Machine gun that fires 500 rounds a minute seized in stop
By Ricardo Tovar
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MONTEREY COUNTY, California (KSBW) — The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said it confiscated several firearms, including a machine gun, during a traffic stop on Sunday evening.
A sheriff’s office spokesperson said that a female driver was driving in the middle of the road near Poole Street and McDougal Street, which prompted a deputy to conduct a traffic stop.
The deputy found a machine gun, a loaded .45 caliber pistol and an AR pistol carbine. A male passenger from Pacific Grove was taken into custody for possession of drugs and guns.
The machine gun is a Type 11 Japanese light machine gun used by the Japanese imperial army during WWII and is estimated to fire 500 rounds per minute.
Brian Richard Knabb, a convicted felon of Pacific Grove, was attempting to sell the light machine gun, said a deputy spokesperson.
“This is a WWII era type of machine gun capable of firing over 500 rounds per minute. It’s a weapon of war. It’s a weapon of mass destruction,” said Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto.
Knabb’s bail was set at $50,o00. The driver was cited and released for possession of a controlled substance.
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