrests them and gives them a charge for each gun..........
I say let the ATF buy them from the couple at fair market value!!!
They bought the containers, not the guns. The containers can be returned once emptied. And hopefully will be. And it isn't clear how many containers actually contained guns.

Re: Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:14 pm
by tonguengroover
Used to be maybe not now but the .gov would blind auction off crates of stuff and you got to keep the contents.

Re: Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:19 pm
by sikacz
I think a dozen rifles is what I heard. Containers and whatever’s in them should belong to the couple. Likely someone was told to empty the containers for sale. Someone missed one or two. I would have contacted a lawyer first to check if I had legal right to apply for tax stamps. LoL.

Re: Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:25 pm
by CDFingers
tonguengroover wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:49 am ^^^^^^ LOL Shit like that never happens to me. Would I give them back? NOOOOO! They bought them fair and square.
I hear you. They say I may already have won. Never works out that way. Maybe maga folks--people say that to me all the time.

CDFingers