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MN: ATF urges law enforcement agencies to stop selling police-issued guns
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is urging law enforcement to reconsider selling their police-issued guns.
Some duty weapons traded or sold after police are done with them are being used to commit crimes, even murder, which WCCO and CBS News exposed last spring.
The ATF now shares data with law enforcement across the country, confirming more than 1,000 guns once owned by police were associated with a homicide. Even more were tied to violent crimes. The numbers account for 14% of agency guns traced over a five-year period from 2019-2023. |
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shootergdv
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| EVERY firearm was first sold legally . Cop shops selling to FFLs is fine - any valuable and legal item no longer used by a government agency should be disposed of by bid to save the taxpayers money .Sure some will be used in crimes, so will some ex-cop cars be involved in accidents. By now the idiots in charge should know that crooks will always find a way to arm up ! |
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