2 Men of Middle Eastern descent try to get into Barrett Firearms plant
Here’s the story from Newschannel5 of Nashville:
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. Police are on the lookout for a man described as being of Middle Eastern descent who tried to gain access to a firearms plant in Murfreesboro.Rutherford County sheriff’s deputies were called to the Barrett Firearms Manufacturing plant Thursday. A plant employee reported on Wednesday that a Middle Eastern-looking man had tried get inside the building
Barrett Firearms makes 50-caliber rifles for the military, which has used them in combat since the 1991 Gulf War. The powerful gun is also sold to the general public.
Critics have warned that the rifle could be used by terrorists to bring down commercial airliners or penetrate rail cars and storage plants holding hazardous materials.
The plant worker said the man had asked questions about the plant and began demanding access when the employee did not respond.
The man was asked to leave after he became upset when the employee began to examine his pickup truck.
The sheriff’s office was working with officials at Barrett Firearms and the U-S Department of Homeland Security to pursue any leads.
Here’s some of the scuttlebutt I heard at range practice this morning.
- 2 men of Middle Eastern descent first approached the guard asking about a tour of the plant
- When that didn’t work, they said they were looking to buy steel or metal
- The men had a significant amount of cash with them, more than $10k
Wonder if we’ll ever hear anything more about this mysterious event?
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[…] Some “Middle Eastern Men” arrive at the Barrett Rifles factory, and ask for a tour of the facilities and would like to know about purchasing some quantities of weapons…..I jokingly quipped “so I guess the ‘quantities’ were not about 10?”The local and State of Tennessee law enforcement people got on this case, so….looks like the “Middle Eastern” men won’t be getting the tour, nor is Barrett Rifles selling them anything.It looks like this happened about the 26th of January, according to a post at Bear Creek Ledger. BCL linked to Nashville’s News Channel 5 site for the confirmation of the story. I can’t say this has made the rounds on the MilBlogs, and I’m a little surprised at that. It sounds like it was one man, in a pickup, with about $10K and he demanded access to the plant. Pretty “cheeky” as the Brits would say, if you ask me.Connecting the dots: CNN shows video of jihadi snipers killing our troops. The Information Warriors of the enemy see the response of the America public Congress and decide if some is good, more is better. In a “bang for the buck” analysis, the cost of a $12,900 rifle teamed up with a decent quality video camera, and and a semi-competent assistant to handle the recording…you can counter many billions of dollars spent by the US Government. So…when the media’b’Allah doesn’t think their reporting has anything to do with the effect on the war sentiment, all they have to know is (if they are American taxpayers) they are helping to fuel the budget outlays to counter the cheap publicity they willingly provide the enemy. Now, by demanding the dollars to stop in this endeavor is just handing the enemy a huge victory in addition to “paying it forward” for the defeat of our troops. […]
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