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I have an idea. Instead of selling the guns to a select group like FFL's only. Where they are pretty much selling the guns for scrap. (Politicians don't know anything about guns. Crazy right?) They could sell them on consignment with FFL's or at a gun show. Everyone would love the discount table.
you know they're not gonna do that...Originally Posted by DOC
I need to run for office.
Correct. I've never been a member of a forum that didn't have lots of LEOs on it. I came across harsh, but police should NOT be a protected class.
I have an even better idea, the Sheriff's office should hold the auction and only those with their concealed permits get to bid.
The Sheriff's office 'does' auction their firearms, but only to FFL's.
I like your idea better XJ
"I'd rather be a disabled Vet, than no Vet at all"
yeah, the 'good ones' could be gone
The police do get first shot at seized guns, if they're suitable for carry a police officer, they become department property and ISSUED to the officer. What is a "suitable" weapon?
At many/most police departmetns it's limited to what the armorer is qualified to fix. Typically all glocks, sigs and occasionally a couple of other types (depending on the area of the country - ruger is big in the south) get put into police inventory for issue.
The problem? Well, the gun needs a thorough going over by the armorer before issuance, it might need updated parts (like with a glock) or have aftermarket features added (almost always disqualifying it for carry) that need to be removed.
An HKP7 would go to auction, an HK USP might not.
A S&W Mod 25 would go to auction, a S&W Centennial might not.
The law allows a department to seize a gun if the department will certify that it is for official duty use. In some cases a few unusual guns might make it into inventory for training purposes - like showing unsaavy officers how to unload a Dan Wesson revolver (weird catch location) or an older Astra Cub. These guns MIGHT be shot at the range, but never issued - and never gifted to an officer.
In many/most cases they'll share the database with other local departments, and the inventory might get picked clean that way. But all the guns would have to go into the inventory, and become property of the government that seized them - never the property of an individual officer. Although I have heard of rare circumstances where an officer bought a gun out of seized inventory, it was ALWAYS at bluebook rates.
Guys, you gotta know that MOST cops are not gun nuts or collectors. They have their duty stuff, and most commonly nothing else - and no desire for it.
The conversion of the gun to private use of an individual officer would have to involve fair payment, anything else and you have official misconduct at the LEAST and theft of one degree of another. A cop's career would be OVER if he took a gun he seized. A 50k or more a year job is REALLY worth risking by the theft of a 350 dollar gun? Or even a 1000 dollar gun.
NOT...
What I'm happy about is the City is going to auction them back to FFL's and not destroy them. Hey, it's a small 'positive step forward' in respect to guns. Now we just have to hope council doesn't change their minds when voting next week to make it official.
Heck, e-mail all the council members and say what a great idea it is.
"I'd rather be a disabled Vet, than no Vet at all"
I do know that many wanted to purchase there duty weapon after the last turn in. At the last Springs show the vendor next to me had two of there turn in's that he had purchased.
At first I did not know what was going on. All I heard was "Those SOB's They told us we could buy them back after inspection". He then explained that he wanted to buy his back and they would have first shot at them. The vendor had two CSPD pistols on the table.
I do think it is time to drop a line to the city manager and ask her to go home.
I see you running, tell me what your running from
Nobody's coming, what ya do that was so wrong.
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