Springfield PD seizes "...assault rifle..."

[DispositionMatrix]

Until shown otherwise I'm going to assume the "assault rifle" claim by George Graham in this MassLive heroin bust story is false, but the details are, of course, scant.
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/springfield_police_seize_8300.html

SPRINGFIELD - Police seized 8,300 bags of heroin and arrested four suspects early Sunday after responding to a breaking and entering into a Mansfield Street apartment.

Police tracked the suspects to an apartment on Bryant Street. Along with the heroin, police seized two illegal guns and what they described as an assault rifle.

Arrested were: Frankie Portee, 34, of Springfield; Jocelin Negron, 26, of Springfield; Anthony Martinez, 28, of Chicopee and Timothy Callahan, 36 of Cheshire.

 

[ToddDubya]

Any guesses on whether they'll do time for any of these charges?

As an aside, when I fill out an eFA-10, how do I account for defaced serial numbers?

 

[adam01364]

As an aside, when I fill out an eFA-10, how do I account for defaced serial numbers?

Couldn't you just put in "#######" or "=======" ?

 

[Chevy 2 65]

the rifle is not in the picture, because there is no such thing as an assault rifle.

 

[amm5061]

the rifle is not in the picture, because there is no such thing as an assault rifle.

Sure there is such a thing as an assault rifle. It's "assault weapon" that's a made up thing.

But yeah, I call bullshit either way.

 

[ToddDubya]

It turned out to be a ghost gun and they were too embarrassed to show a proton pack.

 

[Waher]

Watch it be a 10/22 in mall ninja furniture & accessories

 

[browncoat]

Sure there is such a thing as an assault rifle. It's "assault weapon" that's a made up thing.

But yeah, I call bullshit either way.

All words are made up

 

[Chevy 2 65]

Sure there is such a thing as an assault rifle. It's "assault weapon" that's a made up thing.

But yeah, I call bullshit either way.

Ok, but a rifle can not assualt anything, it needs someone to that part.

 

[powerman]

That ghost assault rifle weapon is right there in the photo, it's in the new urban camouflage , "heroin dime bag".
you just can't see it

 

[ggfcpa]

I read the article as well, and also noticed that the picture of the gun was omitted, when it's usually included. He also indicated that it was a high capacity "clip".

 

[jtnf]

Over/under on Maura instructing the DA to offer lesser charges, at least on the "assault rifle," to prevent her illegal 7/20/16 shit from seeing the inside of a court room? I believe there was already at least one heroin bust elsewhere in the state with possession of an AR that never saw the light of day.

 

[Tundra02]

No pics but this updated propaganda says the assault rifle is a M&P22 http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/prosecutor_defendants_arrested.html#incart_river_home

 

[weekendracer]

Probably because the PIO doesn't know what he's talking about. I got a SKS knocked down from 'Assault Rifle' when the writer asked me to proof read the media release. I said, just put it's a rifle, what you put makes it sound like it's a fully automatic M16 or AK47, it's a piece of s#it SKS for God's sake'.

 

[inkdesigner]

I notice that nowhere in the list of charges ia a violation of the MA AWB. Probably because the S&W MP22 is NOT covered by the reinterpretation as it is a .22 rimfire weapon?

 

[StevieP]

"The handguns -- a .40-caliber Glock and a Bersa SA .380-caliber -- were both loaded and had obliterated serial numbers. The rifle -- a Smith & Wesson MP22, with at least 20 rounds in a modified banana-style clip -- was reported stolen in Springfield, the report said."

At least the lawful owner will get his MP22 back now, right? Because he was a victim and did the right thing by reporting it stolen. That's the way it works, I'm sure of it.

 

[Len-2A Training]

"The handguns -- a .40-caliber Glock and a Bersa SA .380-caliber -- were both loaded and had obliterated serial numbers. The rifle -- a Smith & Wesson MP22, with at least 20 rounds in a modified banana-style clip -- was reported stolen in Springfield, the report said."

At least the lawful owner will get his MP22 back now, right? Because he was a victim and did the right thing by reporting it stolen. That's the way it works, I'm sure of it.

No bets. Since it was "used in a crime" it's evidence and usually after all is said and done, evidence of a crime is ordered destroyed.

 

[Seamsealer]

 

[GM-GUY]

I thought Maura said .22 cal's couldn't be 'assault weapons' in one of her reinterpretations (#5 maybe).