Attention Gun Owners

I was havin a chat with one of my old mans good mates today. Yesterday he returned from work to find his front door open and the garden hose in the house.

It turns out someone broke into his backyard shed, grabbed his blocksplitter (axe) and smashed open his front door with it. They then busted open his gun safe and stole 6 of his rifles, and completely smashed his ammo safe off the wall and took the whole thing. They used the garden hose to completely soak the inside of his house to apparently remove fingerprints, and then they put rifles and ammo in his missus's car and stole that as well.

He is the 3rd member of his gun club in less than 2 weeks to have this happen, and by the looks of current news ( the old dude that smashed a couple of gun thieves with a baseball bat) it is an increasing problem.

I would love to think that there is a bunch of guys that are now out to wreak havoc on the local great white population, but the reality is these guns are now in the wrong hands.


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What suburb did this happen

Sat, 2011-10-22 17:54

in if you dont mind me asking, very average stuff.   

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Mind filling in the general

Sat, 2011-10-22 17:54

Mind filling in the general area in which the thefts are occuring? Dont need specifics just a general idea.

 

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3rd member of same gun club

Sat, 2011-10-22 17:57

 cynical me says - thats an inside job, or assisted by someone inside the club. 

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Had the same thoughts

Sat, 2011-10-22 18:06

Had the same thoughts

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Yeah definitely a bit suss

Sat, 2011-10-22 18:23

And it was in Morley.

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I'ld be looking at who had membership records

Sat, 2011-10-22 20:29

I would be having a look at who may have been able to get hold of the clubs membership records which would give the address's of club members. It looks suss when the people who got done over are all members of the same club

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Theory

Sat, 2011-10-22 20:35

Not members IMO, just some scum who have probably been observing from a distance and then following people home to see where they live.

Shithouse thing to happen, guns are hard enough to obtain and licence in WA as it is.

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gun thefts

Sun, 2011-10-23 11:48

gotta wonder what they are planning to do with an armoury of guns and ammo.

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Haha Scotto , your a classic,

Sun, 2011-10-23 12:24

Haha Scotto , your a classic, you could manage to segue the cull of the great whites into a detailed discussion on knitting with lama wool....

Better lock up your banjo's......

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