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10-22-2015, 07:46 AM
Any local police force doing this?
Quote:New laws force police to put guns back on the street
Every year, police officers seize tens of thousands of rifles, shotguns, machine guns and other firearms from criminals across the country. While many agencies destroy these weapons, a growing number of police departments are selling them instead.
And it's not always by choice.
Since 2009, at least 11 states have passed laws that either encourage or require police departments to sell seized or recovered guns -- with some banning police from destroying guns altogether, according to an exclusive CNNMoney analysis of state laws.
Such laws used to be far less common. While it's hard to track exactly how many states have historically pushed police departments to sell seized guns, agencies in only a few states were actually forced to sell them prior to 2009. Kentucky was the first to ban the destruction of guns in 1998, a law that has served as inspiration for the recent wave of legislation.
Behind this trend are powerful special interests like the National Rifle Association (NRA), which argues that the fear of these guns getting into the hands of criminals is "absurd" and part of an anti-gun agenda. It says that by destroying guns, police departments are not only eliminating perfectly functional weapons, but also throwing away a potential source of revenue.
"Police destruction of firearms is unnecessary and wasteful," said NRA spokeswoman Amy Hunter. "There is no reason any police department can't resell those firearms to law abiding citizens and use the money for any number of things -- infrastructure, law enforcement training, equipment, etc."
Read more here -> http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/21/news/pol...index.html
Quote:New laws force police to put guns back on the street
Every year, police officers seize tens of thousands of rifles, shotguns, machine guns and other firearms from criminals across the country. While many agencies destroy these weapons, a growing number of police departments are selling them instead.
And it's not always by choice.
Since 2009, at least 11 states have passed laws that either encourage or require police departments to sell seized or recovered guns -- with some banning police from destroying guns altogether, according to an exclusive CNNMoney analysis of state laws.
Such laws used to be far less common. While it's hard to track exactly how many states have historically pushed police departments to sell seized guns, agencies in only a few states were actually forced to sell them prior to 2009. Kentucky was the first to ban the destruction of guns in 1998, a law that has served as inspiration for the recent wave of legislation.
Behind this trend are powerful special interests like the National Rifle Association (NRA), which argues that the fear of these guns getting into the hands of criminals is "absurd" and part of an anti-gun agenda. It says that by destroying guns, police departments are not only eliminating perfectly functional weapons, but also throwing away a potential source of revenue.
"Police destruction of firearms is unnecessary and wasteful," said NRA spokeswoman Amy Hunter. "There is no reason any police department can't resell those firearms to law abiding citizens and use the money for any number of things -- infrastructure, law enforcement training, equipment, etc."
Read more here -> http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/21/news/pol...index.html
