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

Maybe Eric holder took it

"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

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

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.

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.

Somebody is in big trouble

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

 

 

because people whine about the Police having Full Auto

 

Lol..nice one

Somebody is in big trouble

 

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

because people whine about the Police having Full Auto

 

So they prefer 45 year old guns?

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

 

 

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

 

 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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

 

(Sorry, couldn;t resist...)

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

 

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

 

 

 

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.

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

Jackson has select fire mp5's

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

 

So, would not miss it on my end.

 

 

 

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.

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