The paper reported that it is unclear if the gun was assembled at the time it disappeared or whether it is fully or semi-automatic.A police department in Florida that lost an assault rifle given to it through a federal government program will not receive an armored assault vehicle through the same federal government program that gave it the gun.
Florida Today reported Thursday that the Melbourne Police Department can't find a Colt M-16 rifle that had been given to it through a government program that gives surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies nationwide. The rifle was one of 65 the program gave to the Melbourne police and was discovered missing in January.
So if you lose a rifle given to you by the feds, you don't get a free armored vehicle. What the Melbourne PD would need a free armored vehicle for is never asked, and apparently not getting one isn't the end of the world either which makes one wonder if they needed one in the first place.
Blame is being placed on a lousy inventory system.
Just consider the consequences if you, as a non-police officer, lost a Class III firearm and didn't report that until a federal audit revealed the loss. I'm quite positive that the penalty would be more severe than losing the shot at being given an armored vehicle, nor would blaming your inventory system do you much good.
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Snerk... If it's an M-16, it is either full auto (most probable) or three round burst.
I wonder if they pulled out and swaped the full auto fire control parts for semi before they handed it over.
You're probably right that it was full auto.
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