157 guns, rifles seized in Whitman
By Allan Stein, Enterprise correspondent
WHITMAN — A Cherry Street man faces a possible firearms charge after police seized 157 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition at his home last week.
Police Chief Raymond Nelson said Thursday that John Davis, 50, of 30 Cherry St. had licenses to own the firearms that included three fully automatic machine guns.
Thirty firearms are registered to his wife, Elizabeth Davis, 49, who is licensed to own and carry firearms but not automatic weapons, police said.
Nelson said he ordered the firearms licenses for John and Elizabeth Davis revoked for safety reasons stemming from a domestic dispute reported at the couple's home April 25.
In that incident John Davis was placed in protective custody, police said.
"They had permits for (the firearms), but they were revoked for domestic violence," Nelson said.
By Allan Stein, Enterprise correspondent
WHITMAN — A Cherry Street man faces a possible firearms charge after police seized 157 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition at his home last week.
Police Chief Raymond Nelson said Thursday that John Davis, 50, of 30 Cherry St. had licenses to own the firearms that included three fully automatic machine guns.
Thirty firearms are registered to his wife, Elizabeth Davis, 49, who is licensed to own and carry firearms but not automatic weapons, police said.
Nelson said he ordered the firearms licenses for John and Elizabeth Davis revoked for safety reasons stemming from a domestic dispute reported at the couple's home April 25.
In that incident John Davis was placed in protective custody, police said.
"They had permits for (the firearms), but they were revoked for domestic violence," Nelson said.