A troubling burglary in Sarpy County has deputies worried because of what was taken.

A passion for a pastime hangs all around Ed Foral's garage. "We hunt a lot, a lot more than most people do." Burglars recently preyed on Foral while he was away hunting, smashing through a garage side door. "Casing, the jam they broke out." Prying open his son's smaller gun safe. "They knew right where the locking bolts were."

In all, 28 guns stolen. "Shotguns, rifles, handguns and between his and mine, there were 4 ARs, AR-15s." Guns used to hunt animals like coyotes.

Sheriff's investigators are tracking clues to recover all the guns. "Why we are pushing so hard on this is because your guns, AR-15s, rifles, hunting rifles and shotguns, our concerns are we don't want them out on the street in the wrong hands," says Sarpy County Detective Darin Morrissey.

Ed believes thieves knew about the two gun safes and came prepared to haul off the big one. "One exactly like this in there." A Liberty Fatboy gun safe weights about 1,000 pounds when empty. The thieves likely drove a pickup into Ed's garage. "Three of them probably got on the bottom of the safe and lifted it and shoved it in the truck, opened the door and took off."

Either the suspects knew or got lucky because the security system hadn't been activated. Ed says he won't be victimized by a shot in the dark again. "This will be armed at all times," he said, referring to his alarm system.

The guns seemed to be the thieves' only target. Anyone with information on the burglary or the stolen guns is asked to call Sarpy County Crime Stoppers at 402-592-STOP.