More than 100 rifles stolen from Atlanta train car

ATLANTA Federal authorities were hunting Friday for more than 100 rifles stolen from a boxcar parked in an Atlanta train yard.

The weapons were taken from a CSX rail yard on the city's northwest side in mid-November, said Richard Coes, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The weapons include assault rifles that Coes described as "AK-style." He declined to discuss other aspects of the case.

Gary Sease, a spokesman for rail line CSX Corp., said the Jacksonville, Fla.-based company is cooperating with law enforcement to recover the weapons and investigate the theft.

"When any crime occurs, but especially any crime involving safety, we prosecute those responsible to the fullest extent of the law and work in close cooperation with partners in law enforcement agencies," Sease said.

The rifles were stolen on or around Nov. 12, authorities said. The boxcar was parked at the CSX Tilford Yard, about four miles northwest of downtown Atlanta.

The Tilford Yard is one of the company's major rail yards in Georgia, according to the company's website.

[Crash_Test_Dhimmi]

Looks like the criminals in Atlanta got to the Guns before the criminals in Washington could get to the guns.

[jm112]

SuperCatholic replies: I wish the terrorist would just hit the police stations and leave us normal people out of it. Let them exterminate each other, I say!

---- You are a freak if you think you are normal after posting that the police should be the next target? wow.

[jaxz1971]

you people kill me who care who stole them, they are gone-good luck finding them, we should worry abut who sent them that way. ten we will find out who the stupid ass was that decided to send them in an unsecured rail car.

[blues72]

wow SuperCatholic csx is a rail shipping company the dont make guns

[jm112]

SuperCatholic replies: I wish the terrorist would just hit the police stations and leave us normal people out of it. Let them exterminate each other, I say!

---- You are a freak if you think you are normal after posting that the police should be the next target? wow.

[Elron_Aven]

Check Eric Holder's closet.

[cbsblogger]

So who owned these firearms and was foolish enough to transport them via rail knowing that freight cars sit around in unlit unsecured areas? What exactly are AK type weapons and what are the serial numbers? It is hard to imagine a firearms manufacturer shipping their product via this method.

This would be almost like the Federal Reserve using rail to ship gold. Rail freight is intended for big bulky stuff like wheat or coal or lumber or large products that need equipment to move. It could be an inside job.

[HM8432]

Probably stolen by radical-Islamic sleeper-cell's living inside the U.S. The next big terrorist attack to hit this country won't be against a high-profile target(s) like on 9/11, but against scattered, hard-to-guard 'soft' targets (malls, campuses, events, industries, infrastructure, etc.) deep inside our country. More than likely, they'll hit these targets all at once for the psychological effect on our national psyche.

[tsigili]

Probably headed to drug cartels in Mexico, via the DOJ.

[rickgoyum]

anytime I see something like this I suspect an inside job.of all the cars parked there they target the one that oddly enough had the weapons and not grain or dvd players . I don't believe in coincidence.

[cheapster512]

deer are worried now