California Man With Underground Bunker, Weapons Cache Arrested In CHP Raid Reminder to Californians; you do not live in a free state, and they don't play around. Michael Jay Kamfolt, pictured in a red sweatshirt and hat, at a No Kings protest on Feb. 17, 2025 in Redding, California. Photo by Annelise Pierce. Last week the California Highway Patrol (CHP) announced that they arrested Michael Jay Kam...
California Man With Underground Bunker, Weapons Cache Arrested In CHP Raid Reminder to Californians; you do not live in a free state, and they don't play around. Michael Jay Kamfolt, pictured in a red sweatshirt and hat, at a No Kings protest on Feb. 17, 2025 in Redding, California. Photo by Annelise Pierce. Last week the California Highway Patrol (CHP) announced that they arrested Michael Jay Kamfolt , a 40-year-old conservative activist who has an underground bunker containing a cache of 'illegal weapons,' ammo, and body armor . After receiving tip about an illegal marijuana grow operation, CHP Air Operations conducted a flyover of the property located in the city of Anderson, located around 150 miles north of Sacramento in Shasta County. Authorities conducted a month-long investigation of the property owned by Kamfolt, after which CHP executed a search warrant at the location on Jan. 20. And while they didn't find any weed being grown , officers recovered 13 firearms - including three AR-style assault rifles, one of which was a "ghost gun" without a serial number, along with a sawed-off shotgun and two firearms that had been reported stolen, one in 2016 and the other in 1978. A 'ghost gun' can be assembled at home, which is usually milled out of a hunk of aluminum or 3D printed. The bunker, equipped with power, ventilation, a concrete floor with built-in drainage, and the necessary supplies to grow weed, also contains a home gym, armchair, television, and workbench with a Bennington flag. Investigators also found roughly 10,000 rounds of ammunitio n - an amount not uncommon among enthusiasts and preppers, including armor piercing rounds, 30 high-capacity magazines, and four soft-body armor vests. " During the search, officers discovered an underground bunker accessible through a 100-foot-long culvert ," reads a press release . 'The bunker was equipped with power, ventilation, a concrete floor with built-in drainage and the necessary supplies to cultivate marijuan...