Philly PD loses M16

[AS350Driver 56]

The Philadelphia police dept. has lost an M16. During a press conference earlier the commissioner even said that "assault weapons" are used in less than 2% of crimes.

 

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Police-Department-203025221.html

[Shawnmoore81 623]

Maybe Eric holder took it

[RubberBullets 65]

"The department received the gun and 1,356 other fully-automatic M16s from the federal government in 2009 and the guns were being converted into semi-automatic AR-15 rifles. A regularly-scheduled audit, the first since December 2012, showed that one weapon was"

 

Govt giving them 1,356 full auto rifles.. must be nice

[Vicious 138]

Well, it's a PD, so "who ya gonna call?" I can almost guarantee someone just walked off with it.

[mipafox 438]

Why would they be taking 1300 Vietnam era M16s to covert them into semiautos?  This makes no sense. That picture is not even an A1, it's a slab side.

[JackDaWack 2,895]

Why would they be taking 1300 Vietnam era M16s to covert them into semiautos?  This makes no sense. That picture is not even an A1, it's a slab side.

I was wondering the same thing about the conversion. I don't think they expect anyone to know the difference in the pic. Probably googled m16 and picked the first thing that popped up.

[BlueLineFish 615]

Somebody is in big trouble

[KpdPipes 388]

Why would they be taking 1300 Vietnam era M16s to covert them into semiautos? This makes no sense. That picture is not even an A1, it's a slab side.

 

because people whine about the Police having Full Auto

[BlueLineFish 615]

 

 

because people whine about the Police having Full Auto

 

Lol..nice one

[JrzyGuy30 0]

Somebody is in big trouble

 

And what would happen to the officer who was responsible for that m16?

[mipafox 438]

because people whine about the Police having Full Auto

 

So they prefer 45 year old guns?

[Vicious 138]

At least they're finally putting that camera in front of their storeroom.

[BlueLineFish 615]

 

 

And what would happen to the officer who was responsible for that m16?

 

I'm sure they are speaking to everyone who has access to that room

[Candide 0]

 

 

And what would happen to the officer who was responsible for that m16?

 

Prob depends on where and how it turns up or how it went missing.

[10X 3,303]

Not sure why the Philly PD thought they needed 1357 M16's, but that question aside, I'm surprised they only lost one over the past 4-5 years. Not excusing it, but cynical me would have predicted a lot more than that would have walked off.

[GRIZ 3,369]

So they prefer 45 year old guns?

 

Being free i don't think that bothered them. Most military small arms are carried a lot and shot little as I'm sure you know.

[mipafox 438]

Being free i don't think that bothered them.  Most military small arms are carried a lot and shot little as I'm sure you know.

 

I suppose it's possible, but it doesn;t make any sense.  They have plenty of other peoples' money for ARs.  

 

And all the arms I carried in the military were shot to hell.  We didn't spend our weeks painting decks and they didn't teach us how to cook in OSUT.

[1LtCAP 4,264]

Not sure why the Philly PD thought they needed 1357 M16's, but that question aside, I'm surprised they only lost one over the past 4-5 years. Not excusing it, but cynical me would have predicted a lot more than that would have walked off.

 

have you been to some of the more depressed sections of the city lately?

[Handyman 5,682]

Isn't Philly gun free? They should not need any guns at all.

[Shawnmoore81 623]

I don't understand why they would convert them to semi.

[Handyman 5,682]

I thought I saw a picture of Shawn Moore's kid holding it up on his facebook page!

 

(Sorry, couldn;t resist...)

[CMJeepster 2,779]

Not sure why the Philly PD thought they needed 1357 M16's....

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE

 

[GRIZ 3,369]

 

 

I suppose it's possible, but it doesn;t make any sense.  They have plenty of other peoples' money for ARs.  

 

And all the arms I carried in the military were shot to hell.  We didn't spend our weeks painting decks and they didn't teach us how to cook in OSUT.

 

I was issued two brand new weapons from 1967 to 2009. The first was a M16E1 as a SP4 in Vietnam and the other a M9 about 1991 as a Major.

 

I don't understand why they would convert them to semi.

 

I'm sure they didn't want to spend the time or money training everyone how to shoot full auto. Not a big issue as the uses for full auto in LE are very limited. If you wanted a full auto weapon issued in the agency I worked for you first had to be an expert shooter at a minimum and complete 3-4 long days of training. Add to that at least 1000 rds plus a year to maintain proficiency. All of that is expensive even for the Federal government.

[Shawnmoore81 623]

Yeah but some south jersey towns have full autos. The Philly cops could actually use em

[Candide 0]

Jackson has select fire mp5's

[quikz 34]

Sorry, IMHO.... not a fan of that archaic AR, DI platform.

 

So, would not miss it on my end.

 

 

 

[Porthole 15]

The coast guard at the point pleasant station "lost" an M-16 years ago.

 

One of the results was that the "law enforcement" guardsman were not allowed weapons while on patrol.

That all backfired when they responded to reported a woman screaming tor help on Treasure Island one night and they couldn't go ashore because they had no weapons. No balls either.

 

The assailant was only armed with a knife. And the woman was assaulted.

[Sht 3]

How cool would it be "finding" a m16. I'd bury that shit right quick.