Posted on 06/07/2004 10:54:57 AM PDT by Stew Padasso
Lake Charles police turn in confiscated guns The Associated Press
June 5, 2004
LAKE CHARLES (AP) — Guns that were confiscated and later distributed to Lake Charles police officers are the subject of a joint investigation by federal agents and police.
So far, police have turned in more than 100 handguns and rifles that were confiscated in criminal cases.
During a news conference Thursday, Police Chief Don Dixon said an investigation began last month when he was contacted by an officer who said several weapons had been taken from his home during a burglary.
One of the weapons was a modified shotgun known as a “street sweeper,” which has been a prohibited weapon for about 10 years, Dixon said. The officer also said he had a gun that had been confiscated and was given to him by the former police chief, Dixon said.
The street sweeper was recovered during an investigation into the missing weapons that has resulted in 11 arrests on drugs and theft charges, Dixon said.
The police chief said the FBI and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had joined the investigation.
“I told them I wanted a complete, thorough investigation and to leave no stone unturned no matter what. That is being done as we speak,” Dixon said.
Dixon said he learned that confiscated weapons given to the department through a court order had been issued to different officers by former Police Chief Sam Ivey for personal use.
When owning guns become criminal, only criminals will have guns.
here's the proof. Cops breaking gun laws with impunity.
A 9mm handgun was stolen from my home in 1989. It was recovered during a traffic stop a month later. I got the gun back after the trial and it had been used a lot. In 1996 I was phone interviewed by the Philly FBI, who was probing the practice of planting guns in the vehicles during a vehicle stop by the Philly cops in order to boost productivity. It seems that the justification was that the person stopped was no chiorboy, so it just got them off the street sooner.
??? Is this Louisiana law? While not banned entirely, such shotguns are considered destructive devices and require the usual NFA paperwork, transfer tax, etc.
Yep. It's especially important to lock up those knuckle-draggin', gun-lovin' Militia types. There's just no tellin' what they've been up to.
The only laws that make sense in Louisiana are the gun laws.
We make florists register for christ's sake.
Oh..and the answer is not as far as I know.
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