Since he was the CEO of the city at that time, he probably authorized the purchase "for the police department" or some other LEO in his jurisdiction. All the paper work probably showed that the guns were purchase at LE pricing. I'm sure LE (department as a unit, not individual officer) pays a whole lot less than us mortals.
When the gats arrived, ole Jim took them home.
I'm sure the investigation will show something similar to my guess.
Drop an auto sears are cheap, that's all you need for full auto if you have an SOT. It's not anymore expansive than just buying whatever gun you want to be your full auto base, any AR, AK, SKS, Glock, whatever you want then make it auto
Some part wears out in SKS and it becomes auto. Some guy went to jail for shooting full auto from worn out SKS.
Any parts of 1911 can wear out to convert it to auto?
There is one, full-auto model that is also available in semi-auto (civilian version) that
costs $6K for the semi-auto, but is only $900 (yes, nine hundred) for the full auto.
Free-market squirt-guns? Well for one of the hoi-ploi [ such as myself ] that’s, what? a bid of 20? Interesting to see what it nets this guy, being in an upper tier and all.
Mayor Kasim Reed, go figure one of his "henchmen" are going to prison. I live in Atlanta and his ex staff are all going to prison one by one from everything from malfeasance to downright theft and racketeering. The ladder leads up to Kasim and he'll eventually be caught up in the whole mess and suffer the consequences. Everybody here knows he's a crook, his entire administration (just about) has been indicted already so it's just a matter of time when somebody roles over on him for a plea deal. You won't see this in the MSM.
Yep. They are still investigating Kasim & his henchmen. Trying to figure out where all the money went. I am not too sure about Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms either. I have no use for her. I work in and around ATL but live outside the city. I am about at the point of wanting to move further out. Things are growing up too much where we are now.
Agree with Ricky T.
Many years ago, a friend got a real USGI Thompson on department letterhead at government sales price of $250. A new Auto Ordnance/Numrich was about $1250 at the time. It was on the up and up, he paid the $250, the department took delivery and issued it to him. When he was killed in a crash, the Thompson was scooped up off the roadside with the rest of his guns; the Thompson went back to the department, his Python, etc, to his family.
CFO has to be one of the primary focus points of any decent corporate or state/municipal oversight review. That office's expenses have to be professionally audited, and not by someone reporting to the CFO.
If that CFO individual isn't ethical and precise in handling matters entrusted to him/her, all bets are off as to the entire rest of the organization.
Others at lower levels will almost certainly be stealing as well... because they know what the CFO is doing. "Monkey see, monkey do" applies, whether the phrase is PC or not. Someone in Accounts Payable had to know (well, unless staffed by three blind mice), and word travels fast..
Taxpayers in Atlanta should be aware that that's how their tax monies are being used/stolen.
What does a full auto AR cost if you happen to be LE or Military buying direct from the factory?
I know full autos in private market are outrageously expensive. But the military isn't paying that kind of money for them. And they can't be that much more expensive to make than a regular semi auto version...can they?
Years ago at the range, a member of the gun club there was surrounded by other members shooting, trying to cover the sound, while shooting a full auto sks. I picked out the noise of the rapid auto fire right away. Thats a longtime to be locked up for being stupid. I learned decades ago with larger mags, even in a semi auto we only waste more ammo. I’m very happy with a bolt action rifle.
A guy that I used to buy from and shoot with years ago.
He got a Daewoo "assault rifle" into his inventory at his shop. We took it out to the range one day and discovered that low and behold, if you went light on the trigger pull it would go full auto. He asked me if I wanted to buy it. I told him that I would not touch it with a ten foot pole. Not sure what he ever did with it.
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