24 October 2013 (14:26 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/02 Aban 1391/20 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711
A truck hauling a load of semi-automatic AR-15 rifles arrived in Louisiana minus one pallet load of AR-15s! Officials now believe 63 AR-15s went missing in Memphis, Tennessee. The guns were discovered missing on 14 October, two days after the shipment arrived in Louisiana.
Four people have been arrested in Louisiana, but supposedly they are refusing to tell cops were the guns are! One of those arrested was a security guard. One man was charged only with possession of stolen items. Police have not explained why they think the men are connected to the stolen AR-15s.
Main streamer news media are reporting the AR-15s are “high powered” weapons which is BS. The AR-15 uses 5.56mm (.223 caliber) ammo, which is not high powered when compared to most ammo used for hunting, like 7mm, 7.62mm (.308 caliber) and definitely not when compared to .30-06 caliber.
I still don’t understand why the general gun owning public is so enamored with the AR-15, it’s a piece-o-crap for the money when compared to the much simpler to use and maintain semi-auto Ruger Mini-14 (which uses the same ammo).
Federal ATF officials say they are considering the missing AR-15s a “crime of opportunity”, not terrorism.