My head was spinning around on my neck while reading this ~ ~ Sooz

Missile Launcher Turns Up During Gun Buyback
By Annie-Rose Strasser on Jan 29, 2013 at 9:00 am

A surface-to-air missile launcher was among the items turned in to the Seattle Police Department during its gun buyback day on Monday. Police witnessed one person outside of the buyback purchasing the military-grade weapon, which is not legally available to civilians, from another for $100.

The scene was troubling, in part because it highlighted the ease with which heavy firepower can change hands under the radar. Though the device is single-use, and had already been deployed, state officials are also worried about how a civilian got his or her hands on the weapon in the first place. They are working to track down its origin, the AP reports:


Gun buyback programs are not the most effective method for getting guns off the street. Too often, people who turn in weapons that are broken or legally purchased simply because they need the money. The Seattle buyback unearthed four stolen guns total, out of the 716 collected.

Still, the appearance of a missile launcher — and the private sale of the weapon before it was turned over to the police — does serve to underline the danger of having no system in place to track military weapons or illegal firearms.

Update: Two anti-tank rocket launchers were also uncovered during a Los Angeles buyback last month.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/01/29/1508251/gun-buyback-missile-launcher/

Update: The president's "red button" has been turned in by an anonymous owner. Officials say a nuclear war has been averted.

For those that are great Second Amendment supporters, how come rocket launchers, artillery, loaded fighter jets, tanks, rocket launchers, nukes, etc. are excluded from the weapons Americans are allowed to own? According to many of the comments I've read, one of the main reasons for the Second Amendment is to give people the opportunity to overthrow the government. Given the size and power of the U.S. military, such rebels would need the heavy fire power if they were to succeed.

how come rocket launchers, artillery, loaded fighter jets, tanks, rocket launchers, nukes, etc. are excluded from the weapons Americans are allowed to own?

For their own self-protection due to their tendency to shoot themselves in the foot... usually when it's already in their mouth?

i want one.

Someone posted about this on my board as well.

The real scary part is that the missiles are still out there!!!

Commie.
2nd Amendment rights and all that bullshyte.