Pennsylvania coroner auctioning off guns used in suicides

Fox News ^ | 10.30.2014 | AP via Fox News

[dware]

GREENSBURG, Pa. – A western Pennsylvania coroner is auctioning off about 100 guns used in suicides and accidental shooting deaths.

Corner Ken Bacha says the Nov. 8 surplus weapons sale is Westmoreland County government's first since his father was coroner in the 1980s.

[Enterprise]

Guaranteed to be in good working condition.

[BenLurkin]

He better be starting the bids real low.....

[BenLurkin]

“Proven effective”

[henkster]

A gun is a thing, a tool. It is not inherently “good” or “bad.”

Anything in good working condition, like the suicide guns, I’d take a look at. The “accident” guns I might steer away from.

[dfwgator]

I wonder if they have the one Budd Dwyer used.

[maddog55]

May need cleaning..

[VanShuyten]

A list of the firearms up for auction can be found here:

http://billandersonauctioneer.com/?page_id=44&az_feed_pos=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.auctionzip.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fauctionview.cgi%3Flid%3D2240714%26feed%3D129%26group%3D0%26state%3D%26kwd%3D%26zip%3D%26category%3D0%26nojava%3D0

A couple are interesting and might be collectables.

[Red Badger]

Slightly used........................

[Red Badger]

Like new condition. Only fired once........................

[Organic Panic]

I can’t help but make a joke on this no joking matter.

Paraphrasing Full Metal Jacket

...Only dropped once

[dware]

Awesome! Thanks!

[Lurker]

I’d take a look st the Super Blackhawk.

[T-Bird45]

Very few true “accidents”, lots of negligence. See also the recent reports of a former major league baseball player shooting his thumb off while “cleaning” a gun. The first step in cleaning a gun is to ensure it’s unloaded. Neglect that step/rule = “accident”

[Calvin Locke]

After Dahmer was convicted, they were auctioning off his stuff, and the families of his victims had a problem with the cooking utensils being sold [to entrepreneurs wanting them for a cannibal museum].

Ed Gein's cabin was torched the day before it was to be auctioned off. "Just as well" said Gein, when informed.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Just fill in the notch, and you’re good to go.

[vetvetdoug]

Don't these weapons belong to the departed’s estate?

[Billthedrill]

Don't these weapons belong to the departed’s estate?

My thought too, but apparently not. From the article:

Family members had a year to get them back before they became county property.

And technically I suppose they are crime evidence. I think, though, that there might be an understandable reluctance to claim that property.

[The KG9 Kid]

I don’t see anything interesting or collectible in that list.

Maybe the Colt Ace .22, but meh.

[BlueMondaySkipper]

I don’t see anything interesting or collectible in that list.

People who are contemplating suicide should really choose nicer weapons...