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LA County melted down 4,971 guns into rebar this week (VIDEO)
guns.com ^ | July 20, 2017 | Chris Eger

Posted on 07/20/2017 9:58:29 AM PDT by PROCON

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Under California law, guns seized or collected by law enforcement that cannot be returned to their owners can be sold to the public or destroyed.

Selling to the public wasn't going to happen by a long shot.

1 posted on 07/20/2017 9:58:29 AM PDT by PROCON
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2 posted on 07/20/2017 9:59:13 AM PDT by PROCON (President Reagan, your worthy successor has arrived to save our beloved America)
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"...firearms melted..."


Yeah? Well how many were cherry-picked and went home with government agents and police officers?

3 posted on 07/20/2017 10:05:54 AM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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“They will not be used to commit a crime or used to harm our residents.”

What if the rebar is used as a weapon?


4 posted on 07/20/2017 10:07:42 AM PDT by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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Lol! Lets see there were 1,901,768 guns sold in the last 30 days according to the FBI, which equals roughly 44 a minute. So congratulations LA the 4971 guns you destroyed took a whopping 1 hour and 57 minutes for the free market to replace!


5 posted on 07/20/2017 10:09:37 AM PDT by apillar
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“Selling to the public wasn’t going to happen by a long shot.”
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That’s what Nazis do....they confiscate and destroy firearms.


6 posted on 07/20/2017 10:09:55 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: Blue Jays

Only the best,no doubt.

There was a TJ Hooked episode about a crooked cop (Vic Tayback) and a couple of guys that destroyed scrap metal and sold the weapons.

Not bad for a 80s show.


7 posted on 07/20/2017 10:09:59 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: PROCON

To zero effect on crime. A completely worthless gesture. Wont save one life or stop one crime. Odds are, 80% of thos guns were near garbage status and would never be used in a crime. Gee, good thing you got that bolt action Jap Arisaka rifle off the streets! Gee, that Hawken percussion single shot was an imminent danger! Good thing that rusted .32 Derringer was turned in.

Idiots.


8 posted on 07/20/2017 10:12:24 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Trump: What to do now I can't repeal Obamacare? I know, lets start a war with Russia!)
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To: oblomov

Don’t bring rebar to a gun fight...er, um...


9 posted on 07/20/2017 10:15:11 AM PDT by onona (Stop stonewalling Judicial Watch and release the documents)
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That picture looks more or less like a garbage pile. I dont see one gun I would take for free and keep. Just 2,997,583 guns left to go! Oops, i should not give them any idears.


10 posted on 07/20/2017 10:15:26 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Trump: What to do now I can't repeal Obamacare? I know, lets start a war with Russia!)
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To: PROCON

What a waste. Rebar is generally low quality steel.


11 posted on 07/20/2017 10:17:21 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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Hey, Hey! NOW they'll have that rebar they've needed to build those new houses for those immigrants
HOW Fortunate
</sarcasm>
12 posted on 07/20/2017 10:19:02 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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whoop-dee-doo


13 posted on 07/20/2017 10:21:43 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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How much money did this bit of recycling cost?


14 posted on 07/20/2017 10:23:55 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

There might be a couple of guns in there worth restoring.


15 posted on 07/20/2017 10:24:03 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Well, certainly there aren’t many serviceable guns in that pile but many of the antique guns could be sold for parts for big bucks.


16 posted on 07/20/2017 10:24:35 AM PDT by PROCON (President Reagan, your worthy successor has arrived to save our beloved America)
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To: PROCON

No, they’ll never be in the hands of criminals, now. Sadly they will also never be in the hands of anyone who’d like to defend themselves against them, either.


17 posted on 07/20/2017 10:26:22 AM PDT by Persevero (Democrats haven't been this nutty since we freed their slaves.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Rebar is generally low quality steel.

And what good liberal Californian would want a house built with Eevil "gun" rebar? </sarc>

18 posted on 07/20/2017 10:27:03 AM PDT by PROCON (President Reagan, your worthy successor has arrived to save our beloved America)
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To: PROCON

Reminds me of some old 1970s TV cop shows in which guns are thrown into the ocean.,
Then there was THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO in which a woman buys a .25 cal pistol, it escapes and goes on a killing spree until the cops catch it and melt it down into a sewer cover.

In other states and counties they are sold at police auction. I’ve seen the public go into a bidding frenzy at these and buy junk guns at new prices.

Our county torches the guns. I can’t stand to watch them torch good S&Ws and Colt 1911s!


19 posted on 07/20/2017 10:32:22 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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"That picture looks more or less like a garbage pile."

It also looks like they are primarily shotguns and hunting rifles.

20 posted on 07/20/2017 10:43:42 AM PDT by circlecity
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