This Is Not an Arsenal

Dear liberal mainstream media: Adam Lanza did not have an arsenal.

Reports were released today that details parts of the investigation into Adam Lanza, the psychopath murderer who committed the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school. The big news of the day was the list of weapons used and weapons recovered from the Lanza home, a collection which is being called an “arsenal” and a “sophisticated weapons stash” and a “chilling inventory“. But is it really?

Weapons Recovered

Here’s the list of weapons recovered by police.

Recovered from Lanza’s Honda Civic:

• One Saiga 12 Shotgun

Recovered from the Lanza home:

• One Enfield Albian bolt action rifle*, .323 caliber
• One Savage Mark II .22 LR

Recovered from Lanza himself:

• One Bushmaster XM-15, .223 caliber
• Glock 20, 10mm
• SIG P226, 9mm

*Maybe someone can clue me in to what an Enfield Albian rifle is – did they mean a Lee-Enfield?

So what arsenal are they referring to? Surely not the six guns listed above? What am I missing here? Perhaps the crappy swords and knives they found? The BB gun? Most gun owners I know have many, many more firearms than the three rifles, one shotgun and two pistols above. Arsenal? Give me a break.

The media is also making a huge deal out of the amount of ammunition found in the Lanza home (well of course they are), but how much ammo was there really?

Ammunition Recovered

• 30 Winchester 12 gauge shotgun shells
• 8 boxes of Winchester Wildcat .22 LR, 50 per box for a total of 400 rounds
• 20 Estate 12 gauge shotgun shells
• 4 boxes of SB 12 gauge buckshot, 10 rounds per box for a total of 40 shells
• 1 box of Lightfield 12 gauge shotgun shells, presumably a box of 5
• 1 box of Prvi Partizan .303, 20 rounds
• 1 box of Federal .303, 20 rounds
• 2 boxes of Blazer .22 LR, 50 rounds each for a total of 100 rounds
• 2 boxes of PPU .45 ACP, 50 rounds per box for a total of 100 rounds
• 1 box of Remington .223, 20 rounds
• 3 boxes of Blazer .40 S&W, 50 rounds per box for a total of 150 rounds
  
• 2 boxes of Winchester 5.56, 20 rounds each for a total of 40 rounds
• 1 box of Magtech .45 ACP, 30 rounds
• 1 box of Fiocchi .45 ACP with 48 rounds
• 80 rounds of CCI .22 LR
• 6 boxes of PMC .223, 20 rounds each for a total of 120 rounds
• 6 Winchester 12 gauge buckshot shells
• 2 Remington 12 gauge slugs
• 3 Winchester .223 rounds
• 31 .22 LR rounds
• 2 boxes of Underwood 10mm, 50 rounds per box for a total of 100 rounds
• 130 rounds of Speer Lawman 9mm
• 1 rifle magazine with 10 rounds of .223
• 29 misc. 9mm rounds
• 2 shotgun magazines, each with 10 rounds for a total of 20 rounds

Totals

• 12 gauge shells: 123
• .303 rounds: 40
• 5.56/.223 rounds: 193
• .22 LR rounds: 611
• Pistol rounds (various calibers): 587

If my math is off anywhere please let me know, but people who actually own guns and shoot regularly know that this isn’t a lot of ammo, especially when you consider that the bulk of it is .22 LR. You can see the scans of the search warrants here to see the full list of items recovered.

Perhaps I’m missing something, but where is this arsenal they speak of?