Wednesday - December 12, 2012

Must Be Racism

Just like a scene out of “Antiques Roadshow,” a woman in Hartford, Conn., turned in an old rifle to her local police station’s gun buy-back, only to discover the gun was worth anywhere from $20,000 to $25,000. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, inherited the gun from her father who had brought it home with him from Europe as a memento from World War II.

The two officers conducting the gun buy-back, who are resident gun experts for the Hartford Police Department, informed the owner she was in possession of a Nazi Assault Rifle, the first of its kind, that dates back to 1944.

The gun is called a Sturmgewehr 44, literally meaning “storm rifle,” and is the first “modern assault rifle ever made, ...

“It’s like finding the Babe Ruth of baseball cards,” said Officer John Cavanna. “The rarity, it was made for such a very short period.”

Wait, you mean to tell me she was in possession of an actual, fully automatic military, Nazi bullet hose, weapon of death for decades? Without federal Class III permits? A machine gun in the closet, and she’s not under arrest????

Oh, I see. It’s code. “a woman in Hartford, Conn.,” translates as “as white as you can be, with money”. Uh huh. We gets it now. If it had been Lashonda down de Camden hood, her ass be slammin in county like dat! Racism!!!

“Her father passed away. The gun was in her closet,” Cavanna said. “She did not know it was a machine gun.

“If the gun had been in the closet loaded, any second you could hit the wrong lever and discharge a fatal round,” he said of the Sturmgewehr 44. [Drew: that “lever” is called the trigger. duh]

This German-made machine gun can fire 500 rounds in minutes, according to Cavanna, who is also a gun range master.

At the time the officers received the gun, it was in such disrepair that it was inoperable, unable to shoot a bullet even if the gun had been loaded. Cavanna said ammunition would have to be especially made for this gun. [Drew: except for the WWII ammo it could have been loaded with. Ammunition can easily last 60 years in a dry environment. It may not be perfect, but it will fire.]

So will ya look at that. In 1945 some GI came home with a fully automatic weapon as a souvenir, and didn’t get stopped. Did he have ammo, did he later shoot the gun? We’ll never know. For 60+ years these people have had a machine gun in the house ... a super evil genuine NAZI one ... even though they’ve somehow miraculously managed to NOT kill the entire neighborhood in all that time! ... and now when the daughter goes to turn it in, she gets a pass. Heck, the cops would not let her exchange the firearm for one of their $50 Walmart gift cards they give out as part of the buy-back program. No, they insisted she sell the thing ... and pocket $25,000 or so from the sale.

Lashonda be pissed!!!

Posted by Drew458     on 12/12/2012 at 03:45 AM   
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