The M-3 grease guns went to a local police department, where they mysteriously vanished. The Liberators met a far worse fate than mere theft. There were ordered destroyed by the ATF, as they had no serial numbers. Also discovered were the original stamping tools to make the pistols, and these were ordered destroyed as well since the company was not licensed to make firearms. [More]Simply obscene.
[Via Ed D]
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The Resistance symbolism of the Liberator pistol, as described in Mike Vanderboegh's "What Good is a Handgun Against an Army?" must really have rankled them, more than the not having serial numbers.
I'm assuming basic cognitive abilities here. Maybe I shouldn't.
With all the Tucson fuss, I remembered John Ross's "Unintended Consequences" and how Henry Bowman owned a mail-ordered Solothurn anti-tank cannon. No doubt some of THEM are out there unacounted for and undestroyed. I hope it gives the ATF insomnia and the shakes.
Typical of authoritative thugs, destroy history and suppress the truth.
Those items would have made beautiful additions to the many museums with WWII displays.
Such a shame to waste 'real' historical items for the foreign ideals of our once enemy.
Did we really win?
Sad.
Dann in Ohio
I often wonder how many expensive, historical or irreplaceable pieces get turned in during "gun buyback" programs.
Government stealing and destroying guns? I'm shocked, SHOCKED...
You have to wonder if departments could make more money by auctioning these weapons off to private citizens or public collections.
*headdesk*
Destroy the tools because they aren't a 'licensed' manufacturer?
Am I to worry that the AFT will tell me to destroy my hacksaw and blowtorch and welder?
What a bunch of loons.
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