It appears its former title, Fort Benning, isn’t the one factor Georgia’s present Fort Moore has misplaced. The Military has additionally had 31 SIG M17s go lacking and so they do not know how or by whom. However the Division of the Military Prison Investigation Division (DACID) is on the case and providing as much as $5,000 for data resulting in the restoration of the weapons or resulting in the arrests of the individual or individuals accountable for the theft.
What’s worse, is it feels like they don’t know precisely once they went lacking. On a flyer distributed by DACID looking for data, it says solely that they have been taken someplace between March and Could 2024. That’s a reasonably large window. In some Democrat-controlled states the place reporting legal guidelines require misplaced or stolen weapons to be reported inside 24-48 hours of the invention the firearm is lacking, such a large window of “not” reporting it may lead to a verbal or authorized beatdown by Huge Brother.
Right here’s what the flyer says:
The Division of the Military Prison Investigation Division (DACID) is providing a reward of as much as $5,000 for credible data resulting in the restoration of the 31 lacking M17 Pistols or for data resulting in the arrest of the individual(s) accountable for the theft. The pistols have been reported lacking from the Cresenez Consolidated Gear Pool positioned on Fort Moore, GA 31905, between March and Could 2024.
On Could sixteenth, 2024, the Southern Subject Workplace acquired notification that 31 M17 Pistols have been reported lacking from the Cresenez Consolidated Gear Pool, positioned on Fort Moore, GA 31905. The pistols are believed to have gone lacking between the months of March and Could 2024. DACID is actively looking for any data related to the theft of those M17 pistols.
Any individual having credible data concerning this incident ought to contact the Military CID Souther Subject Workplace at (706) 577-4074 or the Military CID web site at https://www.cid.military.mil/Submit-a-Tip.
Thirty-one lacking handguns are numerous weapons that would wreak numerous havoc within the mistaken palms, and $5,000 doesn’t sound a lot reward for firearms which have an approximate MSRP of $650 (31 would complete $20,150) and doubtless carry the next road worth on the black market.
Navy.com had this to say in regards to the case:
The M17 is a 9 mm Sig Sauer pistol with a 17-round journal capability. The handgun was adopted by the Protection Division in 2017 to ultimately exchange the M9 Beretta pistol.
The civilian model of the M17, the P320-M17, retails for round $650.
In keeping with the Military’s regulation governing the bodily safety of weapons, they should be accounted for by serial quantity every month, apart from these which can be “boxed and banded,” which means they’re sealed in a container for longer intervals. Weapons despatched to different places for repairs or switch additionally should be accounted for.
In 2021, an investigation by The Related Press discovered that a minimum of 1,900 navy firearms have been misplaced or stolen throughout the 2010s, and a few have been later utilized in violent crimes inside the U.S.
If you happen to come throughout a fantastic purchase on a brand-new military-issue M17, would possibly need to test the supply of the acquisition and clue the boys in over at DACID simply to be protected. Reward or no reward, you don’t need to get caught up in that mess.
