Guns Melted Down in Memphis
This week The Commercial Appeal noted the following:
“With an enormous circle of flames shooting up Thursday from a steel mill furnace in Memphis, 57 crime guns melted away.”
While it is worth pondering over what history and collectible items may have been destroyed, the paper noted this likely wasn’t the case, adding:
“…a new state law requires that law enforcement agencies sell or trade the guns unless they are unsafe or inoperable.
“Shelby County Sheriff Mark Luttrell met with the media at Nucor to see the 57 guns deemed inoperable or unsafe destroyed, with the blessing of Criminal Court judges. Luttrell did not criticize the new law.”
No doubt there will be those who still criticize the idea that something “usable” is actually sold by the police!
Police to Sell Confiscated Guns
The AP is reporting via WHNT19 that Shelby County Sheriff’s officials could begin to sell confiscated guns rather than destroy the items. No doubt there will be an outcry, and some in the mainstream media will not how this will “put guns back on the streets” – a claim we don’t buy at all. We find this to be good news that potentially valuable and historically significant collectibles won’t be so casually destroyed. Plus the police can make a few bucks in the process, which can go to the community fund instead of raising taxes.
