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400 Weapons, 5 Tonnes of Explosives Seized from French Gun Collector
17 June 2009
Agence France Presse
STRASBOURG, France — French gendarmes said on Wednesday they had arrested a gun enthusiast who hoarded an arsenal of 400 weapons and 5.5 tonnes of ammunition, from assault rifles to hand grenades, at his home.
Forty-nine-year-old Francis Rinck, who lives with his mother in eastern France, had amassed a huge stash of combat weapons, one third knives and two thirds firearms including machine-guns and assault rifles.
Rinck, who describes himself as a "compulsive... (GunPolicy.org)