A couple of folks have sent us links to the investigation of Jeffrey Alan Lash who had amassed more than 1200 firearms and tons of ammunition – so much that it took law enforcement more than three days to remove it all from his home. He also had 14 cars registered in his name, of which police have only recovered eight so far, stashed around the city. He told his girlfriend of 17 years that he was a secret squirrel and that he was constantly being followed. <\/p>\n
Back on July 4th, while in a shopping center parking lot, Lash felt ill (probably because he was in the late stages of cancer) and refused to allow his girlfriend to take him to a hospital, so while she tried to treat his symptoms, Lash expired, but not before he told her to abandon his body in the car because the folks who had been following him would recover it. So she went to Seattle for ten days. When she got back, his body was still in the car and he was decomposing in the California heat, so she called the police.<\/p>\n
From CBS Sacramento<\/a>;<\/p>\n LAPD Deputy Chief of Detectives Kirk Albanese said there\u2019s no indication the man was doing anything illegal with the weapons. Detectives were reviewing everything, but so far the guns appeared to be registered to him. Many were still in boxes or had price tags.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n Police say they don\u2019t believe there was any foul play involved in his death, but the official cause has been deferred pending further investigation.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n The guns are worth more than $5 million, Braun said, and along with the ammunition, took three days to remove from the home, which remains piled 6-feet high with items throughout.<\/p>\n \u201cHoarding times 10,\u201d Braun said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I always thought that there was no such thing as too many guns, but I think Mr. Lash found the limit. According to the LA Times<\/a>, some of his neighbors (who knew Lash as Bob) tell the Times that he told them whacky stories, like his night missions which required him to swim to Catalina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"