Missing Military Firearms Found After Violent Crimes

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.

At Fort Campbell, from 2013 to 2016, soldiers stole machine gun parts and other items that ended up with online buyers in Russia, China, Mexico and elsewhere. The civilian ringleader from Clarksville, who was found with a warehouse of items, was convicted. Authorities said he made hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Weapons disappearances have happened across the armed forces.

Government records covering the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force show pistols, machine guns, shotguns and automatic assault rifles have vanished from armories, supply warehouses, Navy warships, firing ranges and other places where they were used, stored or transported. These weapons of war disappeared because of unlocked doors, sleeping troops, a surveillance system that didn’t record, break-ins and other security lapses that, until now, have not been publicly reported. (Read more from “Missing Military Firearms Found After Violent Crimes” HERE)

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