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Irate wife ratted out gun collector
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Irate wife ratted out gun collector
Mounties find guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition stashed in Timberlea garage
By BETH JOHNSTON
The Daily News
Wednesday, August 14, 2002
SCOTT DUNLOP
Some of the more unusual weapons police found include a Second World War German Luger pistol (foreground) and an MP-40 submachine-gun (centre).
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Police seized an arsenal of weapons after a gun collector's frustrated wife called the fire department to try to force him to clean out his Timberlea garage last week.
The woman called the Lakeside fire department last Wednesday in an effort to convince her husband his collection of Second World War and Korean War weapons was a fire hazard. When firefighters discovered the guns, which included 2,000 rounds of ammunition, in the St. Margarets Bay Road home, they alerted Tantallon Mounties.
Armed with a search warrant, Mounties and a member of the National Weapons Enforcement Support Team seized about 40 guns, including semi-automatic pistols, submachine-guns, revolvers, rifles and shotguns, as well as parts to assemble Second World War-era machine guns.
They do not believe the owner was involved in any criminal activity, but are considering laying charges of unsafe storage and possession of prohibited weapons, RCMP spokesman Const. Peter Marshall said yesterday.
Police were mostly concerned that someone could have heard about the collection and broken into the garage.
"What if they had gotten into the wrong hands? You have submachine-guns that appear to be in working order," Marshall said.
The collection, which included a Second World War British Sten submachine-gun, a German MP-40 submachine-gun and pearl-handled and nickel-plated pistols, would be worth a mint to an avid collector.
"Some of the guns appear to be in very, very good condition, and therefore are worth a lot of money," Marshall said.
"It was a nice collection, but he just
didn't store it properly."
The owner said he's had the weapons for years and wanted to get rid of them, but he had a hard time selling them, according to media reports.
Police are not sure if the guns will be returned to their owner. They are trying to determine which weapons, if any, are prohibited.
"The question is, what's antique and what's not?" Marshall said.
Some gun collectors might not realize vintage guns they don't use must be registered and properly stored, too, Marshall said.
"If you have any rifles around, and you're not sure if they're legal, give the firearms registry a call and find out. Get things done, because this could be you."
bjohnston@hfxnews.southam.ca
http://www.canada.com/halifax/dailynews/story.asp?id={170D235C-4C3B-4DA1-9BA8-9D3D8108F7C2}
c Copyright 2002 The Daily News
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Mounties find guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition stashed in Timberlea garage
By BETH JOHNSTON
The Daily News
Wednesday, August 14, 2002
SCOTT DUNLOP
Some of the more unusual weapons police found include a Second World War German Luger pistol (foreground) and an MP-40 submachine-gun (centre).
ADVERTISEMENT
Police seized an arsenal of weapons after a gun collector's frustrated wife called the fire department to try to force him to clean out his Timberlea garage last week.
The woman called the Lakeside fire department last Wednesday in an effort to convince her husband his collection of Second World War and Korean War weapons was a fire hazard. When firefighters discovered the guns, which included 2,000 rounds of ammunition, in the St. Margarets Bay Road home, they alerted Tantallon Mounties.
Armed with a search warrant, Mounties and a member of the National Weapons Enforcement Support Team seized about 40 guns, including semi-automatic pistols, submachine-guns, revolvers, rifles and shotguns, as well as parts to assemble Second World War-era machine guns.
They do not believe the owner was involved in any criminal activity, but are considering laying charges of unsafe storage and possession of prohibited weapons, RCMP spokesman Const. Peter Marshall said yesterday.
Police were mostly concerned that someone could have heard about the collection and broken into the garage.
"What if they had gotten into the wrong hands? You have submachine-guns that appear to be in working order," Marshall said.
The collection, which included a Second World War British Sten submachine-gun, a German MP-40 submachine-gun and pearl-handled and nickel-plated pistols, would be worth a mint to an avid collector.
"Some of the guns appear to be in very, very good condition, and therefore are worth a lot of money," Marshall said.
"It was a nice collection, but he just
didn't store it properly."
The owner said he's had the weapons for years and wanted to get rid of them, but he had a hard time selling them, according to media reports.
Police are not sure if the guns will be returned to their owner. They are trying to determine which weapons, if any, are prohibited.
"The question is, what's antique and what's not?" Marshall said.
Some gun collectors might not realize vintage guns they don't use must be registered and properly stored, too, Marshall said.
"If you have any rifles around, and you're not sure if they're legal, give the firearms registry a call and find out. Get things done, because this could be you."
bjohnston@hfxnews.southam.ca
http://www.canada.com/halifax/dailynews/story.asp?id={170D235C-4C3B-4DA1-9BA8-9D3D8108F7C2}
c Copyright 2002 The Daily News
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Comments
When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
And it's just some poor dude like you or me with his gun collection on display, every box, round, handgun, rifle, and shotgun of it laid out like an armory. The funniest part? The cops don't even know which ones are antiques, C&Rs, and if ANY of them are illegal. Guess what? Probably none are illegal in any felonious sense of the word.
This would make a very interesting documentary -- the typical American gun enthusiast's collection, how extensive it is, and how it may be misinterpreted when splayed out for the news media over some dumb little investigation.
I once knew a guy out in Hollywood whose collection was so big (he had to have one of everything, I guess), that he had secret vaults built into the walls of his home. I wonder what the general public would make of HIM? Peaceable guy, though. I often wonder if he registered all that stuff when the laws changed in the 90s, or if it's still behind secret walls.
- Life NRA Member
"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
I hope he aint gonna stick around for much longer.
Classic has a gun and knife room where he repairs, and restores guns and old pocket knives..(does a beautiful job by the way)... the room can get very dusty and in a bit messy... Telling him the room has to go because I am allergic to dust..(which I am by the way).. is the same thing as what this woman did to her husband.... When the room in the house gets too bad, I clean it myself.. with his permission...and NOTHING gets thrown out.. if I move it to clean, it gets put back...
Women like her make me so friggin angry... it takes time to dispose of a gun collection....which he was doing... wonder how she would feel if someone did that to her with a collection of hers?...
Lil' Stinker's opinion
- Life NRA Member
"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Edited by - offeror on 08/15/2002 12:44:58
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