Tommygunn
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3,250 rounds???? Amateur!!!!
Can you identify all of these guns?
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I think the "Scary" part is that unlike everyone here's stockpiles, each one of those 3520 rounds are likely to be used in a fight.
So thats 13 weapons, as opposed to toys. The guy was supposedly a Mexican citizen trying to cross the border. Maybe another fast/furious to come under President Facelift.
So thats 13 weapons, as opposed to toys. The guy was supposedly a Mexican citizen trying to cross the border. Maybe another fast/furious to come under President Facelift.
Tommygunn
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Very good point.
Alte Schule
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Surprised it wasn't referred to as an arsenal.
Thunderchicken
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I think you missed a zero—250 rounds per gun. But, not “a lot.”
jar
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I think I recognize one of the guns but it's so pimped I'm not sure.
Goodness gracious! How in the world did that author get all the way through that article without using the word "arsenal" even one time?!? 
The scary part to me is 1. how did a citizen of another country come up with this collection of weapons - I assume they were stolen? 2. Were they going back to the cartel so they had more/better weapons to continue the drug war?
Yeah, many of us have more weapons and ammo than that, but, I venture to guess that most of us are not arming drug cartels.
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Yeah, many of us have more weapons and ammo than that, but, I venture to guess that most of us are not arming drug cartels.
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Carl N. Brown
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That hodge podge of odd ball pawnshop offerings made me think it could be the inventory of the propmaster for a remake of Robert Rodriquez' El Mariachi.
Archie
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I wonder from where the word 'scary' derived? Could it be the suspect was scary in his own right, apart from the firearms?
I tend to think most 'journalists' - sadly including FOX reporters - are often confused by words and statements, making up their own concoctions of what was meant.
By my own tastes, I find that assortment of arms rather laughable, rather than scary. Strikes me as being more an offering for sale than a private collection of any sort. If we ever find out the specifications in the indictment, that should shed some light on this.
I tend to think most 'journalists' - sadly including FOX reporters - are often confused by words and statements, making up their own concoctions of what was meant.
By my own tastes, I find that assortment of arms rather laughable, rather than scary. Strikes me as being more an offering for sale than a private collection of any sort. If we ever find out the specifications in the indictment, that should shed some light on this.
whughett
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Come on guys we’re you an LEO armed with only a side arm and this dude decided to resist arrest I’d say that was an appro statement.
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theotherwaldo
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If the guns and ammo were coming north or were in the hands of a U.S. citizen then they would have been an arsenal... .Goodness gracious! How in the world did that author get all the way through that article without using the word "arsenal" even one time?!?
wiscoaster
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Let me know if they auction those off. There might be something or other in that pile I want to bid on!!
Reloadron
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"The firearms seized included high-powered fully automatic rifles, shotguns, handguns and a .50 caliber rifle, the DPS said".
Same thing crossed my mind. Sometimes or actually more often than not terms like fully automatic tend to get embellished.
Ron
More like 250 rounds each. Most of the rifles look like AR variants. An obvious AK, I think an UzI , a fancy 1911, etc. The "full automatics" got him in trouble if not registered. Otherwise nothing unusual.
Carl N. Brown
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from the linked article:
"Thanks to @GovAbbott’s leadership, DPS continues its presence, including air, ground, marine and tactical security assets, along the border to combat the smuggling of people, weapons and drugs into Texas," the DPS tweeted.
The idea of a Mexican national smuggling weapons into Texas from Mexico is not far fetched: illegal shops in Tijuana Mexico have converted AR-15 lowers to full automatic for the cartels.
"Thanks to @GovAbbott’s leadership, DPS continues its presence, including air, ground, marine and tactical security assets, along the border to combat the smuggling of people, weapons and drugs into Texas," the DPS tweeted.
The idea of a Mexican national smuggling weapons into Texas from Mexico is not far fetched: illegal shops in Tijuana Mexico have converted AR-15 lowers to full automatic for the cartels.
theotherwaldo
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Nobody's going to smuggle Mexican brake shop guns to the US.
They're worth more in Mexico.
They're worth more in Mexico.
CapnMac
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Popular "house warming" gift in Mexico, too. Despite being extremely illegal in la Republica.
People moving contraband in kilo lots have no difficulty getting arms included in those deliveries.
People moving contraband in kilo lots have no difficulty getting arms included in those deliveries.
Fully automatic? Are we sure they weren't fully semiautomatic?
Those shotguns are actually kinda cool looking.
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