Whats Old is New,... Police Depts. Selling Seized Firearms

[twyacht]

Seems the cost of melting seized firearms is too much. Many Police Depts. need cash.

Sell the firearms to licensed dealers!!!     What a concept!!!!!

They used to do this a lot, all over the country. I bought a Ruger Police Service Six, from the Orange County PD when they did the Revolver, Semi-Auto conversion.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gun-sales23-2009aug23,0,4831409.story

Colorado Springs police may sell seized firearms
The City Council is considering a program to let the Police Department sell confiscated guns to licensed dealers. Sales could net $10,000 a year.
By Nicholas Riccardi

August 23, 2009

Reporting from Colorado Springs, Colo. - This conservative city is taking an unusual, some might say extreme, step to try to stem its fiscal woes: It's entering the gun business.

The Colorado Springs City Council is expected in coming weeks to approve the final details of a program that would allow the Police Department to sell confiscated firearms to federally licensed gun dealers. Police have already stopped melting down the hundreds of guns they collect from crime scenes, drug houses or civilians who don't need them anymore.

The sales are projected to bring in about $10,000 a year, only a slight dent for a city that faced a deficit of one-quarter its $200-million annual budget this year. But it still helps, said Vice Mayor Larry Small, who proposed the gun sales.

"Every penny counts," Small said.

Colorado Springs is home to the Army's Ft. Carson, the Air Force Academy and NORAD. Men and women in uniform mingle easily with civilians in the shopping centers and strollable downtown that sits in the shadow of 14,000-foot Pikes Peak. People here are comfortable around firearms.

More at link,.....

[sledgemeister]

Lucky buggers!

Dont worry over the coming months there will be a glut of Smith and Wesson Model 10's, about 10k of them at least.
Part of the deal here in a couple of the states was that smith and wesson take back the model 10's when they outfit the police with their new smicko .40cals.

[Ping]

Saw 8 Atlanta Police Dept. Smith and Wessons at the latest gunshow. Appeared to have badge numbers stamped on the also. They were very worn and beat up and wanted well over $500 a piece for them.

Guess everyone is doing what they can with the latest budget crunches.

[GASPASSERDELUXE]

The town i live in here in Texas has a sale about twice a year selling old police cars, computers, and other equipment no longer needed, also all the confiscated guns picked up on stops. I believe they also sell for some of the other small towns nearby. Picked up an SKS and a S&W 25-5 in 45 colt a couple of years ago. they have as an auction.

[WatchManUSA]

Don’t be surprised if some anti-gun group comes in and either forces the Colorado Springs police to melt them down or offers to buy them and the anti’s melt them down.

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[Hazcat]

Don’t be surprised if some anti-gun group comes in and either forces the Colorado Springs police to melt them down or offers to buy them and the anti’s melt them down.

That will never happen.  The left NEVER uses it's OWN money.  They will just sue the crap out of the city and department costing the taxpayers more.

[tombogan03884]

Don't forget the media propaganda about putting guns back in the hands of criminals and streets running with wild west blood.

[tt11758]

Don't forget the media propaganda about putting guns back in the hands of criminals and streets running with wild west blood.

Doesn't that happen EVERY time law-abiding citizens exercise their 2nd amendment rights?

[Ichiban]

Don’t be surprised if some anti-gun group comes in and either forces the Colorado Springs police to melt them down or offers to buy them and the anti’s melt them down.

Actually the county here has been doing it for a couple of years without any problems.  The city probably has a bigger cache but the precedence has been established locally.  They are selling them to FFLs, not the general public but most people (on the left) don't understand that distinction.

[tt11758]

Actually the county here has been doing it for a couple of years without any problems.  The city probably has a bigger cache but the precedence has been established locally.  They are selling them to FFLs, not the general public but most people (on the left) don't understand that distinction.

Since the FFL's are all (according to the Brady Bunch and their left-wing conspirators) selling guns for the sole purpose of moving them into Mexico, there really is no distinction.



Please note the sarcasm dripping from the above paragraph.