The cost of obtaining a court order typically is several times the value of the firearm.
I had a brother of a LA police officer in one of my concealed weapons classes. When we talked about this issue, he said that his brother had accumulated a large collection of guns in the course of his duties.
While officers are often given guns by citizens who want them to be legally disposed of, and who do not have the time or inclination to do so themselves, the temptation to keep impounded arms that otherwise will be destroyed must be a strong one.
Bookmark for later re-read because it’s that good.
My brother had a S&W .44 seized from him during a traffic stop. He tried for two years to get it back - unsuccessfully. I wonder upon whose shelf my late brothers prized firearm rests?
As soon as anyone in the U.S. who was not both convicted of a crime AND in at the same time serving in prison (concurrently) lost their gun rights, everyone did. Everyone else now merely has a priviledge. Either God gave rights to man, or the rights were given by government and can be taken. As soon as any rights are taken from one, they can swiftly be taken from all. The choice is simple, everyone gets back their rights, or no one will have them but those currently in poer. It’s an age old fact.
That day is short and coming very soon!
“First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.”
- Martin Niemoeller