Australian police confiscate 328 guns

[Kelor]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013 ... -farm?lite

Some of the comments will make you chuckle.

[2in2out]

Guilty until proven innocent.

[minnhawk]

Hang all three. Obviously terrorists waiting for the right time to overthrow the penal colony down under.


(Dear jackwagons: turn on your sarcasm meter)

[Snakeman721]

So...the two air rifles pictured are illegal too? What a crock!

[Sietch]

Among the 328 weapons were military-style automatic rifles, some of which were worth up to $50,000 each, and Glock handguns worth $10,000, police said.

"Comments from Glock about the guns' reported values were impossible to discern over raucous laughter during a phone call. The company's spokesperson did exclaim 'ten thousand dollars!' several times between guffaws."

...the haul contained military-style guns such as AK-47s, MP5 sub-machine guns and rifles featuring telescopic lenses.

...police also seized several unlicensed binoculars. Lol.

Stories like this serve to remind us how easily it could happen here.

[20mm]

Stories like this serve to remind us how easily it could will happen here.

Fixed it for ya.

Glock handguns worth $10,000

Just think of the profit though!

[MXGreg]

You have to adjust for the exchange rate. That $10,000 AU Glock is only worth $9108.30 US.

[smurfman]

Maybe they are using Gander Mountain's prices to determine value.

I read that as a total value of $10,000 for however many Glocks there were, not each. The previous sentence regarding military weapons mentioned prices of individuals as being "up to" $50,000 with the value of Glocks written as an aggregate of $10,000.

It could also be a translation mistake as they don't speak real English down there, don't ya know.

[northernbird]

"Our fear is that these firearms are high-caliber firearms that if they got into the wrong hands they could certainly be used in a nasty way."

Kinda gives you a picture of the mentality that demonizing guns breeds.. I'm sure those hunting rifles were the weapon of choice for most violent firearm criminals down under..