Thursday, October 25, 2012

Indiana Gun Shop with Inadequate Security Gets Robbed

Local news reports

Several rifles were stolen from a Columbus business.

Police officials told the newspaper a passerby noticed around 6:30 a.m. that glass was broken at Peddler Firearms, 1630 Home Ave.

The business owner said long guns were taken after the thieves cut locks securing the weapons.

Columbus police officials told the newspaper they’re eager to get the weapons off the streets because they are “extremely dangerous in the wrong hands.”

The missing weapons include:
  • Mosin/Nagant, 91/30, 7.62 mm rifle
  • Mosin/ Nagant, 91/30, 7.62 mm rifle
  • TGI, Romanian AK-47, 7.62 mm rifle
  • CAI, Yugoslavian SKS, 7.62 mm, rifle
  • Rock River Arms, AR-15, 5.56 mm rifle
  • Stag Arms, AR-15, 5.56 mm rifle
  • Mossberg, 715T, .22 caliber rifle
Anyone with information is asked to call police.
I have some information. Gun shops should have reinforced glass that cannot easily be breached. They should also have their merchandise secured in proper gun safes that cannot easily be compromised.

Gun shops, like individual gun owners, need to be more responsible for the security of their guns. Failure to do this should be a crime.

What's your opinion?  Please leave a comment.

18 comments:

  1. The governments which exported the weapons to U.S. distributors (most of the weapons are of eastern European military origin) with full knowledge that they where to be sold to civilians. That is irresponsibility, if not sedition and terrorism.

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  2. NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS AN EVENT AT A MIAMI GUN SHOP WHERE 50 GUNS HIT THE STREET IN A ROBBERY. GOOD FOR BUSINESS THOUGH.....WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. -WHAT DOES THE NRA SAY??????????
    WEB
    MIAMI

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    1. Fast and Furious put thousands of guns on the street with no way of tracing them. Not a word from cowards such as yourself.

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    2. Not ONE single word. I guess you haven't been coming around here for long.

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    3. Mikeb, your words on the subject have been denials and rejections. I guess it matters who's the party in power when the scandal happens.

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  3. "after the thieves cut locks securing the weapons."

    Go fuck yourself mikeb.

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  4. When criminals want guns, they'll get guns. Gun laws don't stop criminals any more than theft laws stop criminals.

    BTW, that was a burglary, not a robbery.

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    1. But isn't "robbed" a fair description of what happened. or are you such a purist that I have to say "burgled?"

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    2. I guess I'm a purist, and the term I would use is burglarized when referring to the victim. It's just like referring to a semiautomatic riffle as an assault riffle, while it may seem similar, there is a big difference.

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    3. "It's just like referring to a semiautomatic riffle as an assault riffle, while it may seem similar, there is a big difference."

      They both achieve the same task, with similar effectiveness.

      Are they really so different?

      Your assertion would be equivalent to stating that because a "Geely" is less expensive and luxurious than a Honqi, that they achieve a different purpose (to borrow from the infamous gun to car comparison)

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    4. There E.N. goes again with the Chinese references. Here in America, we value our rights.

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    5. E.N. said... some stupid crap...
      Achieve a different purpose? I'm assuming you meant achieve a different result, I doubt an automobile has aspirations of changing its purpose, which is to carry as many people as possible as quickly as possible to commit violent crimes.

      Yes, they really are different, you wouldn't refer to a Cadillac as a Ford Focus, would you? Nor would you point out a Chevy Volt and say "hey, look at that pickup truck".

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  5. Mikeb, when you apply the same venom toward car dealers and electronics stores and so forth, at least you'll be consistent. You'll still be wrong, since once again you're attacking good citizens, rather than the criminals.

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  6. There's a saying Mike B...locks keep honest people honest. Criminals will do whatever it takes to steal what they want. If only they would put as much effort into getting an honest day's work, eh?

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    1. Wrong, most criminals seek the path of least resistance.

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  7. By your way of thinking Your headline could be:
    - Indiana Bank with Inadequate Security Gets Robbed -
    therefore
    Banks, like individuals , need to be more responsible for the security of their money. Failure to do this should be a crime.

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    1. Ah, very good.

      And before MikeB pipes up, "but guns can kill people and money robbed from a bank does not kill people", I want to point out that the criminals could use that money to purchase lots and lots things that can be used to kill people, such as snow plows, gasoline, and yes, even firearms. The criminals could also use the money to purchase hardcore drugs and give them away for free ... and watch the "beneficiaries" die of overdoses.

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  8. How was this robbery possible? I know Indiana has policemen.

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