{"id":1070223,"date":"2021-11-30T20:58:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1070223"},"modified":"2021-11-30T20:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:58:36","slug":"lapd-scandal-after-44-guns-discovered-missing-from-gun-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lapd-scandal-after-44-guns-discovered-missing-from-gun-store\/","title":{"rendered":"LAPD Scandal After 44 Guns Discovered Missing from Gun Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flapd-scandal-after-44-guns-discovered-missing-from-gun-store%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1070223&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A scandal has allegedly been uncovered at the LAPD following the discovery that 44 firearms went missing from the gun store at the Los Angeles Police Academy.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-11-29\/allegations-lapd-gun-store-case-investigation-claims-corruption\">notes<\/a> that Archi Duenas, the manager of the gun store, has allegedly been selling guns on the cheap to officers for years and was able to hide the sales by simply being at the store every day to handle the paperwork.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, in February 2020, Duenas was told he saved up the maximum amount of \u201cleave hours\u201d and needed to take time off. When he did, his substitute discovered that many boxes labeled as containing guns were actually empty.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Investigators began looking into store records and Duenas\u2019s dealings and found that numerous LAPD officers had allegedly \u201cpurchased stolen weapons from Duenas, bought and sold much larger numbers of firearms in questionable ways, and dangerously stored loaded guns in places accessible to children, according to internal police records.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13632622\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/lapd-police-car-los-angeles-flickr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13632622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/lapd-police-car-los-angeles-flickr.jpg\" alt=\"LAPD\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">LAPD vehicle (LADOT\/Flickr)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Certain LAPD commanders are simultaneously accused of standing in the way of the investigation, allegedly undercutting investigators\u2019 attempts to identify LAPD higher-ups who may have purchased guns as well.<\/p>\n<p>KRCW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcrw.com\/news\/shows\/press-play-with-madeleine-brand\/firearms-reproductive-rights-twitter\/lapd-guns-theft\">reports<\/a> that the \u201cLAPD captain overseeing the investigation says top commanders on the police force tried to hamstring her team\u2019s work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At one deputy in the Los Angeles Sheriff\u2019s Department and four LAPD officers allegedly \u201cknowingly bought stolen guns from the LAPD Police Academy\u2019s gun store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A scandal has allegedly been uncovered at the LAPD following the discovery that 44 firearms went missing from the gun store at the Los Angeles Police Academy. 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