«Most Armed Man in America» on guns

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Michael Koenigs @MikeOnABikeABC reports on Colorado gun shop owner Mel Bernstein who casually known as the “most armed man in America” after acquiring thousands of high-powered weapons, bazookas and machine guns.

His firearms collection dwarfs the number of guns — 47 — allegedly found in the Las Vegas hotel suite and two homes of mass shooter Stephen Paddock, for instance, but the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is unable to confirm whether Bernstein has amassed more weapons than any other U. S. gun owner.

“ATF cannot quantify who possesses the most firearms in America because there is no database to reference this information,” an ATF representative wrote in response to an inquiry from ABC News. “A firearm registry or database of individuals who own firearms regulated under the Gun Control Act (GCA) does not exist.”

Bernstein says he has amassed over 4,000 weapons at his Colorado Springs compound, where he also keeps military-style vehicles. The weapons are registered in his name, he says, and he also rents and sells machine guns to his customers.

His gun shop, six shooting ranges, military museum, paintball park, motorcross park and home are located on the 260-acre property known as Dragonland.

“We’ve been selling more guns in the last three weeks than we have in the last eight months,” Bernstein said of his firearms shop called Dragonmans.

As for gun ownership in general, about 3 percent of Americans own about half the country’s 265 million guns, according to a 2016 Harvard-Northeastern survey. Such “super owners” possess an average of 17 guns each, and an estimated 133 million guns in total.

“If anybody comes on your property and threatens you with bodily harm, it’s legal to shoot them, [according to] Colorado law,” Bernstein said as he drove toward his one-story house in which he keeps M-16 machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, and multiple handguns around his bed.

In August, four people used Bernstein’s truck to smash into the Dragonmans gun store and steal 84 guns, police said. Federal authorities have since arrested four suspects, including his stepdaughter and step-grandson, who now face felony charges in connection to the theft of firearms from a federal firearms licensee. They have not entered pleas.

In 2012, his wife, Terry Flanell, 51, was accidentally killed by a smoke bomb on the property while filming a reality-TV pilot for the Discovery Channel.

Now, his home — decorated with jukeboxes, vintage Cola-Cola memorabilia and model cars — reminds him of a bygone era.

Bernstein also keeps four female mannequins at the home. “I need someone to talk to, to tell them my problems,” Bernstein said.

He added: “This whole house fixed up like this puts me back in my era, back in the sixties where I belong.”

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  1. Rifa amal

    A tank

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  2. Bλu Boi

    His house looks dope..

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  3. Roy Rivas

    Real man guns !!!

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  4. Jakob Berglund

    All these guns are used for is killing

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  5. Moe Gina

    this guys a beast

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  6. Janco van der Westhuizen

    This guy built his own world, just the way he wants it to be. Admirable

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  7. FaZe JaYz

    If a zombie apocalypses is going to come this guys won’t really car cause he is armed for it

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  8. LaShell P

    I love that dude! I wish I was his neighbor!!

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  9. Purity fbi

    The American Dream ❤❤❤❤

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  10. Potato Extreme

    how can i get tons of guns

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  11. Cameron BACK

    Why do they look plastic

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  12. Potato Extreme

    when he died we will own it yay

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  13. Potato Extreme

    can i be ur son lol

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  14. Spade Dub

    So…. He doesn't have some sort of a mental illness? I think he needs to be checked bruh.

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  15. Bon Bob

    Soooo true

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  16. peRa Samu

    He is like 3 times the german army

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  17. Derro Farm

    This is da weapon dat killed 100 people at church hahahahahah, fucking nutcase

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  18. Lil Cash

    he has tank in a garage !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!wuuut

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  19. Cosmic Salmon

    How paranoid is this man

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  20. Wasif Umer

    He is mentally sick

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  21. Joseph Stalin

    This guy is ready for any war.

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  22. calvin kim

    what happens when you become extremely lonely lmao

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  23. Class A Living

    ?????????

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  24. Erich Boehm

    This is why other countries think we are a crazy. How is any of this stuff legal?

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  25. nasse lallepo

    Congratulations!!!! idiot !! There is other things you can do With the all money you wasted on and put to this killing machine you can save any human life or help animals. What little world you have !!!i wonder the stupid people who gave you plus

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  26. Macro Guest

    Might as well put a big sign on his property saying, "Hey! Free Guns! Come Rob me!"

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  27. Sandvich Gaming

    this guy is a badass

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  28. Gavrata

    good gona visit this man next time i have bad grades 🙂 gona get a present for the school

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  29. Anthony Smocking eStRaDa

    Now that a one man army

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  30. RHASEAN

    Weirdo white devil

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  31. middle eastern art anime and more

    This guy is like a army an actual army

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  32. Xeino

    Can us Republicans agree that when the civil war between Republicans and Democrats breaks out this man’s house is our HQ?

    I mean the war won’t last long, seeing as democrats are anti gun, but I still think this is our base.

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  33. jenbionic

    this dude really be talking to mannequins

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  34. White Pride

    I wish I had the money time and effort to be able to make something like that in the future

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  35. Speedz X

    You wouldn’t want to break into this guys house lol

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  36. Josephine Guichapa

    Does he have a p90 from Fortnite

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  37. anthony do

    This dude is ready for the fucking zombie apocalypse

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  38. Mr.Duck

    This man is insane

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  39. Ares

    Why do you scumbags cut up videos to make what the man is saying sound misleading and malicious. Disgusting fake news.

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  40. Nick N.

    Michael Koenigs is a cuck.

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  41. Sami Zazai

    You forgot one more thing . Fuel

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  42. See Beast

    I wonder if he has killed someone?

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  43. Fredd

    …I feel safer now

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  44. Nick Brown

    Fuckin 'Merica!

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  45. Vorrtekks

    I was expecting more hands

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  46. CaptainMarmoo

    this guy is mentally deranged, and a republican… coincidence?

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  47. MotoRacer171

    Imagine no snowflakes, eveyone is this armed in america. nobody would think about fuckin with us

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