Statesman reports robbery in progress at McBrides gunshop

Snake Doctor · Post by **Snake Doctor** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:10 pm

I've shopped in there since I was about 17 years old (a whopping five years ago) and the McBride family members all seem to be quite nice people, but not the type I'd want to be caught breaking in on...

O6nop · Post by **O6nop** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:46 pm

Dwight K. Schrute wrote:All I will say is that the crazy son of a gun (no pun intended) that broke in there was either lucky or smart. Why? Because as a lifelong customer and former employee, I can assure you he would not have made it 10 feet into the gun room before catching a chest full of lead.

Why, was there an armed guard in there at the time? This happened at about 4:00am.

Seems to me he was in the gun room ---

He was lucky or smart because he broke in when no one was there???
I don't get it...

Snake Doctor · Post by **Snake Doctor** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:57 pm

It was at 4:30 AM, and I assume he means he's lucky because he didn't break in during store hours.

AWMP · Post by **AWMP** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:26 pm

It made CNN for the longest time , then the story just faded away, was wondering what the deal was.

O6nop · Post by **O6nop** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:01 am

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/n ... rides.html

All I will say is that the crazy son of a gun (no pun intended) that broke in there was either lucky or smart. Why? Because as a lifelong customer and former employee, I can assure you he would not have made it 10 feet into the gun room before catching a chest full of lead.

I guess the smart/lucky question was answered... who would break in to a gun store to steal jewelry and coins? I don't think that's "smart" . So they were lucky, I guess.

Post by **Keith B** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:04 am

O6nop wrote: I guess the smart/lucky question was answered... who would break in to a gun store to steal jewelry and coins? I don't think that's "smart" . So they were lucky, I guess.

They are harder to trace and easier to pawn or sell than guns.

rspeir · Post by **rspeir** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:51 am

I don't understand why the guns and ammo were on the floor if they were after the coins and jewelry. The coins and jewelry are on the opposite side of the store from the guns. There is a separate front door that goes straight in to the coins and jewelry.

O6nop · Post by **O6nop** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:27 pm

Keith B wrote:
O6nop wrote: I guess the smart/lucky question was answered... who would break in to a gun store to steal jewelry and coins? I don't think that's "smart" . So they were lucky, I guess.
They are harder to trace and easier to pawn or sell than guns.

No doubt, but is a gun shop the best place to steal coins and jewelry?? I guess in this case it was, they got away free.

As far as guns, on the street would be the way to get rid of those. Not very traceable that way, either...

O6nop · Post by **O6nop** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:36 pm

rspeir wrote:I don't understand why the guns and ammo were on the floor if they were after the coins and jewelry. The coins and jewelry are on the opposite side of the store from the guns. There is a separate front door that goes straight in to the coins and jewelry.

Statesman wrote:The incident ended about 2 p.m., when police entered the empty gun shop. The gun boxes that investigators found scattered on the floor contained air rifles that the thieves had knocked off the shelves, McBride said.

The air guns are in a different part of the store, I believe. Firearms to the left, air guns to the right and accesories/apparel straight ahead. I don't know where the jewelry is kept, never been in a gun store shopping for a necklace.

Snake Doctor · Post by **Snake Doctor** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:16 pm

Woah, woah, woah... If the "guns" that were scattered all over the floor were airguns, then this story makes MUCH more sense. From the front door, the clothing and accessories are straight ahead, the real gun room is to the left, and both fishing/accessories/airguns and the coin shop are to the right. This would mean he came in through the front or back door and went straight for the coin shop, rifling through the air guns, etc. first. I bet some fishing equipment was thrown around too, but likely didn't get mentioned because all the media cared about was "guns" being involved. All of this makes a lot more sense now.

GrillKing · Post by **GrillKing** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:43 pm

Snake Doctor wrote:Woah, woah, woah... If the "guns" that were scattered all over the floor were airguns, then this story makes MUCH more sense. From the front door, the clothing and accessories are straight ahead, the real gun room is to the left, and both fishing/accessories/airguns and the coin shop are to the right. This would mean he came in through the front or back door and went straight for the coin shop, rifling through the air guns, etc. first. I bet some fishing equipment was thrown around too, but likely didn't get mentioned because all the media cared about was "guns" being involved. All of this makes a lot more sense now.

Good point. I was in McBrides a week ago but didn't really look at 'security'. It makes sense that the gun room to the left should be heavily fortified, but why pay the price for that same level of protection for fishing lures, pants and airsoft. Coins, yes, but we really don't know how much was stolen. Could be a very small amount of relatively low value coins and costume jewelry not worthy of Ft Knox controls.

Could be that if this wasn't a 'gun store', this wouldn't have hardly made the news.

Yes, guns makes better news....

Snake Doctor · Post by **Snake Doctor** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:16 pm

GrillKing wrote:I was in McBrides a week ago but didn't really look at 'security'. It makes sense that the gun room to the left should be heavily fortified, but why pay the price for that same level of protection for fishing lures, pants and airsoft.

For what it's worth, McBride's is not fortified. Not even close... I've seen some security cameras in the ceilings, and while I bet they work, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't record. I think the last thing a BG thinks about before breaking into a gun store is whether or not it's fortified. Even dummies like that know the employees are likely packing heat.

GrillKing wrote:Could be that if this wasn't a 'gun store', this wouldn't have hardly made the news.

I doubt that. The SWAT team was outside for hours on end and the police were encouraging everyone to nearby to stay indoors. This would have made the news either way. Yet, I think we can all agree that the talking heads were LOVING any excuse to use phrases like "arsenal" and "unthinkable amounts of firepower".

GrillKing · Post by **GrillKing** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:20 pm

Snake Doctor wrote:I doubt that. The SWAT team was outside for hours on end and the police were encouraging everyone to nearby to stay indoors. This would have made the news either way. Yet, I think we can all agree that the talking heads were LOVING any excuse to use phrases like "arsenal" and "unthinkable amounts of firepower".

But I think it would have ended quicker except for the fear of BGs with LOTS of guns. If it were a warehouse full of vacuum cleaners.....

Snake Doctor · Post by **Snake Doctor** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:23 pm

GrillKing wrote:
Snake Doctor wrote:I doubt that. The SWAT team was outside for hours on end and the police were encouraging everyone to nearby to stay indoors. This would have made the news either way. Yet, I think we can all agree that the talking heads were LOVING any excuse to use phrases like "arsenal" and "unthinkable amounts of firepower".
But I think it would have ended quicker except for the fear of BGs with LOTS of guns. If it were a warehouse full of vacuum cleaners.....

Hahaha, I laughed out loud on that one, GK. A valid point, indeed.

texasag93 · Post by **texasag93** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:37 pm

Were they just practicing for when Hillary gets elected?