DB> MM> Another example would be the LA shootout where poloice "raided" a
 DB> MM> local gunshop to get firepower to engage the AK using body armor
 DB> MM> clad robbers. Immediate compliance of owner shortened the carnage
 DB> MM> consiserably. I doubt any 4473's were filled out or waitingperiods
 DB> MM> imposed.
 DB> They weren't "raiding" anybody. I sat and watched the whole think 
 DB> live on the tube. I also buy my weapons from B&B (the gunshop) and 
 DB> the actual fact was the staff couldn't get the AR-15's and related 
 DB> paraphenalia out fast enough, to the LAPD. The staff voluntarily 
 DB> OFFERED whatever was in the store ->NEW UNBOXED WEAPONS<- and said 
 DB> to them ->TAKE YOUR PICK<- and if they had grenades and Plastique 
 DB> they'd have offered THAT to them.
   You have this one absolutely correct.  LAPD was in trouble, and there was 
someone close that could help, and help they did!  
   Isn't it funny how these stories get turned around?
   
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