Derek Sanders, the elected sheriff of Thurston County, said in a Facebook post that the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division asked his office for assistance Monday as an FBI special weapons and tactics team executed a search warrant in Lacey, near the state capitol of Olympia, “as a result of a violent robbery and theft of military weaponry/armor.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle said in a statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday night that the search warrant related to an Army CID and FBI investigation into an assault Sunday at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, just north of Olympia.
Sanders’ statement said two people were arrested and booked into Thurston County Jail for investigation of firearms-related offenses.
I assumed that was the only kind being made. You mean there’s someone out there sewing dead plants to make fascists feel more authentic?
What he means is “a collector would’ve likely bought someone’s grandpa’s old war trophy”.
As someone who collects random milsurp shit and literally has a pile of modern military jackets (German, Czech, USAF) next to him I can confirm that collectors generally either get them from stores, auctions, and sales. Also no a collector would have a couple random flags mixed in, like an old Soviet flag or a partisan or resistance flag.
Unfortunately, almost certainly yes. And not for movies or museums either.