AS350Driver 56 Posted April 15, 2013 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawnmoore81 623 Posted April 15, 2013 Maybe Eric holder took it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RubberBullets 65 Posted April 15, 2013 "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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vicious 138 Posted April 15, 2013 Well, it's a PD, so "who ya gonna call?" I can almost guarantee someone just walked off with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted April 15, 2013 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackDaWack 2,895 Posted April 15, 2013 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueLineFish 615 Posted April 15, 2013 Somebody is in big trouble Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KpdPipes 388 Posted April 15, 2013 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueLineFish 615 Posted April 15, 2013 because people whine about the Police having Full Auto Lol..nice one Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JrzyGuy30 0 Posted April 15, 2013 Somebody is in big trouble And what would happen to the officer who was responsible for that m16? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted April 15, 2013 because people whine about the Police having Full Auto So they prefer 45 year old guns? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vicious 138 Posted April 15, 2013 At least they're finally putting that camera in front of their storeroom. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueLineFish 615 Posted April 15, 2013 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Candide 0 Posted April 15, 2013 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10X 3,319 Posted April 15, 2013 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GRIZ 3,369 Posted April 15, 2013 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted April 15, 2013 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1LtCAP 4,264 Posted April 15, 2013 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? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handyman 5,682 Posted April 15, 2013 Isn't Philly gun free? They should not need any guns at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawnmoore81 623 Posted April 15, 2013 I don't understand why they would convert them to semi. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handyman 5,682 Posted April 15, 2013 I thought I saw a picture of Shawn Moore's kid holding it up on his facebook page! (Sorry, couldn;t resist...) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CMJeepster 2,781 Posted April 15, 2013 Not sure why the Philly PD thought they needed 1357 M16's.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GRIZ 3,369 Posted April 16, 2013 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shawnmoore81 623 Posted April 16, 2013 Yeah but some south jersey towns have full autos. The Philly cops could actually use em Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Candide 0 Posted April 16, 2013 Jackson has select fire mp5's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quikz 34 Posted April 16, 2013 Sorry, IMHO.... not a fan of that archaic AR, DI platform. So, would not miss it on my end. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Porthole 15 Posted April 16, 2013 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sht 3 Posted April 16, 2013 How cool would it be "finding" a m16. I'd bury that shit right quick. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites