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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
OK. I just thought that major arms cargo shipments would be done by specialized, armed, shippers. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Two words: Clay More | |||
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I remember years ago somebody at a Roadway terminal in CA stole all the Oscars statues. IIRC, the cops got a tip and found them in the culprit’s garage not long before the day of the show. | |||
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Me too. Somebody had to know they were there, and where they were in the facility. At one time, working at UPS meant one had a solid background. It was hard to get hired and hard to make the cut once there, but that was 35-40 years ago. . | |||
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In my experience terminals tend to hold high value/high theft items in special security areas while they are sitting still. You would want to hit the shipment when it was not in the security area. Successful thefts like this one are often done by a professional crew who know exactly what they are after. Or just some really lucky amateurs. Trucking terminal hijackers I encountered in Dayton were bad asses. The best security for firearms in shipment is for them to never stop moving. I doubt they will ever clear the case unless someone squeals. CMSGT USAF (Retired) Chief of Police (Retired) | |||
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FedEx SuperHub is located in Memphis. UPS Worldport is located in Louisville. | |||
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delicately calloused |
Everyone knows robbers never change their clothes and their shirts are black and white horizontal stripes You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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And wear masks, don't forget the masks. CMSGT USAF (Retired) Chief of Police (Retired) | |||
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Political Cynic |
what address did they give on the 4473? [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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My Sig P320s shipped through Memphis during their "up-grade." Glad they went FedEx. "Ride to the sound of the big guns." | |||
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Hard to find in Memphis! __________________________________________________ If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit! Sigs Owned - A Bunch | |||
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Caught the Uhaul in Illinois. They were Rugers, original shipment headed from the Ruger factory in North Carolina to Dallas, TX. (RSR distributors distribution center in Grand Prairie would be my guess) https://wreg.com/2018/10/02/so...d-on-way-to-chicago/ MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Approximately 364 of the guns stolen from an UPS facility in Memphis have been recovered in route to Chicago. According to a federal criminal complaint, the UPS facility received a shipment from the Ruger factory in North Carolina on September 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, 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, authorities said. On September 30, law enforcement in Midlothian, Illinois were called to a store after someone reported suspicious activity in the parking lot. When they arrived, responding officers noticed a U-Haul parked in the lot and two men inside the van. The driver was identified as Roland Jackson and the passenger was Taveyan Turnbo, police said. | |||
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I think it is probably getting harder anywhere. . | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
Sounds like Chicago needs a law banning the importation of stolen guns.  Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
Sheeeit, I'm glad that they shipped mine FEDEX this time around!!!! | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
I imagine a GPS tracking device was stowed somewhere in that shipment. ____________________________________________________ "I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023 | |||
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| We gonna get some oojima in this house!  |
.22s and .380s. Must have been Walthers, or Smith & Wesson. ----------------------------------------------------------- TCB all the time... | |||
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SIG's 'n Surefires |
Wasn't he the Lone Ranger?  "Common sense is wisdom with its sleeves rolled up." -Kyle Farnsworth "Freedom of Speech does not guarantee freedom from consequences." -Mike Rowe "Democracies aren't overthrown, they're given away." -George Lucas | |||
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Sigforum K9 handler |
Give that man a cigar! High end packages, as Para mentioned, are equipped with motion activated trackers. | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
Headed for ChiTown. Now who would have thought? LOL Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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