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Mass.: Magnet fishing. UZI, .40 Glock, Colt Cobra, 2 more HG's.

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 2:30 pm
by surprise_i'm_armed
https://news.yahoo.com/man-pulls-uzi-su ... 03844.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/massach ... ond-2019-7

A civilian did some "magnet fishing" in a small pond just north of Boston.
He found an Uzi submachine gun first. Cops were called. Then he retrieved a .40 Glock, a Colt Cobra revolver, and another pistol and a revolver, which were not further ID'd. All were loaded.

A police scuba team was then summoned, but they did not find any further firearms. The North Shore of Boston is Mafia territory, but I suppose it could have been non-Mafia operators. YMMV.

SIA

Re: Mass.: Magnet fishing. UZI, .40 Glock, Colt Cobra, 2 more HG's.

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:56 am
by narcissist
I gotta start magnet fishing, wonder if amazon sells them :confused5

Re: Mass.: Magnet fishing. UZI, .40 Glock, Colt Cobra, 2 more HG's.

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:17 am
by n5wmk
narcissist wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:56 am I gotta start magnet fishing, wonder if amazon sells them :confused5
Of course they do. Amazon sells everything! :lol:

Re: Mass.: Magnet fishing. UZI, .40 Glock, Colt Cobra, 2 more HG's.

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:21 am
by 03Lightningrocks
My thought was that it must be a very strong magnet to pull that stuff from the muck at the bottom.

Re: Mass.: Magnet fishing. UZI, .40 Glock, Colt Cobra, 2 more HG's.

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:00 am
by ninjabread
It sounds like fake news because Massachusetts has strict gun control.

Re: Mass.: Magnet fishing. UZI, .40 Glock, Colt Cobra, 2 more HG's.

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 2:51 pm
by The Annoyed Man
narcissist wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:56 am I gotta start magnet fishing, wonder if amazon sells them :confused5
Given the horrible boating skills shown by gun owners lately, magnet fishing could be very profitable, :mrgreen:

Re: Mass.: Magnet fishing. UZI, .40 Glock, Colt Cobra, 2 more HG's.

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:33 pm
by philip964
Why would you call the police?

Oh sorry, it would be illegal to possess that gun in MA.

I’m stupid.

Re: Mass.: Magnet fishing. UZI, .40 Glock, Colt Cobra, 2 more HG's.

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:17 pm
by C-dub
This sounds odd to me. Why in the world would someone go magnet fishing?

To have a cover story. Commit the crime and toss the gun(s) in the pond, then go back years later and claim to have found them and call the police to notify them of what you found. They would never suspect the person that found them magnet fishing, right?

Re: Mass.: Magnet fishing. UZI, .40 Glock, Colt Cobra, 2 more HG's.

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:19 pm
by G.A. Heath
C-dub wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:17 pm This sounds odd to me. Why in the world would someone go magnet fishing?

To have a cover story. Commit the crime and toss the gun(s) in the pond, then go back years later and claim to have found them and call the police to notify them of what you found. They would never suspect the person that found them magnet fishing, right?
I suspect its somewhat like the hobby of metal detecting...

Re: Mass.: Magnet fishing. UZI, .40 Glock, Colt Cobra, 2 more HG's.

Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 12:08 am
by SQLGeek
G.A. Heath wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:19 pm
C-dub wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:17 pm This sounds odd to me. Why in the world would someone go magnet fishing?

To have a cover story. Commit the crime and toss the gun(s) in the pond, then go back years later and claim to have found them and call the police to notify them of what you found. They would never suspect the person that found them magnet fishing, right?
I suspect its somewhat like the hobby of metal detecting...
Pretty much. I have a friend who is really into it and finds all sorts of odd and interesting things.

Re: Mass.: Magnet fishing. UZI, .40 Glock, Colt Cobra, 2 more HG's.

Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:36 am
by Liberty
G.A. Heath wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:19 pm
C-dub wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:17 pm This sounds odd to me. Why in the world would someone go magnet fishing?

To have a cover story. Commit the crime and toss the gun(s) in the pond, then go back years later and claim to have found them and call the police to notify them of what you found. They would never suspect the person that found them magnet fishing, right?
I suspect its somewhat like the hobby of metal detecting...
Where I grew up on the northeast, People used to use magnets to troll for 18th-century cannonballs.