"This isn't so much a firearms case as it was an illegal storage case."
Gimme a break! It's a witch hunt, pure and simple.
His illegal assault rifles were bought before they were outlawed in 2000, indicating that McKiernan was at least trying to be a law-abiding collector, Mayman said.
Oh he was TRYING, but he had guns--so that sums up the effort... I would like to see a list of these
illegal assult rifles.
after it was over, authorities found the arsenal and a 30-foot long tunnel beneath the house.
Someone want to fill me in on what this has to do with anything... Other than the media's attempt to paint this guy as "evil, paranoid, and secretive"? So what! I have a crawlspace the whole width of my house off the basement left over from the addition--makes for good storage space. Who cares?
So check me if I'm wrong here... House burns, but his wife might be allowed to sell his collection to help ofset the costs of the house (uninsured). Sounds like the guns were stored pretty well if they're in resale condition. Bullets exploding? Somehow I'm having difficulty with this one. the weapons are secured, but ammo isn't? 185 pounds of gunpowder--in a house fire--and only one container ignited? Seems to say the rest was pretty well secured too. Sounds like the guy's reloading bench burned and everything else was secured away the way it ought to be--as in one powder out at a time, and that's the one that ignited. As for the quantity itself---buying bulk is always cheaper... I kind of have the feeling there was about a dozen or more different KINDS of powder in that inventory, any reloader would know that, and it's easily justifiable along those lines if he's half the collector and reloader as quite a few others I know. But leave it to the media to paint their own picture... I'd say we're missing a LOT of vital details here.
Well that was enough to get the feathers ruffled tonight...
