Meanwhile back around 1983, the Ft. Laudedale Armory lost something close to 100 M-16A1s, a few M203s and cases of grenades because guys left watching it had been slipping shit out the back door for months. Keep in mind this is near the height of the drug wars in Miami. Lots of it ended arming the various factions of the drug trade.
But I know a few "survivalist" types who bought some of it when word got out that it was available. There was even a Miami Vice episode "No Exit" that was loosely based upon this event, but unlike Miami Vice they didn't actually lose any Stinger missiles. They also didn't catch anyone involved as far as I know. But lots of freaked out South Florida LEOs were aware of the fact that it happened and this was decades before patrol carbines were a thing. Most were still rolling wheel guns and 870s.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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