More than 100 rifles stolen from Atlanta train car
ATLANTA (AP) - Federal authorities were hunting Friday for more than 100 rifles stolen from a boxcar parked in an Atlanta train yard.
The weapons were taken from a CSX rail yard on the city's northwest side in mid-November, said Richard Coes, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The weapons include assault rifles that Coes described as "AK-style." He declined to discuss other aspects of the case.
Gary Sease, a spokesman for rail line CSX Corp., said the Jacksonville, Fla.-based company is cooperating with law enforcement to recover the weapons and investigate the theft.
The rifles were stolen on or around Nov. 12, authorities said. The boxcar was parked at the CSX Tilford Yard about four miles northwest of downtown Atlanta.
The Tilford Yard is one of the company's major rail yards in Georgia, according to the company's website.
The weapons were taken from a CSX rail yard on the city's northwest side in mid-November, said Richard Coes, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The weapons include assault rifles that Coes described as "AK-style." He declined to discuss other aspects of the case.
Gary Sease, a spokesman for rail line CSX Corp., said the Jacksonville, Fla.-based company is cooperating with law enforcement to recover the weapons and investigate the theft.
The rifles were stolen on or around Nov. 12, authorities said. The boxcar was parked at the CSX Tilford Yard about four miles northwest of downtown Atlanta.
The Tilford Yard is one of the company's major rail yards in Georgia, according to the company's website.
Inside job? Or does this happen often and the only reason it is news is because it is guns that were stolen.
Does anyone know of Eric Holder's whereabouts on November 12th?
 @HenryBowman This is a much better cover story than actually delivery the guns to drug cartels.. just let them come steal them from the train cars.
 @HenryBowman Though Holder is smart enough to not get his hands dirty like this. A better question is where was Agent Newell?
I wonder how they were packed? Crates? individual cases? Seems like quite the ''heist of opportunity''. Not.
And yet somehow we're supposed to believe that more laws that harm law abiding people will miraculously stop bad guys from doing things like this?
How many people knew what was in the rail car? Clearly it was planned since no one just crams 100 rifles into their car without help. There is nothing random about this. One missing rifle, sure, not 100.
why wasnt this car guarded
 @LostSoul Because all of the rifles were being stored in the car!
 @Pointblank  @LostSoulÂ
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