# Hey, have you seen my M-16 around here?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-have-you-seen-my-m-16-around-here/685646>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 8, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-have-you-seen-my-m-16-around-here/685646 "2014-04-08T15:35:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-have-you-seen-my-m-16-around-here/685646/1 "2014-04-08T15:35:24Z")

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Oooops.

Utah sheriff’s office is [looking for one](http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57763977-78/rifle-sheriff-missing-county.html.csp). In 1998, they got a bunch on loan from the military, tossed them in a locker and just found out now that one is gone.

So if you make machine guns illegal, only [del]criminals[/del], [del]LEO[/del] wait, whoever took it would be a criminal, so we’re back to only criminals would have them.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-have-you-seen-my-m-16-around-here/685646/2 "2014-04-09T17:35:10Z")

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That’s nothing. Someone stole the toilets from a sheriffs office. There were no witnesses and deputies had nothing to go on.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-have-you-seen-my-m-16-around-here/685646/3 "2014-04-09T19:52:41Z")

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And they also stole a shipment of Viagra from the evidence locker, so now we know they’re hardened criminals.

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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-have-you-seen-my-m-16-around-here/685646/4 "2014-04-09T20:26:10Z")

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They closed the blinds to they wouldn’t be witnessed. Shady characters.

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-have-you-seen-my-m-16-around-here/685646/5 "2014-04-09T23:58:51Z")

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Grand theft automatic weapon.

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**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-have-you-seen-my-m-16-around-here/685646/6 "2014-04-10T17:33:24Z")

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> [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> That’s nothing. Someone stole the toilets from a sheriffs office. There were no witnesses and deputies had nothing to go on.

They also grabbed the mop and bucket, making a clean getaway.