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It's nice to know such common sense decisions are being made by public servants. Especially in these days of massive debt incurred by local, state and federal gov't. Ugh.
I also bet some of the nice collectable firearms turned in don't get destroyed either. They wind up in the collections of the police officers.
No they would not do that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Dick
Tounge planted firmly in cheek.
I'm sure they were destroyed. Ya, right.
Like others here, I'm certain that most of the historical and unique guns made it to LEO homes and I would not blame them. Let me say, I hope they were saved.
Countless years ago I had a friend who bought dozens of Lee Enfield 303's and would travel to native reserves in SK and trade for old Winchesters that usually the owner had difficutly finding ammo for.
He would give a decent 303 sporter and a couple of boxes of ammo and IMO saved many old guns from a uncertain future.
I think that intervening in the program by purchasing from people wanting to get rid of their guns is a great idea. It does boggle my mind that so many people are willing to give up a historical collectable for a "couple of pieces of silver".
Thia is why I hate the political climate in my home state. Bunch of idiots in Trenton.
HHMM... I remember in Flint Michigan, back in the 1990's they had a gun buyback. They did show a number of guns being destroyed (in process). IIRC, one was a Luger being flattened by a "steam roller".
I also was a member for a forum, where "Joe" bought a nice Gew88 for several hundred $$. A few months later, a new member posted a photo of "Joe's" Gew88 that he found at an estate sale for $50.00.
I also remember a gentleman in a local inner city showing a "Dragunov Tigr" type scoped rifle he had purchased for home defense, for Y2K.
The point is that there are a fair amount of public individuals who make poor choices, based on little understanding of weapons. Or care of such items regardless of historical provenance... remember that WWII and Vietnam were a long time ago.
As to the "acutal" distruction of these items. I bet it is based on each departments policy. And I also bet a fair amount require them to be thoroughly destroyed.