Utah Gun Lobbyist Has AR-15 Stolen From His Car

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

TOM KLUDT 9:40 AM EDT, FRIDAY MARCH 29, 2013

A prominent Utah gun lobbyist fell victim to a robbery earlier this week when his AR-15 was stolen from his vehicle, the Salt Lake City Tribune reported.

Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, said his car was locked and parked outside his home on Wednesday, with his weapon secured in a case in the backseat. By Thursday morning, the AR-15 was nowhere to be found. Investigators still have no leads on the missing weapon.

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Link to full Salt Lake City Tribune report
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56076172-78/vehicle-assault-police-rifle.html.csp

[Horse with no Name]

1. The law needs to be clear.

He should be fully responsible for ANY mayhem caused by this weapon.

[liberalmike27]

18. Gun Saying

Buying a gun makes for just another easy thing for the burglar to steal. Same thing here.

It's funny how many people don't understand that a $1200 thing (anything, laptop, whatever) might be something a thief would break a window for and steal.

[Horse with no Name]

32. Did you really just say it was okay for a woman to be raped if a man finds her

dressed provocatively?

[Orrex]

2. If only the gun had been armed, this never would have happened.

[Squinch]

27. Or the car. It's the car's fault. Because you know, guns don't.........

[vduhr]

3. "....his car was locked and parked outside his home

on Wednesday, with his weapon secured in a case in the backseat. By Thursday morning, the AR-15 was nowhere to be found."

Oh for God's sake! He left the gun on the back seat, in his car, which was parked outside, overnight?!

Yup, responsible gun ownership strikes again.

[Flashmann]

4. Lobbyist Has AR-15 Stolen From His Car

First off I have to wonder just HOW a supposedly responsible adult would leave a military grade weapon,if not a machine gun laying,in open sight,on the back seat of a car,EVEN if the car is locked and EVEN if it's in a case.

Secondly,being a cynic and considering that as a gun lobbyist/gun NUT,would this guy have SOLD that rifle to someone who couldn't legally buy one,then gin up a theft tale to cover his own ass?

[BumRushDaShow]

5. !!!!

[Blandocyte]

7. Good points. ARs might as well be made of gold for the prices they're getting now

and I'm talking the prices that just the people who are legally allowed to get one will pay.

[Squinch]

28. This, at least, is a silver lining to the idiocy. Soon they'll all be bankrupt.

[Ahpook]

8. Yes

These people can't be more than 10 feet from those fucking things to begin with. We are supposed to trust he left it in a car?

BS

[caseymoz]

12. Depends . . .

. . . does he always do stupid things like this? Or does he always do corrupt things like that? If he does both, he'll get caught doing something sooner or later.

It sounds like a hard mistake to make. AR-15 isn't what you take out to thwart a carjacking. Forgetting it overnight is like forgetting you're driving with a gold bar in your back seat. I'm certain the police probably know this, too, however.

[Flashmann]

24. does he always do stupid things like this? Or does he always do corrupt things like that?

I really don't mean to sound facetious,though I suspect it's unavoidable.

I think the fact that this guy is a GUN lobbyist,on its own,strongly suggests the answer to both questions is a very loud yes.

Perhaps not stupid and corrupt things like THIS,but stupid and corrupt things?Oh hell yes!

[Blue_Tires]

15. I've always been curious about that...

and how often "manufactured" thefts get staged...

[StepnKretchit]

23. BING-effen-O!

[Blandocyte]

6. At that point, the gun was literally in the hands of a criminal. Not good.

If we make it very difficult to get guns and it reduces the number of guns manufactured and/or sold there will be fewer guns coming into the possession of criminals. Short of a total ban, we need to at least get some major speed bumps into the system to slow the production and sale of guns.

[Historic NY]

20. Another example of a legal gun becoming illegal.......

NRA always complains about enforcement of laws perhaps a new law directed at morons is necessary...

Criminals don't usually buy crap guns on the street but they sure do like to steal them.

[bluedigger]

9. Perhaps he should find a more suitable source of employment in the firearms industry.

His advocacy skills as a lobbyist are questionable.

[mbperrin]

10. Can't cure stupid.

But the NRA and other gun nuts can continue to arm criminals at no charge to the criminal.

Yes, if a crime is committed with this gun, this "man" needs to be charged.

Right now, he just needs a few blows to the head. MIGHT get something working.

[Ash_F]

11. Never leave anything in a case/box/package/bag in plain site in your car.

Especially not a gun.

Experienced thieves always pick out the item before smashing the window as a rule, because they want to minimize the window in which they can be spotted. They can't be on the lookout if they have their nose in a car rummaging around. They rather gamble on not knowing what is in the parcel and that it might be worthless than to get caught. If they can't see anything, they won't break it.

Just some general advice.

[appleannie1]

13. Leaving a gun on a back seat is asking for it to be stolen. He is not smart enough

to be a gun owner.

[Ford_Prefect]

14. Stupid is as Stupid does.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse but Stupid must be.

He left it in plain sight when most people would have at least put it in the trunk.

[Squinch]

29. And in this case, it's likely that Stupid kills.

[frylock]

16. i don't leave anything lying around in my car for fear of inviting a break in..

what kind of stupid mutherfucker leaves a rifle lying exposed in the backseat of his car?!

[mwooldri]

17. Someone who doesn't put their guns in a secure safe at night. At home.

As for leaving stuff lying around in the car for fear of inviting a break in??? Just get some kids and eat too much fast food via drive-through windows. Inevitably your vehicle will look like a trashcan inside, and someone wanting to steal something from inside will definitely be turned off. Of course the same can be said of having a perfectly clean interior. But that's off topic.

The guy leaving his gun around should be subject to what his guns should have been subject to. A little bit locked up for a while. - that is of course just my opinion.

[AtheistCrusader]

19. Toss our current Drug Czar in there too.

Gil Kerlikowske's service pistol has not yet been found. Been several years since it was stolen out of his car.

[vkkv]

21. The problem is not gun 'control', it is GUNS.

The problem is not gun 'control', it is GUNS.

The controlling of or the lack of controlling guns isn't what is killing people.

Guns are killing people.

[jerseyjack]

22. I hope he wasn't insured.

[onehandle]

25. Unpossible. Guns are impervious to mischief. nt

[Deep13]

26. DU-U-U-UH!!! nt

[upaloopa]

30. He maybe sold it

[Paulie]

33. 400lb gun safes in cars for safe transport.

Then they (guns inside locked safe) can be in plain sight in the back seat.

[olddots]

34. His gun was his insurance that he wouldn't be robbed .

his god Wayne will buy him a new shiny one .