Not fewer than 1,200 rifles have been discovered in the house of a dead man by the cops.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the police found the decomposing body of an unidentified man in his car which was parked down the street from his Pacific Palisades home earlier Monday, 19th of July. Investigations led to a search of his house and several rifles numbering 1,200 were found in his possession.
LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith said the number of guns was “staggering.” “Our truck couldn’t carry it all,” Smith said. “We had to go back and make another trip.” The Times reported that many of the guns had never been fired, and some were still in boxes with price tags attached.
The man's death has been cleared of any foulplay or criminal records but the detectives are deeply concerned about why he was in the possession of such a large number of guns which could have been used to perpetrate crimes.
Smith said, “We have a lot of work to do, Running the background, history and legality of these weapons is going to require a tremendous amount of time. It’s not a crime to have a large number of weapons so long as they were legal to own and legally obtained. We want to make sure that’s the case.”