Posted on 05/20/2013 5:35:18 AM PDT by marktwain
Phoenix police are in a race against time in processing guns that the city purchased at recent gun buyback events.
A new Arizona law that hasn't yet taken effect bars cities and counties from destroying guns turned over to police at buyback events and instead requires that the guns be resold.
The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/19QbpVe) that Phoenix's program brought in 979 weapons in two sessions earlier this month and an additional 937 guns on Saturday.
The law will go into effect 90 days after the legislative session ends, which could be any day. Police are already struggling to process the weapons in their possession, and the influx of an additional 937 guns will make it even more difficult to move the weapons through the system before the deadline.
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The Phoenix police gun-enforcement squad uses two machines to process the evidence. There are as many as 15 officers trained to compare the unique markings on fired-cartridge casings and bullets to those entered from other crime scenes. On average, investigators request tests on about 200 guns per month, Phoenix police Detective Neil Worden said.
Those requests are still coming in, Worden said, and investigators typically prioritize those with expedited requests to take precedent over weapons slated for destruction.
(Excerpt) Read more at azdailysun.com ...
I’ll give them $10,000 for all +/- 1,900 of them. I’ll take them out of state and provide any info they want from them. Any implicated gins will be returned for $200 each. When we’re done the remaining guns will be mine.
Any takers? Anyone want to invest with me?
Why are the police rushing to circumvent the wishes of the legislature, governor, and therefore the people?
“To Protect and Serve” my ass.
Liberals are evil, it’s the only explanation. They destroyed perfectly good cars in Cash-for-Clunkers to create union jobs replacing the destroyed vehicles, and they destroy perfectly good firearms rather than resell them. Waste disgusts me, and liberalism is inherently wasteful.
Somewhere gun manufacturers are lighting a cigar and saying “Good. Good”.
No testing. They have been granted amnesty. If they’re having a hard time destroying them maybe they should hire some of those australian dudes they showed in the video after the massive turn in down under. Those guys had it down when it came to destroying other folks valuable private property. Just doing their jobs I guess. (I’d have been like some guy working an animal shelter that puts stray and unwanted dogs down. Looking for a new job!)
Somehow I doubt the police would be “rushing” to destroy already seized pot if marijuana were suddenly legalized.
Oops. On 2nd look it does appear they are checking them all but the “turn in-ees” I guess got the ol’ “no questions asked”. So yeah, a good way to get rid of a gun someone used in a crime I guess.
It would be a great bargain, as I personally ID’d more than $10,000 worth of guns turned in, and the average take in auctions of this type is about $100 per gun.
Unfortunately, It appears that the Mayor and police chief are hostile to anything like this idea.
If it happens, be sure to insist on the WWII Luger with original holster, the Garand, the M1 carbine, the Browning Auto 5 and the Marlin 39. They would be a good start to recoup your $10,000.
OK, you DO realize that you're a blathering statist, collectivist anti-rights oxygen thief who can barely assemble two words, yes? And even then they aren't really coherent? The statist tyrants who are the recipients of so much of your concern over their "difficult situation" were aware of the new law. If they didn't have the time to squeeze in another history-destroying rights-repudiating "buyback" no one was holding a gun to their head! (pun intended)
They CHOSE to have this controversial event knowing about the new law. Any logistical problems are therefore theirs alone and deserving of no sympathy. Why are you sympathizing with them because they might have a little trouble sticking their thumb in their masters' eye one last time?
I am sure that your outrage is directed at the author, and not at me.
Still, It would be nice for you to mention that. Some new freepers might mistakenly believe that I am the author.
Oh, sorry — thought it would be obvious!
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