Gun hoarder found with thousands of weapons

[malaise]

http://www.nbcmontana.com/gun-hoarder-found-with-thousands-of-weapons/36037988
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A South Carolina man is facing charges after authorities say they found 7,000-10,000 guns stored on his property.

Chesterfield County sheriff's deputies arrested Brent Nicholson, 51, of Pageland Saturday. The guns were found stacked in his house, a nearby storage building, a liquor store he runs with his father and at his parents' home, The Charlotte Observer in North Carolina reported.

“There were so many guns we quit counting after a while,” Sheriff Jay Brooks said.

"This investigation is far from over."

Besides the guns, authorities also found crossbows, ammunition, taxidermed animal heads and scores of chainsaws.

The sheriff said it appeared Nicholson was accumulating weapons, not selling them.

"There’s no evidence that he even used them,” Brooks said. “There’s no evidence that he was selling them –- he just wanted them. His house looked like that hoarders program on TV."

[Electric Monk]

1. If/when this gets locked in GD, please feel free to continue in the existing GCRA or LBN threads

LBN http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141243218

GCRA http://www.democraticunderground.com/12629945

[daleanime]

2. And, unfortunately....

it's sure to be.

[malaise]

3. 7,000 - 10,000 guns is a huge national story

and his house looked like one you see on hoarding buried alive - how the hell did this happen?

[gratuitous]

4. Charges are having to do with potential theft of weapons

Because I was going to say, this happening in South Carolina, there couldn't possibly be a law against owning more guns than a person needs, but not as many as a person wants.

Mr. Nicholson looks like a nice fellow, what with running a liquor store with dear old dad and everything.

[malaise]

6. Let me put it this way

I'd be terrified if I ran into Mr. Nicholson - I wonder how many more Mr. Nicholson's are out there.

[LanternWaste]

5. Is it polite to call a him a hoarder rather than a simple collector or aficionado?

Is it polite to call a him a hoarder rather than a simple collector or aficionado? I'd certainly hate to offend the sensibilities of his erstwhile and oppressed allies in their dedication to a this most righteous and harmless weekend hobby so dear to them...

[malaise]

7. I'd need expert advice to decide the number that moves this from aficionado to hoarder

I mean seriously - this is one sick person.

[blogslut]

18. Yeah, he's a hoarder.

There's video of the condition of the home in this news report:

http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/crime/2015/10/24/deputies-seize-thousands-of-guns-in-chesterfield-county/74529856/

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. Is it illegal to stockpile guns?

[malaise]

9. I don't know but many of these were stolen n/t

[aikoaiko]

15. Nope but he was arrested on drug charges and they confiscated the weapons.

[MohRokTah]

10. So what law did this guy violate?

I'm all for more stringent gun laws, but I see nothing in the law that says you cannot own 10,000 firearms.

On Edit : The linked story here says some fo the guns may have been stolen. That's clearly a violation of the law if they were.

[Glassunion]

12. From the article in the OP:

"Nicholson had been arrested and charged with trafficking opium and heroin earlier in the week in Union County. The Charlotte TV station said deputies reportedly had gone to serve him with a subpoena Friday and noticed what appeared to be stolen goods in his front yard."

[cwydro]

11. This is just down the road from our farm.

We're wondering if we've been in that liquor store (called Red Dot stores in SC).

[malaise]

13. Probably not

Ha

[cwydro]

14. It's kinda hard to tell lol.

A lot of guys in NC look like that.

But we're thinking that's the one we visited a couple summers ago.

The place (the store) was a hoarder's dream.

[aikoaiko]

16. Hopefully they will all find new homes via a FFL transfer or be returned to rightful owners.

[Orrex]

17. He'd have been safe if only he'd had more guns.

If only...