WW II hero's historic gun stolen

[bestdefense357]

http://www.tampatrib.com/floridametronews/MGA79XDS0EC.html

 

[Jason Demond]

What a scum bag! That gun was nothing to him. Where as we see it as a loss of history he saw it as a way to make a couple of bucks,execution would be to good for him.

Now it might be some drugdealers protection peice.

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[Herodotus]

Note that he got only two years jail time (who knows how long he will really serve) for stealing multiple and valuable public propetry, including a firearm, and they are still willing to make deals with him.
Repulsive.
Yes its a shame that we lost a famous man's arm, but it is a bigger shame that we did not get justice.

 

[4V50 Gary]

As with most thefts from museums, it is not a matter of some burglar gaining entry in the middle of the night but of some trusted individual who has access to the object and then violates that trust.

 

[OkieGentleman]

That 10 years probation after he serves his sentence is the hook. His lawyer could not complain about probation and the guy WILL screw up and serve the time.

 

[Robert Foote]

A small museum near here had an original Henry stolen in a midnight smash-and-grab about a year ago. Fortunately the rifle was recovered but no arrests (much less prosecution) ever came of it. Now the rifle sits in a bank vault where nobody can see it.

Unfortunately I suspect that there are quite a few people in this country that would just as soon put history itself in a dark locked room...

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