{"id":145794,"date":"2021-05-24T01:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T05:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=145794"},"modified":"2021-05-24T01:16:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T12:20:08","slug":"gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Control Police Chief&#8217;s ARs Are Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"608\" title=\"Gun Control Police Chief's ARs Are Missing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-24-at-11.15.37-AM-1024x608.jpg\" alt=\"Gun Control Police Chief's ARs Are Missing\" class=\"wp-image-145795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-24-at-11.15.37-AM-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-24-at-11.15.37-AM-400x237.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-24-at-11.15.37-AM-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-24-at-11.15.37-AM-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-24-at-11.15.37-AM.jpg 1146w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>(<em>Photo: NSSF<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/gun-control-police-chiefs-ar-15s-are-missing\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing\" title=\"Gun Control Police Chief's ARs Are Missing\">By NSSF<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miami police chief Art Acevedo has some explaining to do. The vocal advocate for enacting strict gun control on the rest of America can\u2019t seem to control the firearms in his own police department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty five AR-15 rifles were&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article251377798.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing\" title=\"Gun Control Police Chief's ARs Are Missing\">reported<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cmissing\u201d from the Miami Police Department, in what some officials are saying is just a matter of administrative record keeping. Miami\u2019s Police Chief Art Acevedo sent a memo to all 1,400 police officers on the force warning them if the rifles weren\u2019t returned by May 17, they would be considered stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nothing to See Here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think this is a theft issue. I think it\u2019s an inadequate check and balance issue, and an inadequate records management and surveillance issue,\u201d Chief Acevedo told&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/floridanewstimes.com\/miami-police-department-forcibly-cracks-down-on-missing-guns\/260192\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing\" title=\"Gun Control Police Chief's ARs Are Missing\">media<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Still he had a stern warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf a gun is not found, it will be reported \u2014 anything in the system will be lost or stolen \u2014 and anyone who subsequently finds a gun must suffer from the consequences,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time the deadline passed, six of the 25 rifles were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/crime\/six-of-25-ar-15-rifles-missing-from-miami-police-department-recovered\/ar-BB1gK6TD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing\" title=\"Gun Control Police Chief's ARs Are Missing\"><strong>recovered<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;leaving 19 rifles still missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time firearms went missing in Miami\u2019s police department. Five years ago, 11 firearms were reported missing from the training academy. They were never recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/nighthawk-turnbull-team-korth-heritage-vintage-limited-edition-revolvers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing\" title=\"Gun Control Police Chief's ARs Are Missing\">Nighthawk, Turnbull Team Up with Korth on Heritage and Vintage Limited Edition Revolvers<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Acevedo is no stranger to the spotlight. He\u2019s a perennial gun-control witness in Congress, testifying for gun control while he served in his previous job as Houston\u2019s police chief. It was during that tenure, he told a Texas publication he supported limiting gun rights of those who are law-abiding and of sound mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd I believe that we can do better in terms of limiting access to firearms to law-abiding Americans of sound mind,\u201d he told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/news-politics\/art-acevedo-houston-police-gun-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing\" title=\"Gun Control Police Chief's ARs Are Missing\"><strong>Texas Monthly<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s not all. Chief Acevedo is the president of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, which supports reinstating the failed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nssf.org\/share\/factsheets\/PDF\/AssaultWeapons.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing\" title=\"Gun Control Police Chief's ARs Are Missing\"><strong>1994 Assault Weapons Ban<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and instituting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/government-relations\/factsheets\/universal-background-checks\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing\" title=\"Gun Control Police Chief's ARs Are Missing\"><strong>universal background checks<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0which is unworkable without a national registry of gun owners. Chief Acevedo testified before the U.S. Senate earlier this year for the Major Cities Chiefs Association and called for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/majorcitieschiefs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/MCCA-Statement-for-the-Record-03.23.21-Senate-Judiciary-Committee-Hearing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing\" title=\"Gun Control Police Chief's ARs Are Missing\">bans on standard capacity magazines<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and a ban on internet ammunition sales as well as a scheme of record-keeping of licensing and record-keeping of sales by vendors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be fair, Miami police rifles went missing before Chief Acevedo took the job and was only discovered when an audit was initiated after he started. Inventory audits of everything from firearms to vehicles aren\u2019t uncommon when new leadership takes over, but this presents something different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Just Police. No Public Ownership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Acevedo has publicly used his uniform and his authority to advocate for denying law-abiding citizens their rights. He\u2019s also sparred on Twitter with Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) arguing that AR-15s, or Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs), should be barred from civilian possession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn 32 years policing I\u2019ve yet [to] encounter a case of a community member using an AR-15 for self-defense. I\u2019m not saying it hasn\u2019t happened, but I\u2019d bet the house they\u2019ve been used many, many times to slaughter innocent Americans as opposed to self-defense,\u201d he tweeted in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Acevedo must have missed it when an&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2018\/03\/14\/8-times-law-abiding-citizens-saved-lives-ar-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing\" title=\"Gun Control Police Chief's ARs Are Missing\">AR-15 was used in self-defense<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;in Houston, where he was in charge of policing in 2017, or when an AR-15 was used to stop the horrific murders in Sutherland Springs, Texas the same year. Those are just a couple of dozens of instances easily verified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stolen firearms are a serious concern. That\u2019s why NSSF partners with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) through&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/operationsecurestore.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing\" title=\"Gun Control Police Chief's ARs Are Missing\">Operation Secure Store\u00ae<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to prevent the theft of firearms from retailers and to match reward offers when firearm retailers are victims of smash-and-grab crimes. NSSF wants these missing firearms to be found and properly accounted for and secured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This incident should end Chief Acevedo\u2019s preaching that AR-15 rifles can only be trusted to be used by the police. With over 20 million in circulation, law-abiding gun owners who know exactly where their rifles are locked up aren\u2019t the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-d0e9d91f-ea0d-49af-84b6-831c12345925\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn 32 years policing I\u2019ve yet [to] encounter a case of a community member using an AR-15 for self-defense. I\u2019m not saying it hasn\u2019t happened, but I\u2019d bet the house they\u2019ve been used many, many times to slaughter innocent Americans as opposed to self-defense,\u201d he tweeted in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":145795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,240,1],"tags":[132,1802,311],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-145794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-current-events","8":"category-this-week","9":"category-uncategorized","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-news-wire","12":"tag-nssf"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gun Control Police Chief&#039;s ARs Are Missing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Miami police chief Art Acevedo has some explaining to do.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gun-control-police-chiefs-ars-are-missing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gun Control Police Chief&#039;s ARs Are Missing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cIn 32 years policing I\u2019ve yet encounter a case of a community member using an AR-15 for self-defense. 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