Posted on 08/31/2015 4:52:42 PM PDT by American Faith Today
Second Amendment advocates are firing away at a decision by Honolulu officials to destroy $575,000 worth of perfectly good handguns in a move one critic called the height of anti-gun stupidity.
Some 2,300 Smith & Wesson 9 mm handguns, including at least 200 that are brand-new and in unopened boxes, were issued to the citys police department. But with the 2,200-member force upgrading to lighter and less expensive Glock 17s, the guns were set to be permanently holstered. While it is customary throughout the country for departments to auction the guns to law-abiding citizens, including the police who once carried them, or donate them to another department, Honolulu opted to destroy them.
Mayor Kirk Caldwell and the Honolulu Police Department agreed that they would not allow the guns to be sold to the general public and end up on the streets of Honolulu, Honolulu Police spokeswoman Michelle Yu told FoxNews.com. The same goes for selling the individual gun parts that could have been used to assemble a gun.
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It would be too much work for them to register all those guns.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol03_Ch0121-0200D/HRS0134/HRS_0134-0003.htm
Taxpayers need to demand their budget be cut by $575K, since they’ve proven incapable of managing the resources entrusted to them.
The taxpayer is NOT some bottomless pit, obligated to indulge every act of stupidity.
Follow the money:
Who did Smith & Wesson pay off for this stupid stunt?
This supported high prices for new firearms just like that idiotic “Cash-for-clunkers” program did, by taking perfectly useable useed merchandise off the market.
Offer to sell them to other police departments for a significant discount.
That revolver is empty
“That revolver is empty”
Probably made out of rubber or plastic, too.
You read it here first!
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2015/08/honolulu-mayor-gives-up-575000-to-aid.html
It looks like a real Colt Detective Special.
Bob and Connie in earlier years
Put Hawaii on eBay and remove its star.........Hmmmmmm, Californication too?
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