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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A tank
His house looks dope..
Real man guns !!!
All these guns are used for is killing
this guys a beast
This guy built his own world, just the way he wants it to be. Admirable
If a zombie apocalypses is going to come this guys won’t really car cause he is armed for it
I love that dude! I wish I was his neighbor!!
The American Dream ❤❤❤❤
how can i get tons of guns
Why do they look plastic
when he died we will own it yay
can i be ur son lol
So…. He doesn't have some sort of a mental illness? I think he needs to be checked bruh.
Soooo true
He is like 3 times the german army
This is da weapon dat killed 100 people at church hahahahahah, fucking nutcase
he has tank in a garage !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!wuuut
How paranoid is this man
He is mentally sick
This guy is ready for any war.
what happens when you become extremely lonely lmao
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This is why other countries think we are a crazy. How is any of this stuff legal?
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
Might as well put a big sign on his property saying, "Hey! Free Guns! Come Rob me!"
this guy is a badass
good gona visit this man next time i have bad grades 🙂 gona get a present for the school
Now that a one man army
Weirdo white devil
This guy is like a army an actual army
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.
this dude really be talking to mannequins
I wish I had the money time and effort to be able to make something like that in the future
You wouldn’t want to break into this guys house lol
Does he have a p90 from Fortnite
This dude is ready for the fucking zombie apocalypse
This man is insane
Why do you scumbags cut up videos to make what the man is saying sound misleading and malicious. Disgusting fake news.
Michael Koenigs is a cuck.
You forgot one more thing . Fuel
I wonder if he has killed someone?
…I feel safer now
Fuckin 'Merica!
I was expecting more hands
this guy is mentally deranged, and a republican… coincidence?
Imagine no snowflakes, eveyone is this armed in america. nobody would think about fuckin with us