Police Find Automatic Weapons, Grenades, Tank At Dead Survivalist’s Home

[Purveyor]

Authorities have discovered a large cache of automatic weapons, explosives and even a tank at the New York home of a survivalist who may have killed himself on Tuesday night.

Carmel Police on Thursday were forced to evacuate a Mahopac neighborhood while investigating the death of 41-year-old Jonathan Orser, a former Marine Corps reservist.

Carmel Police Chief Michael Johnson told The Journal News that Orser had “over 100 firearms, rifles and shotguns, 15,000 to 20,000 rounds of ammunition, buckets of black (gun) powder, hand grenades” and other military ordinance at his home.


Johnson said that the blasting caps alone “could have caused the whole house to go up and maybe surrounding houses.”

The 725th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit based in Fort Drum, N.Y. was called in early Friday morning to take possession of the ordinance.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/28/police-find-automatic-weapons-grenades-tank-at-dead-survivalists-home/

[premium]

1. Nothing illegal about owning a tank,

you can even have a functioning main cannon if you go through the ATF procedures and pay the $200.00 tax stamp.
The automatic weapons? Same thing, along with the grenades, but, I highly doubt that this asshat did this legally.

[The Straight Story]

2. Only tank I have been in starts with the word Drunk

[Aristus]

5. Although it has wheels rather than caterpillar treads, it's still technically a tank.

But as a former tanker myself, I side with those who believe that if it doesn't have tracks, it's not a tank.

I'd call it a glorified armored car.

[backscatter712]

10. An armored personnel carrier? n/t

[Aristus]

12. No. There's no room for infantry personnel in that thing.

It's simply a crew-served weapon on wheels; which is what a tank is, only a tank has treads.

[Lasher]

13. A full-sized British amphibious tank

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According to the Journal News article linked by Raw Story.



I'm unable to identify it more specifically than that right now.

On edit: An Alvis FV601 Saladin six-wheeled armoured car, perhaps?

[Lasher]

14. It's an armored car.

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According to Dictionary.com, it has to be a tracked vehicle to be a tank.

Took me some head scratching to figure out it's an Alvis FV601 Saladin six-wheeled armoured car.

[Aristus]

3. "Survivalist fails to survive an attempted suicide",

would have been a better headline.

As a survivalist, this guy sucked...

But props to him for not taking anyone with him before he checked out.

[Scuba]

4. DUzy

[Jackpine Radical]

6. I was contemplating posting a variant on that idea…

something to the effect that suicide is not usually compatible with survivalism.

Yours is better.

[Aristus]

8. Thank you.

n/t.

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Nobody was going to do him harm.

Oh, wait............

[backscatter712]

9. Bizarre: The tank's actually legal for him to own.

It's apparently had its weapons removed and its barrel plugged, thus civilians can own it. Without the weapons, it's pretty much an expensive tractor.

[premium]

11. It's also legal to own a tank

with fully functional weapons as long as all the ATF guidelines are met.

[Posteritatis]

15. Probably not even terribly expensive; Saladins were introduced in the fifties. (nt)

[kestrel91316]

16. Was he gonna use that tank to fight tyranny??

Maybe he figured he could mow down some "mud people" and soshalists in the streets with it, and then he'd get a medal?