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Jurors in the James “Whitey” Bulger trial were presented with photos of the notorious gangster’s massive collection of firearms that included six machineguns.
James “Whitey” Bulger
Bugler, now 83, was a leading organized crime figure in Boston, Massachusetts. Known for his Robin-Hood-style of social banditry, he was also the mastermind of numerous protection rackets, alleged murders and even a stoolie for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. But “Whitey” fled Boston in 1994 after receiving a tip from his former FBI handler and had been on the run until his 2011 capture in Santa Monica, California.
After Bulger’s arrest, authorities said they found about $800,000 in cash and more than 30 guns in his apartment. Retired state police Col. Thomas Foley identified weapons found during a 2000 investigation that included six machineguns and multiple revolvers and automatic pistols.
I see several MP-40s, a variant of the AR-15 (M-16?), what looks to be a suppressed Mac-10, and another whatsit suppressed. Presuming that those are all what they appear to be, though they were mislabelled if so, that's multiple submachine guns and a genuine assault rifle.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the control freaks are salivating over passing a law requiring licensing and registration for full-auto guns and suppressors, along with an extensive background check of owners. Oh, wait...
I will say this, the man had some beautiful guns.
"Beginning in 1975, Bulger served as an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).[8] As a result, the Bureau largely ignored his organization in exchange for information about the inner workings of the Italian American Patriarca crime family.[9][10][11] Beginning in 1997, the New England media exposed criminal actions by federal, state, and local law enforcement officials tied to Bulger. For the FBI especially, this has caused great embarrassment."
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Another example of how well government and organized crime seem to coexist. Would that be a badge on the table with all those weapons? Wonder if the FBI gave it to him to keep him out of jail.
This protection of informants is a Huge problem. Locally, we have police protecting a couple of meth cookers who continue making and selling meth, but get a free pass because they keep teaching new people to cook and then selling those folks down the river.
DeleteThis is another factor that has gotten lost in the media's ignoring of the Fast and Furious scandal: the shootout that killed Brian Terry involved an FBI informant who they didn't tell Border Patrol was running with a criminal gang that was ripping off a rival cartel's drug shipments. It was such a rip off operation that Terry's unit encountered and got into a shootout with on the night he died.
Even if we accept that there are occasions where some amount of keeping up appearances is necessary for someone infiltrating a criminal organization, the FBI dropped the ball on trying to make sure nobody got hurt, not following proper procedures on that night. However, there's a difference between infiltrating a good guy into an organization and offering a murderous criminal protection for information.
The guy liked his grease guns.
ReplyDeleteWhat's with that white powder all over half the guns?
I'm figuring it's fingerprint powder. Everything I've read says that if your gun is taken into evidence, write it off. It'll be ruined by the time you get it back.
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