Hundreds Of Guns Stolen From Tennessee UPS Facility

By Tom Knighton

I think we can all agree that stolen guns are a problem. Any time firearms are stolen, we’re right to assume that those weapons will end up on the black market, likely sold to those who are legally barred from owning firearms due to felony convictions and whatnot.

Frankly, nothing good ever comes out of stolen guns.

Now it seems that somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 guns were recently stolen from a UPS facility in Tennessee.

About 400 guns have been stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Memphis, Tennessee, and authorities are concerned about the theft’s potential effect on public safety in this city and elsewhere.

Two people driving a U-Haul truck stole the weapons from a UPS facility in Memphis on Sunday, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Monday. 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.

Investigators are looking into exactly how many guns were taken, but the estimate of 400 stolen firearms makes it one of the largest single gun thefts the ATF has investigated, bureau spokesman Michael Knight said. ATF agents and the Memphis Police Department …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms