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As an employee, I can tell you security is reactive at this company, not proactive.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/about-400-guns-stolen-ups-facility-tennessee-n915791
 
Anyone got a clue as to what was stolen? I know there a lot of manufacturers close by like Barrett and Beretta and 400 Barrett's wont fit in a van. Had to be a inside job. UPS lost a M-16 I shipped to Texas years ago so I switched to Fedex and no more losses.
 
Definitely an inside job. I once knew a guy who worked at a UPS distribution hub in California who got convicted of rerouting guns inside the warehouse back in the mid 90s. Back then, all he had to do was carry some pre-printed shipping labels in his pocket and slap them on anything he wanted shipped to an accomplice's house. UPS at that time was not sufficiently computerized throughout the entire logistics train to keep track of a package as it transited each and every point of contact as it does today. For 2 years he had free reign inside the routing center and stole hundreds of guns in that time. He usually only did one at a time once a week, but loved to see batches of pistols on their way to police departments, and would always go for those. But that was his downfall. When San Diego PD didn't receive their 12 Glocks, that was the investigation that ended up finding him out.

Somebody on the inside of that Memphis facility knew about the guns and when and where on the property they would be loaded into a truck and which truck.
 
Can someone tell me why UPS had 400 weapons at there facility,... all at one time?

Is that a normal shipment inventory for one day, one week, one month,... or what?


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Yeah, 400ish is pretty basic, especially in the place of manufacture.
And UPS Freight is an LTL company, so these guns were probably going to multiple locations.
 
Pro2a said:
Yeah, 400ish is pretty basic, especially in the place of manufacture.
And UPS Freight is an LTL company, so these guns were probably going to multiple locations.
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The way things are in the industry that was probably a shipment to a distributor so they can get their cut of the sale before going to the transferring ffl to be sold.
 
338lapua said:
Anyone got a clue as to what was stolen? I know there a lot of manufacturers close by like Barrett and Beretta and 400 Barrett's wont fit in a van. Had to be a inside job. UPS lost a M-16 I shipped to Texas years ago so I switched to Fedex and no more losses.
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Why support an anti company?

https://about.van.fedex.com/newsroom/fedex-responds-questions-national-rifle-association-gun-safety-policy/
 
Details trickling out say that these were all from Ruger's plant in SC. They were 3 pallets out of 14 awaiting shipment to Texas. To me this suggests they were likely destined for Academy Sports, which is the largest gun retail chain in Texas.
 
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