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Some stolen US military guns used in violent crimes around the nation
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Nearly 2K military guns stolen, some used for violent crimes
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police. Don’t do it! a pursuing officer pleaded. The young man complied, releasing the bystander and tossing the gun, which skittered across the city street and then into the hands of police.
Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police.
“Don’t do it!” a pursuing officer pleaded. The young man complied, releasing the bystander and tossing the gun, which skittered across the city street and then into the hands of police.
They soon learned that the 9-millimeter Beretta had a rap sheet. Bullet casings linked it to four shootings, all of them in Albany, N.Y.
And there was something else. The pistol was U.S. Army property, a weapon intended for use against America’s enemies, not on its streets.
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The Army couldn’t say how its Beretta M9 got to New York’s capital. Until the June 2018 police foot chase, the Army didn’t even realize someone had stolen the gun. Inventory records checked by investigators said the M9 was 600 miles away safe inside Ft. Bragg in North Carolina.
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A photo illustration showing a gun tied to four shootings in Albany, New York, an investigative document and surveillance video of one shooting.
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CORRECTION: A photo illustration of military rifles inside a U.S. Marine Corps arms room at Camp Foster.
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A photo illustration of a U.S. Air Force arms room attendant and gun at Scott Air Force Base.
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In this June 21, 2019, photo made available by the U.S. Marine Corps, a recruit receives a rifle at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. The armory is in charge of over 10,000 rifles on Parris Island. In the first public accounting of its kind in decades, an Associated Press investigation has found that at least 1,900 U.S. military firearms were lost or stolen during the 2010s, with some resurfacing in violent crimes. APâs total is a certain undercount of a problem some armed services have downplayed.
Some stolen U S military firearms are used in violent crimes
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