Gun Control & RKBA

HeartachesNhangovers

(834 posts) Sat Jan 21, 2017, 12:40 PM Jan 2017

MP-5 Missing From FBI Agent's Car

They're not quite sure when it disappeared and would appreciate any tips about it's whereabouts. CA just made it illegal to improperly secure firearms, and for once they didn't exempt law enforcement, so this may have interesting ramifications.

I'm not sure how much sense it makes for FBI agents to drive around with sub-machine guns in their cars as a normal practice.

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/FBI-looking-for-submachine-gun-stolen-from-10873040.php

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MP-5 Missing From FBI Agent's Car (Original Post) HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2017 OP

Depends on what the agent's normal duty is Lurks Often Jan 2017 #1

The law states that it is to be locked in a trunk or safe container. yagotme Jan 2017 #2

Uh, the days of a 30-30 hung on a headache rack are over, guys. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #3

Hehe .. the days of 10mm MP5s are over, too. HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2017 #4

Didn't know those days had started. 10mm rifle? Like a .44 rifle? Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #5

"Sub machine gun" is SFGate's description of the arm... Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #6

The MP5 is a submachine gun. yagotme Jan 2017 #7

Thanx. I thought so, but MSM has a curious way about gun identification. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #8

"Curious." yagotme Jan 2017 #9

Lurks Often

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1. Depends on what the agent's normal duty is

Reply to HeartachesNhangovers (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 05:25 PM

Jan 2017

If the agent is routinely going after people known to be violent and dangerous, the sub machine gun makes sense.

Also many major FBI offices have agents who have SWAT training as a secondary role, which would require him to have his SWAT gear with him at all times.

yagotme

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2. The law states that it is to be locked in a trunk or safe container.

Reply to HeartachesNhangovers (Original post)

Sun Jan 22, 2017, 08:03 PM

Jan 2017

If the agent has the MP-5 up front for whatever reason, he has to get out, pop the trunk, bring the weapon to the back of the car, and lock it in. Who may have witnessed this? SUV's don't have trunks, anyway. And a handgun safe won't fit an MP-5. We went through this in IL several years back, mandatory trunk storage was trying to be passed. Well, a lot of hunters don't use cars when they go hunt, and trucks and SUV's don't have trunks. It was defeated, thankfully. Right now, I nor the wife have a vehicle that has a trunk.