400 guns stolen from UPS in TN

[KevinR]

2 men broke into a Memphis UPS store and stole 400 guns, police say - CNN

Sure sounds like an inside job. But a big heist none the less. 400 guns.. 2 guys..

 

[robjax]

2 men broke into a Memphis UPS store and stole 400 guns, police say - CNN

Sure sounds like an inside job. But a big heist none the less. 400 guns.. 2 guys..

yeah, makes you think more than just the two guys were involved.

 

[DW357]

2 men broke into a Memphis UPS store and stole 400 guns, police say - CNN

Sure sounds like an inside job. But a big heist none the less. 400 guns.. 2 guys..

Over 400 Guns Stolen From Tenn. UPS Facility

 

[Palladin]

ATF warns public after 400 guns stolen in Tennessee

The agency is asking for the public's help in the case: It offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

someone steals 400 firearms, and the reward offer is $5000.

 

[FPrice]

ATF warns public after 400 guns stolen in Tennessee

The agency is asking for the public's help in the case: It offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

someone steals 400 firearms, and the reward offer is $5000.

That's about $12.50 per gun.

The perps would get much more by turning them in to a Buy Back program.

AND get rid of the evidence at the same time.

 

[one-eyed Jack]

They could probably get the S/Ns from the shippers and publish them. Then we could keep an eye out for them. Jack.

 

[FPrice]

They could probably get the S/Ns from the shippers and publish them. Then we could keep an eye out for them. Jack.

We see what you did there.

 

[Kevin_NH]

Update: Guns stolen from Memphis UPS facility were found en route to Chicago

Midlothian police received a call around 3 p.m on Sunday about suspicious activity in a store parking lot in the Chicago suburb. The suspects fled the scene upon being questioned by police, leaving behind a U-Haul van filled with an estimated 364 Ruger caliber firearms.
. . .
Sixteen pallets of firearms had arrived to the Memphis distribution center from a Ruger factory in North Carolina on Friday and were scheduled to depart for Dallas, Texas on the day parts of the shipment was stolen.

 

[ISOTOX]

More of the oppressed out shopping....

 

[hillman]

They could have just waited until they sent them all back to customer service...

 

[kevin9]

Update: Guns stolen from Memphis UPS facility were found en route to Chicago

Shitcago, of course. One might say this is yet another example of the ways strict gun control laws actually increase crime.

 

[Uzi2]

Those guys will be going to federal prison for life. Theres about 7 felony charges involved per firearm.......they are toast if they are caught.

 

[swatgig]

Following the incident Sunday night, the ATF said the heist was one of the largest single gun thefts the agency has investigated, according to bureau spokesman Michael Knight.

 

[StevieP]

Ruger caliber?

 

[looser38]

Those guys will be going to federal prison for life. Theres about 7 felony charges involved per firearm.......they are toast if they are caught.

Oh I'm sure those criminals are shaking in their boots. Meanwhile, you and I, hypothetically speaking, are afraid to possess a single magazine over 10rds.

 

[enbloc]

yeah, makes you think more than just the two guys were involved.

 

[amm5061]

Update: Guns stolen from Memphis UPS facility were found en route to Chicago

Chicongo. My shocked face.

 

[FPrice]

"The suspects fled the scene upon being questioned by police, leaving behind a U-Haul van filled with an estimated 364 Ruger caliber firearms."

Is this a new, experimental caliber which Ruger has developed for the Chicago street market?

 

[Zappa]

That didn't take long:

ATF: Second suspect caught in major Memphis gun theft

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Approximately 364 of the guns stolen from an UPS facility in Memphis wereATF: Second suspect caught in major Memphis gun theft recovered en route to Chicago.
Wednesday afternoon, ATF agents in Chicago announced they had 24-year-old Roland Jackson in custody. Taveyan Turnbo, 18, was already in custody.

According to a federal criminal complaint, the UPS facility received a shipment from the Ruger factory in North Carolina on Sept. 28. The 16 pallets of firearms were scheduled to leave two days later for Dallas, Texas.

Before they could be shipped, two men entered the Brooks Road facility in Memphis, loaded three pallets into a U-Haul van and sped away.

Authorities said there were roughly 367 guns in those pallets. All of the weapons were either .22 caliber or .380 caliber firearms

 

[Uzi2]

That didn't take long:

ATF: Second suspect caught in major Memphis gun theft

Good, now they need to lock them up for 30 years.

 

[milktree]

Sixteen pallets of firearms had arrived to the Memphis distribution center from a Ruger factory in North Carolina on Friday and were scheduled to depart for Dallas, Texas on the day parts of the shipment was stolen.

So, that's an inside job if I ever saw one.

Nobody would show up to a UPS facility with a U-Haul truck just on the off chance there was a U-Haul truck's worth of stuff to steal.

 

[JohnZ]

"The suspects fled the scene upon being questioned by police, leaving behind a U-Haul van filled with an estimated 364 Ruger caliber firearms."

400 - 364 = 36.

Is that the blue tax?

 

[AHM]

"The suspects fled the scene upon being questioned by police, leaving behind a U-Haul van filled with an estimated 364 Ruger caliber firearms."

400 - 364 = 36.

Is that the blue tax?

1. Prime factorization of 364 is 2**2 * 7 * 13. WTF?
2. "Caliber" is probably supposed to be "carbine", because stupid MSM; "Carbine - the other 'C' word".

 

[sschevy]

It was a shipment from Ruger manufacturing that was in route to a major distributor down south

 

[jayhitek]

Take your finger off that God Damned trigger David!!

 

[jkelly1229]

"The suspects fled the scene upon being questioned by police, leaving behind a U-Haul van filled with an estimated 364 Ruger caliber firearms."

Is this a new, experimental caliber which Ruger has developed for the Chicago street market?

Don't they have like a 254 Ruger or sometbing

 

[AHM]

Second City Cop is on this:

370 Stolen Guns and.....​

Best angle: one of the perps was on home monitoring.

In Chicago they get around that little detail
by powering the monitor box off of a 110VAC inverter
plugged into the cigarette lighter socket in the getaway car.

 

[AHM]

Don't they have like a 254 Ruger or sometbing

• .204 Ruger
• .300 Ruger Compact Magnum
• .327 Federal Magnum
• .338 Ruger Compact Magnum
• .480 Ruger
  
• .416 Ruger

But they're probably open to suggestions...

 

[FPrice]

Don't they have like a 254 Ruger or sometbing

Yes.

Chime in on any .264 Ruger M77 experiences - Ruger Forum

 

[AHM]

Don't they have like a 254 Ruger or sometbing

Yes.

Chime in on any .264 Ruger M77 experiences - Ruger Forum

That thread discusses a "Ruger M77" chambered in ".264 Win Mag",
not an "M77" chambered in ".264 Ruger".
The .264 Winchester Magnum article mentions no Ruger involvement in the cartridge development.
Stop me if I'm wrong.

But it speaks well that you found something like that,
even if it does turn out to be an unfortunate ambiguity.