--- description: Los Angeles police discovered handguns, shotguns and rifles at a home in an upscale street in Pacific Palisades title: California Police Discover Arsenal of 1,200 Guns in Private Home image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # California Police Discover Arsenal of 1,200 Guns in Private Home  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2015 11:49 AM CUT  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2015 11:49 AM CUT Los Angeles police discovered a veritable arsenal of weaponry, including more than 1,200 handguns, shotguns and rifles, inside of a spacious private residence along an upscale street in Pacific Palisades. Police have not publicly identified the owner, who was found dead Friday inside of a parked SUV along the same quiet residential street, NBC News [reports](http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/More-Than-1200-Guns-2-Tons-of-Ammo-Seized-From-West-LA-Home-317730131.html "undefined"). Neighbors watched as investigators hauled the arms and upwards of 2-tons of ammunition out of the victim’s garage. “They were just lots of them,” one eyewitness told NBC, “piled at least 8-feet tall, and the pile just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger.” [Read more at NBC News.](http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/More-Than-1200-Guns-2-Tons-of-Ammo-Seized-From-West-LA-Home-317730131.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3965600/california-guns-ammunition-home/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3965600/california-guns-ammunition-home/"},"headline":"California Police Discover Arsenal of 1,200 Guns in Private Home","datePublished":"2015-07-21T11:49:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:25:23.445Z","description":"\"The pile just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger\"","url":"https://time.com/3965600/california-guns-ammunition-home/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3965600/california-guns-ammunition-home/","name":"California Police Discover Arsenal of 1,200 Guns in Private Home"}}]}] ```