I grew up in the same town where the John M. Browning Firearms museum is. About 15 years ago, if memory serves, somebody walked in off the street while the museum was open, went into the display where all the machine guns are set up, unbolted an M1919 from the floor, and carried it out over his shoulder. Nobody even batted an eye. Now there is a glass case around the exhibit. As far as I know the machinegun was never recovered and they sorely miss it from their exhibit. That was a very sad day.
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