Dealers report 83 guns taken during Irma

By Christen Smith

Hurricane Irma made landfall and flooded streets in downtown Miami, Florida on Sunday, Sept. 10. (Photos: Wilfredo Lee/AP)
Dealers in Georgia and Florida reported 83 guns missing in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma earlier this month.
Joshua Jackson, an ATF spokesman, told Guns.com Thursday the agency recovered 17 firearms stolen from one federally licensed dealer in Georgia during the storm. Agents are still tracking another 66 guns taken from three different stores in north and central Florida, he said.
“ATF and its local law enforcement partners continue to vigorously investigate these crimes and will hold persons responsible fully accountable,” Jackson said. “The core mission of ATF is public safety and reducing violent crime, ATF will have no tolerance for those who commit these crimes and take advantage during recovery efforts from natural disasters.”
Hurricane Irma, one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, whipped through the Caribbean Sept. 6 before making two landfalls in the United States five days later — once in the lower Florida Keys and again on Marco Island, 18 miles south of Naples. The massive storm packed 130 mile per hour winds, 10 foot storm surges and a rotation of winds more than 400 miles wide. More than 3

Source: Guns.com