It is stupid to destroy valuable property when it could be sold. Are you saying because something was once sold to the government, it should never be sold to the public.
I do not understand your reasoning. Sold to the public, the pistols are worth about $500 each. Made into scrap and smelted, they have negative value. The metal at most is worth pennies and it costs money to move them.
I do not understand your position. Please elaborate.
My point is that to sell them to the public there is a cost associated with it. If it is overall less expensive to sell them great. But it entails a lot more than just having a tag sale.
My guess is that it’s a lot less expensive, overall, to just melt them and re-use them.
While that’s not the answer a lot of people want to hear, it’s probably the truth.
I think this entire debate really ought to center on the service condition of the guns in question. If they are in reasonable and decent condition...then some sale should be in order. If these are in marginal condition and correctly ID’ed as ‘junk’, then selling them isn’t a good idea. So far, no one from DoD has said anything about an inspection and labeling them correctly....let’s get to this point first.