Wed Jun 27, 2012, 07:32 AM
Omaha Steve (36,071 posts)
Scouts find bag of guns while cleaning up
Source: Omaha World Herald
LEXINGTON — A cleanup project by Lexington Boy Scouts turned up more than just a bagful of trash Sunday night as one Scout pulled a sack of firearms from the pond next to the Dawson County Museum. The Lexington Police Department responded to a call at 6:54 p.m. Sunday from Troop 88 Scoutmaster Bo Berry. Scout Dakota Wigstone and his father, Mark Wigstone, were part of a cleanup project at the pond. The boys were using a hook attached to a pole to reach the trash around the edge of the pond when Dakota located the bag. Inside was an assortment of firearms. FULL story at link. Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20120627/NEWS/120629774/1707#scouts-find-bag-of-guns-while-cleaning-up
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40 replies, 3286 views
| Author | Time | Post | |
| Omaha Steve | Jun 2012 | OP | |
| ashling | Jun 2012 | #1 | |
| Scootaloo | Jun 2012 | #2 | |
| hack89 | Jun 2012 | #8 | |
| Scootaloo | Jun 2012 | #15 | |
| hack89 | Jun 2012 | #16 | |
| onehandle | Jun 2012 | #3 | |
| RitchieRich | Jun 2012 | #4 | |
| harmonicon | Jun 2012 | #5 | |
| RitchieRich | Jun 2012 | #7 | |
| uh clem | Jun 2012 | #18 | |
| RitchieRich | Jun 2012 | #20 | |
| bongbong | Jun 2012 | #26 | |
| 4th law of robotics | Jun 2012 | #11 | |
| Javaman | Jun 2012 | #12 | |
| 4th law of robotics | Jun 2012 | #17 | |
| ManiacJoe | Jun 2012 | #31 | |
| RitchieRich | Jun 2012 | #22 | |
| 4th law of robotics | Jun 2012 | #23 | |
| RitchieRich | Jun 2012 | #25 | |
| LanternWaste | Jun 2012 | #35 | |
| RitchieRich | Jun 2012 | #38 | |
| RitchieRich | Jun 2012 | #39 | |
| -..__... | Jun 2012 | #13 | |
| bongbong | Jun 2012 | #27 | |
| ileus | Jun 2012 | #28 | |
| RitchieRich | Jun 2012 | #33 | |
| 4th law of robotics | Jun 2012 | #34 | |
| petronius | Jun 2012 | #36 | |
| 4th law of robotics | Jun 2012 | #37 | |
| slackmaster | Jun 2012 | #6 | |
| iamthebandfanman | Jun 2012 | #9 | |
| demwing | Jun 2012 | #10 | |
| BlueIris | Jun 2012 | #21 | |
| demwing | Jun 2012 | #40 | |
| Blue_Tires | Jun 2012 | #14 | |
| BlueIris | Jun 2012 | #19 | |
| LanternWaste | Jun 2012 | #24 | |
| ileus | Jun 2012 | #29 | |
| Archae | Jun 2012 | #30 | |
| ManiacJoe | Jun 2012 | #32 |
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 07:48 AM
ashling (19,448 posts)
1. At first I thought
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they were cleaning up the scout hut.
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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 08:01 AM
Scootaloo (6,069 posts)
2. Now there's a basis for a system of government n/t
Response to Scootaloo (Reply #2)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:10 AM
hack89 (21,518 posts)
8. Doesn't the lack of a watery tart concern you? nt
Response to hack89 (Reply #8)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:25 PM
Scootaloo (6,069 posts)
15. Don't repress me! n/t
Response to Scootaloo (Reply #15)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:31 PM
hack89 (21,518 posts)
16. "Some lovely filth over here!" nt
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 08:02 AM
onehandle (35,974 posts)
3. One of the many ways that gun culture adds to gun crime.
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Not securing your hoard of death tools.
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Response to onehandle (Reply #3)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 08:11 AM
RitchieRich (238 posts)
4. ????
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They were not misplaced, they were not used by responsible citizens.
Normal gun owners keep them in a safe. Someone or some organization used them for some heavy stuff then dumped them. |
Response to RitchieRich (Reply #4)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 08:54 AM
harmonicon (11,996 posts)
5. That's just speculation. I think, more likely, this kid is a modern day King Arthur.
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Suck it, Excalibur. You've been replaced by a bag o' guns.
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Response to harmonicon (Reply #5)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:03 AM
RitchieRich (238 posts)
7. wonder what the reporting requirements are?
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Sure it depends a lot on the date of manufacture.
If they were inoperable and not used in any crimes, I could weld them into one hell of a cool sculpture. Thinking "Game of Thrones" style Kingly chair. -or, steampunk robot, or a bad-future My Pretty Pony. |
Response to RitchieRich (Reply #4)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 01:01 PM
uh clem (55 posts)
18. One of the great things
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about being a gun lover is, when one of them does something stupid or criminal with a gun, the other gun lovers reclassify them to keep their reputation clean.
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Response to uh clem (Reply #18)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 01:08 PM
RitchieRich (238 posts)
20. The same applies to the far Left
Response to RitchieRich (Reply #20)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 02:38 PM
bongbong (5,436 posts)
26. LOL
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You're thinking of repigs, who now say chiimpo (ex-president Cheney's assistant) wasn't a "real" conservative.
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Response to onehandle (Reply #3)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 11:23 AM
4th law of robotics (6,801 posts)
11. Huh? What crime occurred here?
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And it's unlikely they were usable.
