Posted on 04/11/2023 1:07:29 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The semi-automatic rifle used to kill five people and injure nine at the Louisville bank shooting on Monday will likely be auctioned off and be “back on the streets,” Mayor Craig Greenberg said.
Greenberg — who has called for an end to the gun violence plaguing his city — said current Kentucky law allows guns seized by the police to go to auction, including those used in violent crimes.
“The assault rifle that killed five of our neighbors will one day be auctioned off,” the mayor said Tuesday. “That murder weapon will be back on the streets.”
The Louisville Metro Police Department has revealed shooter Connor Sturgeon, 25, who was shot dead by responding officers, purchased the AR-15 rifle legally from a local gun dealership on April 4.
LMPD Interim Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel added that police have executed a search warrant at Sturgeon’s residence and recovered several items linked to the investigation.
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This mayor is a freaking idiot. The weapon is exactly where it is supposed to be: in the evidence locker. It will not go “back on the street” until it is released, and that will be a long, long time from now and perhaps never.
If the Mayor is blaming the gun...arrest it, charge it with murder, convict it and send it to prison.
He doesn’t look like he comes from a good home.
Not enough midnight basketball.
Uhmmmm...No
It is evidence of a crime and will one day be destroyed....
A jerk. And arse hole. You see, an M1 Garrand is a hunting rifle used by sportsmen, but an AR was designed to used by nutcases for mass shootings. </SARCASM>
I’m not so sure…
At one time your statement was spot on right.
I’m not so sure…
No problem ... the whiny mayor should purchase it.
Shooter should have taken out the mayor and DA and that would help the city.
Greenturd and his marxist pro-burn-loot-murder predecessor, Fisher, have lobbied the GOP state legislature to rescind the state’s preemption law, which is purposely designed to stop leftist enclaves like Louisville and Lexington from enacting California level gun control in what is otherwise the 6th most pro-2A state in the country.
I bet the RINO’s in Frankfort will finally cave.
In Kentucky guns confiscated in crimes are taken by the state police and once a year auctioned off to a FFL dealer. The money goes to the state police budget (some department's budget at any rate). The FFL dealer then sells to law abiding retail customers WHO PASS A BACKGROUND CHECK.
When gun grabber Greenberg ran for mayor he campaigned on the notion that Louisville should permanently sabotage the guns before turning over to the state police as it is required to do. He claims, by inference, that all guns used in crimes are legally acquired by the criminals.
Why are liberal Jews so in favor of government taking guns? I have a Jewish in law that believes no one but the government should own firearms. How could a Jew with a Masters Degree (unfortunately it is in Education) be so educated and at the same time so utterly ignorant of history? Why would any Jew want the government to be the sole owner of firearms????????
Kinda like the young liberal Jews who buy and drive Mercedes. Ignorant of history.
Why shouldn’t it be. It worked as designed. The shooter’s Brain was defective.
“Worry about the feral subhumans who commit murder, not the tools they abuse.”
And they can obviously blame the problem with weapons sales as the weak link. But they don’t, they just overlook it.
“Federal authorities sought to take back guns from thousands of people the background check system should have blocked from buying weapons because they had criminal records, mental health issues or other problems that would disqualify them.
It’s the largest number of such retrieval requests in 10 years, according to FBI records – an especially striking statistic after revelations that a breakdown in the background check system allowed a troubled Air Force veteran to buy a rifle later used to kill 26 worshipers at a Texas church last month.
If the background check is not complete within the 72-hour time limit, federal law allows the sale to go forward.’”
So if we consider the guns that are sold that can get back ground checks have bugs in their system, then I guess legally purchased guns are no different than street corner purchases. And the FBI people are paid to not do their work.
wy69
“” will likely be auctioned off and be “back on the streets,”””
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No big deal BUT if it starts wearing purple and white double-breasted suits, fur coats, platform shoes, big hats with feathers and lots of neck chains, look out.
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By a properly licensed FFL and with a NICS check, so take a deep breath, Mayor - all is well.
It will only kill again if a Democrat buys it.
I would think it would be held in the property clerk’s shelves for a very long time.
Are they taking bids? LOL
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