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DUNN, N.C. -- The Dunn Police Department is investigating the theft of an AR-15 assault rifle from the home of U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers.
Investigators said they were called to the home on Kingsway Drive last Wednesday for a report of a breaking and entering.
According to a police report, Bret Ellmers' said the rifle was left leaning against a gun safe the day before in the garage, which had been left unlocked. Bret Ellmers told officers he and his son had left the rifle in the garage after going target shooting. The report does not say whether the weapon was loaded.
The gun, a gun case, and a GPS unit were taken. The total value of the items was put at $1,100.
Ellmers spokesman Thomas Doheny says the congresswoman was in Washington when the rifle was stolen but declined to discuss details, citing the ongoing police investigation. He added that, as a mother, Ellmers is concerned that the rifle was left unsecured.
"Her family is very big on gun safety and she wants to get to the bottom of this herself," Doheny said.
Ellmers is a political conservative aligned with the tea party. In the 2012 election she was endorsed by the National Rifle Association and other pro-gun groups.
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9297000
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)These are the type of folks that THINK they are responsible gun owners - but are not !!!
mysuzuki2
(3,537 posts)Who can keep track of all the automatic weapons lying around the house.
Cirque du So-What
(27,427 posts)You just called it an automatic, when it's clearly a semi. Even the article's author calls it an assault rifle, which is wrong because bluh BLUH. Garble garble caliber velocity magazine trigger weight blah blah clip sawed-off half-cock.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)"Firearm safety and responsibility are always in season... Own it? Respect it. Secure it."
The full-page ad is in every major hunting mag out there. But it does require reading skills.
davepc
(3,936 posts)She deserved it an brought it on herself.
gopiscrap
(24,130 posts)TroglodyteScholar
(5,477 posts)...AFTER whatever colossal safety fuckup they commit.
Funny how that works
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)uhhhh no, they're not. if they were, they would've locked their fucking gun up IMMEDIATELY after removing it from the car.
dawg
(10,707 posts)He's a gun-grabber you know.