Chesterfield County Sheriff's deputy Carolyn King removes rifles from a shipping container as she and other officers sort through thousands of guns found in the home and garage of Brent Nicholson in Pageland, South Carolina, on November 10, 2015 (photo released December 3). Nicholson had been detained after a traffic stop in October, and held for possession of stolen weapons found in his vehicle, after which authorities discovered a massive hoard of weapons at his home. Inside Nicholson's house, guns were everywhere: rifles and shotguns piled in the living room, halls and bedrooms; handguns littering tables and countertops. Outside, when sheriff's investigators rolled up the door on the pre-fab metal garage, more arms spilled out at their feet. The question of how one man amassed such a stockpile of guns—estimated to number nearly 5,000