DEA Losing More Guns, Fewer Laptops

[Hazcat]

The Drug Enforcement Administration is losing more guns but fewer laptops than it was about five years ago, the Justice Department's inspector general said Friday

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Auditors said the DEA lost 22 firearms and had an additional 69 stolen over the 5 1/2-year period. The stolen weapons included pistols, rifles, shotguns, and a submachine gun.

The majority of stolen guns had been left in an official's car, despite a policy prohibiting leaving a weapon unattended in a vehicle. The report cited examples of guns stolen from cars parked outside restaurants, hotels, schools and gyms. Some agents had their guns taken from their cars while they were shopping or getting coffee. One firearm was stolen while the car was at the body shop.

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"In those instances where weapons were lost or stolen, appropriate disciplinary actions were taken by DEA."

More at link http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/03/28/national/w090323D93.DTL&feed=rss.business

[Hazcat]

Time for BATFE to go in and shut these guys down! 

[TAB]

You know it use to be if you were a LEO, you lost your gun, you lost your job... we need to go back to that.

[tombogan03884]

You know it use to be if you were a LEO, you lost your gun, you lost your job... we need to go back to that.

Sounds reasonable. But I can't wait to hear Liberal Mommies and Teachers go into ORBIT when the DARE officer comes into class toting an AR over one shoulder and a 12 Ga. over the other because he can't leave them in the Cruiser. 

[gunman1911]

Sounds reasonable. But I can't wait to hear Liberal Mommies and Teachers go into ORBIT when the DARE officer comes into class toting an AR over one shoulder and a 12 Ga. over the other because he can't leave them in the Cruiser. 

Yea after all it is a gun free zone. And some dumba$$ administrator does not want to offend them.

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[tombogan03884]

Yea after all it is a gun free zone. And some dumba$$ administrator does not want to offend them.

I think we could use it to give the gun grabbers a black eye. Like a political "dirty trick" If they say nothing we slam them for discrimination on thier "zero tolerance" policy, If they complain, we accuse them of WANTING crooks to steal police weapons, or wanting "the children" to be unprotected. They can't win either way 

[Neon Knight Anubis]

Hasn't the FBI lost exponentially more firearms than that? Anyways this isn't the first time the DEA has been "shot in the foot".