His uncle is a st pete cop , and knows his history .The only reason he got busted was someone snitched him out !

With all due respect, Dharma, could you please edit before posting? Your text is often rambling and confusing to the point of nonsense. Law abiding citizens have a constitutional right to bear arms (like the animal, not the naked kegger.) This person is a convicted felon, prohibited by law, from possessing any kind of firearm. No one is permitted to posess illegal drugs.I am happy that this unit of SPPD is doing a fine job. Now, I hope they will solve the 103 murder cases that remain unsolved in our little town.

I was going to try to reply but really don't understand what the heck you are saying here.

Im sorry Dharma, I can not understand anything you are trying to say here. Please edit and repost if you want to be heard.

I really cannot believe that you folks do not understand what Dharma is saying. He is confused because he believes that a person is protected by the 2nd amendment . He is asking why the perp was not protected by the second amendment . He wants to know if it is because the perp had too many guns for one person to own, were his rights trampled on, and that his prior record for possession was more serious in his prior arrest than the perp is being charged with now.He is also saying that the Police are not explaining as to why the perp is being arrested, because he believes his rights should be protected under the second amendment. Very clear to me. Thank You very good.

You are rambling dude, stay off the drugs. Give up your firearms. Stay safe.

Dharma, please go gack to Greg. The man is a convicted felon so he can't have firearms.
It's ''TOO'' many not ''to'' and if he has ''bare'' arms instead of the right to ''bear'' arms, who cares. Right?
Other than a couple dozen captilization, spelling and punctuation errors, You seem to have made your point.

The guy was a convicted felon. He had no right to bear arms nor drugs. In other words, he had absolutly no right have any guns, bullets, silencers, full automatic or sawed-off shotguns. He forfitted those rights in 2001 when he was busted for transporting dope. A good bust and hopefully this clown won't see the streets ever again.

He ONLY had 30? My gun room would probably scare you to death! Of course, I don't have anything fully automatic, nor do I have anything to do with drugs.

As a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, he will be facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison. I guess that's not OK with you, though. Better to just leave this guy alone to continue dealing drugs while in possession of multiple firearms and assorted assault gear and paraphernalia, right?

Not even remotely possible he owned these legally. You need a class three to own anything automatic and sawed offs are WAY against the law for anyone to possess. Not sure how the laws are here as far as the vests but I am pretty sure those aren't legal as well.

None of them were owned legally and he makes things difficult for the rest of us who own guns legally. Glad the guy is in jail.

Patriot - did you see where the article said the subject is a convicted felon? Do you think he owned them legally? I'd guess a sawed off shot gun was almost by definition illegal, what do you guess?

@idiotrus-His daughter will be happy that she shall be entitled to a four year college education paid for by the Florida taxpayers. The children of felons, when sentenced to twenty years or more, may go to college for free! Look it up and thank your Florida legislators.

"his uncle is a st pete vice cop " imagine that !

Feel bad for his uncle then. My ex wife works for the Pinellas County Sheriffs Office and she is as corrupt as they come.

His wife should have been responsible and walked away from him. I am sure she was not blind to his activities.

ALLEN BURNETT! Thank you and well put! Do you think these idiots against guns will ever realize that even if guns are outlawed (I hope they never are); criminals will always have guns? It is the criminals who give the bad name to us law abiding citizens! Very rarely if ever (I didn't say never) does law abiding citizens commit criminal acts with their firearms! ARE THERE MANY MORE OF YOU IDIOTS WHO CAN'T/DON'T COMPREHEND THIS? If there is you are a danger/menace to society if you all never touch a firearm!

@Another...This has been my contention since day one. I am retired Law Enforcement and my wife is still LE. I have my CCW permit and I carry every day everywhere I go. We have guns, we have children, we have no problems with that situation. People selling, trading, or giving their guns to people should be held accountable for doing so. In my opinion, by charging them as a principal accessory to any crimes comitted. Likewise, If you do not SECURE your weapons when you are not carrying them and they fall into the wrong hands you should be held accountable. By SECURE, I mean a locked gun safe that only you can unlock and open. As a Deputy Sheriff, I had a gun lockbox welded in my trunk. That was the ONLY exception. If you are away on vacation, at work, in the shower, and your weapons are stolen you will, upon discovering the theft, be able to show the police that you had done everything possible to responsibly own and thus secure your weapons. Your dresser drawer, a glass gun case, your glove compartment ARE NOT SECURE.

Every gun which is owned by a felon has been obtained illegally. The problem I have with the gun lobby is they say the crimes are all commited by illegal guns so we don't need to cut down on the number of LEGAL guns without admitting that nearly EVERY one of those guns was once LEGAL. You can't arm a person legally then as soon as that person commits an illegal act say it was commited by an illegal gun. The first illegal use of that gun was commited by a legal gun owner.

@ Another Poetlake- Send that poem to POTUS for support of his anti gun plan.
From the manufacturer firearms travel to the distributors who ship them to FFLs. Legit FFLs, transfer the weapons to customers. What happens after that transfer is the focus of your question. When a weapon is "lost/stolen," agencies who want to know, trace the paper trail, from buyer to FFL and back to the source. How do you protect someone from a homicidal maniac like in Connecticut, who committed matricide to get his weapons? Currently there is no enforced law against "Stupid" who leaves his things in the car, or in a poorly constructed cabinet ripe for theft. The weapons of Mr. Thomas were, doubtless, part of the 39.5% of crime guns acquired from friends and family, the 37% from the street, or the 10% acquired from theft. Please don't blame the "gunshow loopholes" as they provide about 1.9% of crime guns. About 13% come from straw purchases at dealers. These facts are from the Department of Justice.Law enforcement agencies nationwide are undermanned and underfinanced.They do the best they can with the resources available. Ever hear about filing off the serial numbers, Sir? criminals operate without regard for anything!

if the guns are secured (like a locked gunsafe) , how does one get to them quickly if the need arises - like in the case of a break-in. then there is the flip side, how do you not keep them locked up, if you have young children at home.

Donna,

Congress funds the agencies responsible for law enforcement & over the years has allowed loopholes to become part of their gun bills in attempt to assuage the pro/anti gun sides at the same time. A tricky game but they pulled it off for the most part & have made the one side feel that laws were passed while making the other side feel the laws were ineffective. Lobbyists & politicians have contributed greatly to this situation. Also, if only .05% of illegal gun usage starts at a gun show loophole or any where else it is .05% too many.

TYVM.

BATFE (explosives)

shut up already Donna. You are probably one of the intellectuals who call a magazine a "clip" FYI, the " E " was added to BATF just a short time ago. It was the BATF for many decades before then. What difference does it make anyway ? Please don't call the POLIC on me for making this post...

Yeah? Until you need one....idiot.

Spoken like a true scumbag.