I’m somewhat relieved that California is not the only screwed up place…. Come on Memphis — straighten up!
Stolen from the AP (who can go “F” themselves):
Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn.
Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that both guns were once seized in criminal cases in Memphis. The officials described how the weapons made their separate ways from an evidence vault to gun dealers and to the shooters.
The use of guns that once were in police custody and were later involved in attacks on police officers highlights a little-known divide in gun policy in the United States: Many cities and states destroy guns gathered in criminal probes, but others sell or trade the weapons in order to get other guns or buy equipment such as bulletproof vests.
In fact, on the day of the Pentagon shooting, March 4, the Tennessee governor signed legislation revising state law on confiscated guns. Before, law enforcement agencies in the state had the option of destroying a gun. Under the new version, agencies can only destroy a gun if it’s inoperable or unsafe.
Actually not that shocking so long as the guns are no longer needed as evidence and they’re checked for hair triggers, et al. for relative safety. But I love how the AP is shocked shocked! that the cops don’t destroy these foul implements of destruction (or would it be implements of fowl destruction?)
To hoplophobes, there are bad guns and there are good guns. Just like to some racists there are good “clean well spoken” African American Senators and, well those other ones.
They should crush cars that have been used as getaway cars.
When a thief or murderer eats at a restaurant prior to committing a crime the restaurant should be shuttered, for they could not have perpretated their evil without the calories provided by the proprietor, an obvious accomplice to their mis-deeds.
How about burning ropes used in strangulation or removing hands used in a fight? The AP acts like these guns are wild animals that now have a taste for blood.