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underpants

(182,803 posts)
Thu May 9, 2019, 06:15 AM May 2019

Guns? Yep Girard Damien Saenz has some. LAPD finds over 1,000.

Police seize over a thousand guns, piles of ammunition from Los Angeles home






Saenz, who was living in the home alone, was booked for unlawful transportation and giving, lending or selling assault weapons. Additional charges may be added later, including federal charges, authorities said. He is being held on $50,000 bond.


"I had never seen so many weapons in my career of 31 years," said LAPD Lt. Chris Ramirez. "That's such a big arsenal in a residence like this, in this type of neighborhood. It's astounding."

Holmby Hills is bordered by the Beverly Hills and Bel Air neighborhoods and is home to the late Aaron Spelling's massive $85 million mansion and the Playboy Mansion.


Saenz apparently was licensed to own weapons -- and there is no prohibition on the number of guns a person can own -- but the person was selling the guns illegally, according to police.


https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-seize-thousands-guns-piles-ammunition-los-angeles/story?id=62925007

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Guns? Yep Girard Damien Saenz has some. LAPD finds over 1,000. (Original Post) underpants May 2019 OP
$50,000 bond? Seriously. What a joke. Shell_Seas May 2019 #1
This should be the #1 story in the US malaise May 2019 #2
You may remember this - the guy in So. Cal they found dead in his car underpants May 2019 #5
Why on Terra would this be the #1 story in the US? jayfish May 2019 #7
You left this out: "but the person was selling the guns illegally, according to police." MagickMuffin May 2019 #9
"according to police"... jayfish May 2019 #10
After Finding More Detail On The Subject... jayfish May 2019 #11
Nothing to see here. Aussie105 May 2019 #3
We need some serious gun law changes. sarabelle May 2019 #4
Freedumb Johonny May 2019 #6
Hundreds of lives saved by this raid no doubt fescuerescue May 2019 #8
He has already been released. IcyPeas May 2019 #12

underpants

(182,803 posts)
5. You may remember this - the guy in So. Cal they found dead in his car
Thu May 9, 2019, 09:03 AM
May 2019

He’d been there over a week. His girlfriend was on vacation. No one reported him missing. At his house they found a weapons cache ( not as big as this one) and her relatives were sure he was CIa or - this was a bonus- some sort of alien or CIA/alien hybrid.

This was a few years ago. I need to see if there was any follow up on that story.

jayfish

(10,039 posts)
7. Why on Terra would this be the #1 story in the US?
Thu May 9, 2019, 11:15 AM
May 2019

"Saenz apparently was licensed to own weapons -- and there is no prohibition on the number of guns a person can own"

So what's going on here? This was a publicity stunt and mark my words; this guy will get all of his guns back, the LAPD will look like effing idiots and it will affect the efficacy of sensible gun control measures.

MagickMuffin

(15,942 posts)
9. You left this out: "but the person was selling the guns illegally, according to police."
Thu May 9, 2019, 11:34 AM
May 2019

How many guns has this Saenz sold before the raid???

Guns that probably can't be traced. Selling to anyone who has the cash, serial killers, kids who shoot up their classmates. The list goes on and on and on and on.

jayfish

(10,039 posts)
10. "according to police"...
Thu May 9, 2019, 11:44 AM
May 2019

...doesn't mean shite to me. A big red flag for me is that local police are arresting someone on illegal arms sales. Isn't that the purview of the Feds?

"How many guns has this Saenz sold before the raid???

Guns that probably can't be traced. Selling to anyone who has the cash, serial killers, kids who shoot up their classmates. The list goes on and on and on and on."


Base on what was presented I'm going to say none and, once again, "Saenz apparently was licensed to own weapons". So yeah, they (handguns) can be traced.

jayfish

(10,039 posts)
11. After Finding More Detail On The Subject...
Thu May 9, 2019, 12:17 PM
May 2019

1.) The Feds were involved.
2.)"Authorities were tipped off about a suspect who was manufacturing and selling illegal firearms, Lee said.

Yeah... ...he's going to get it all back.

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/05/08/atf-holmby-hills-guns-weapons-firearms/

Aussie105

(5,395 posts)
3. Nothing to see here.
Thu May 9, 2019, 06:34 AM
May 2019

Just your average Doomsday Prepper, or getting ready for the Zombie Apocalypse.

Nothing to see here, move along.

I'm sure every neighbourhood has one.

(Got to wonder though, how much this lot represents in dollar terms? Some expensive looking gear there.)

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