PA Man Has 39 Firearms Seized. NBC Call It A “Massive Arsenal”

By John Crump

Opinion

Philadelphia, PA –-(Ammoland.com)-“Philadelphia police seize massive arsenal of weapons from suicidal man’s home,” the NBC headline reads.

NBC’s national story goes onto state, “The man, who has been hospitalized, had at least 39 guns, multiple grenades and more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition, according to police.”

The story is about a 72-year-old man, whose son was concerned for his father’s wellbeing. The son reported to police that he was worried about his dad and that his father had guns.

Police responded by raiding the man’s house and seizing all his firearms even though the man’s family says he wasn’t a danger to anyone but himself.

The police said the unnamed man had 19 handguns and 20 long guns. The NBC news story said he had an “M-16 military-type rifle” which most likely was an AR-15. The other long guns consisted of hunting rifles.

The grenades referenced in the headlines were inert. The man was an avid collector of World War II memorabilia and firearms all his life. The grenades were from that era.

The “massive stockpile of firearms” was not an unusual amount to most …Read the Rest

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