[Who is John Galt?]

But cops keeping guns after a misdemeanor is normal if those guns are parcel to the misdemeanor
If you have a car crash and are ambulatory....cops take your weapons ...they give them back but only after they run them

Met a businessman once, who (with his 2-year-old daughter in the car) was on the receiving end of a 'road rage' incident. Cops showed up, and were confronted with a typical each-driver-blames-the-other situation. So, the cops confiscated weapons from BOTH parties: Mr. 'Road Rage' surrendered his foot-long screw driver (or crowbar?), and the businessman got to hand over his Wilson Combat Tactical Supergrade Compact (i.e., a ~$5000 1911). Don't know if either party ever got their property back.

Some folks suggest, "Figure out what you think your life is worth, and keep that in mind when you buy your concealed carry gun." I think that might have been the businessman's approach - but it's also worth remembering the potential down side...

[wardaddy]

Yes

Buy something you don’t mind losing

That Wilson is rich

5300 new in 45

Crazy money

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Marketing & sales will take their toll on the naive. That's why I tell people to get the cheapest thing they can find new or used of an effective caliber that is proven reliable, meaning it has been fired a good bit especially with the ammo intended to be used. When turned over or seized the gun goes into the evidence bag as-is at the time - if it gets set it down on the ground on a humid, misty evening, that's how it goes into evidence. They don't clean it, they don't oil it, none of that since it would destroy forensic evidence. In the event you get it back at all, expect wreckage.