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Originally Posted by theking
Nothing was done to my friend...as he had not committed any crime and suffered damage to his home and lost his gun collection...which was insured so he did not suffer any real monetary loss...but would have preferred to have his collection over any monetary reimbursement. If you google you can find numerous cases of NG Armories being broken into. My favorite one is the guy that stole an M60 tank from a National Guard Armory and went on a rampage with it. BTW...if the weapons were secured per regulation...nothing would be done to a Guardsmen.
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In the specific instance of military enforcement, that's outside the civil courts in any case and the soldier following regulations should not be punished, though the regulations ought to be changed if they are faulty. In the case of a gun store owner or gun collector they ought to be responsible for the loss or theft of their weapons. If securing guns is too difficult, that's a good reason not to own them... not a good reason to excuse people for losing them.