Man Busted with 1,000 Guns Now Faces 64 Felony Charges

By Tom Knighton

Los Angeles Police Department via AP

A while back, the internet erupted with news of a massive stash of guns being found in a Bel Aire, CA home. When I say massive, I don’t mean that in the way the media typically does, where the guy has a few rifles, a few pistols, and his grandpa’s old shotgun. No, this was massive even by the scale of most gun owners. I mean somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,000 guns.

Now, the owner of those guns is facing 64 felony counts, most of which wouldn’t be an issue in the vast majority of the country.

A California man faces 64 felony counts after authorities say they found a cache of more than 1,000 guns at his home in the exclusive, upscale Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Girard Damian Saenz, 58, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that included 23 counts of possession of assault weapons. His arrest in May drew a barrage of media coverage to the expansive residence not far from the Playboy Mansion.

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Police have said Saenz has a federal “curios and relics” gun license but was not authorized to sell weapons. He was released from custody on …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms