Tennessean writing about what police should do with seized guns

[hornett22]

I hate to tell you this fellow’s but your showing a touch of ignorance and bias against LEA and LEO in general here. Many agencies auction vehicles, electronics, jewelry and other evidence or surplus equipment on line. It’s easier and doesn’t require a once or twice yearly auction which is an enormous expense in manpower hours. Firearms are far simpler to dispose of by trading them to a LE Supplier for ammunition or to help pay for replacement weapons or equipment. These weapons in turn are sold to distributors, then gun shops and their customers.

Some gun’s get torched and turned into manhole covers. Either they’re junk, broken, have missing or altered serial numbers or are otherwise illegal. If you think a LEO is immune to prosecution for being in possession, with intent, of a stolen or otherwise illegal firearm then your deluded. LEA are subject to evidence inventories quite often, if they are an accredited agency then policies are pretty darn specific on what can and can’t be done. In the end the general public does get to buy a lot of seized guns once they are cleared to do so by the respective judges, they just get them from a licensed dealer.

In the past month I have learned all about LE and how the laws don't apply to them.They have pretty much lost what little respect I had left for them.