Gun hoarder found with thousands of weapons [View all]

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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."