/most experts agree that storing guns under water is not ideal. |
Response to 4th law of robotics (Reply #11)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:08 PM
Javaman (40,855 posts)
12. A buddy of mine is a Viet Nam vet...
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When on patrol they would sometimes uncover bags full of Ak's. They all had been heavily greased then dropped in the river.
after a bit of cleaning, they all fired perfectly fine. |
Response to Javaman (Reply #12)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:34 PM
4th law of robotics (6,801 posts)
17. Well yeah, an AK47 would be just fine
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they were *designed* to be treated like shit.
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Response to 4th law of robotics (Reply #17)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 02:56 PM
ManiacJoe (5,623 posts)
31. The key phrase there being "heavily greased".
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Proper preservation steps make all the difference in the world.
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Response to 4th law of robotics (Reply #11)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 01:25 PM
RitchieRich (238 posts)
22. ....crime occurred? :
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I'm going to answer this under the assumption that its not a joke.
Finding a bag of guns in the water is suspect like... like... Michael Jackson applying to Kids-R-Us...no, like... finding a sales receipt for a large wooden box, a stick tied to a string, and toys, at Michael Jackson's house. In other words, one can reasonably assume that something very bad happened prior to the discovery. |
Response to RitchieRich (Reply #22)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 01:27 PM
4th law of robotics (6,801 posts)
23. I was responding to a post
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that equated finding a bag of guns in a lake to another gun crime due to our culture or some such thing.
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Response to 4th law of robotics (Reply #23)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 01:43 PM
RitchieRich (238 posts)
25. This site still confuses me.
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Which is... terribly difficult.
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Response to RitchieRich (Reply #25)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 04:01 PM
LanternWaste (16,492 posts)
35. Different opinions often do that to people.
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Different opinions often do that to people.
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Response to LanternWaste (Reply #35)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 07:50 AM
RitchieRich (238 posts)
38. I was joking about the branches of the comment structure
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My level of interest in conforming to the Far Far Left is similar to what I feel for the Far Right. Did you feel a little burn of hypocrisy as you wrote that?
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Response to RitchieRich (Reply #38)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 08:11 AM
RitchieRich (238 posts)
39. I'M HERE!! I'M POLICALLY MODERATE!!! GET USED TO IT!!!
Response to onehandle (Reply #3)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:18 PM
-..__... (7,776 posts)
13. "Hoard of death tools"?
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Where and how do you people come up with this shit?
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Response to -..__... (Reply #13)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 02:40 PM
bongbong (5,436 posts)
27. Pig tools
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These are the kinds of things that repigs drool over.
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Response to -..__... (Reply #13)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 02:44 PM
ileus (9,309 posts)
28. If guns are death spewers you've posted pictures of Death Blowers....
Response to -..__... (Reply #13)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 03:01 PM
RitchieRich (238 posts)
33. "BugZapping Light Saber"
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in one end put: 2 bugzappers, one light saber, and a guy who likes to build stuff. out the other side: frightened extremists. |
Response to -..__... (Reply #13)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 03:51 PM
4th law of robotics (6,801 posts)
34. What's the first one called?
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That looks pretty useful.
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Response to 4th law of robotics (Reply #34)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 04:04 PM
petronius (19,789 posts)
36. It's a nail puller. Or, according to the Dead On tools catalog,
Response to petronius (Reply #36)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 04:34 PM
4th law of robotics (6,801 posts)
37. Cool site
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 09:23 AM
slackmaster (60,567 posts)
6. Asshole thieves
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Response to slackmaster (Reply #6)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:57 AM
iamthebandfanman (6,761 posts)
9. thats not a nice thing
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to say about the scouts..
im sure if you call them, theyll give them back lol |
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 11:00 AM
demwing (11,150 posts)
10. @ first glance, I read this as SCOTUS finds a bag of guns
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which would have been a very interesting story
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Response to BlueIris (Reply #21)
Thu Jun 28, 2012, 08:44 AM
demwing (11,150 posts)
40. Ok, I owe you a coke
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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:18 PM
Blue_Tires (31,870 posts)
14. Those came from that other government sting operation
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"Bi and Curious"
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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 01:04 PM
BlueIris (29,135 posts)
19. I misread this as 'SCOTUS finds bag of guns while cleaning up.'
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Actually had me thinking, "Damn; people are leaving all kinds of crap in government buildings these days."
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Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 01:31 PM
LanternWaste (16,492 posts)
24. Difficult to be surprised when I realize...
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Difficult to be surprised when I realize that the U.S. is consistently the number one manufacture and consistently in the top five purchaser of small arms in the world.
"When a country decides to invest in arms, rather than in education, housing, the environment, and health services for its people, it is depriving a whole generation of its right to prosperity and happiness. We have produced one firearm for every ten inhabitants of this planet, and yet we have not bothered to end hunger when such a feat is well within our reach." -Oscar Arias Sanchez- |
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 02:45 PM
ileus (9,309 posts)
29. Sad end to someones fine collection.
Response to Omaha Steve (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 02:47 PM
Archae (26,619 posts)
30. What I'd like to know is how long they were underwater.
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Milwaukee police just found a car with Minnesota plates in a river, it had been there at least 30 years.
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Response to Archae (Reply #30)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 03:00 PM
ManiacJoe (5,623 posts)
32. Less than a year.
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Stolen during a "burglary of a Lexington residence in August 2011."
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