Atlanta sits on 6,000 confiscated guns — and won’t sell them

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[Red in Blue PA]

Somewhere in Atlanta, in a room controlled by the city’s police force, is a cache of 6,000 or so guns that have been plucked off the streets over the last three years.

Yes, that’s “6,” followed by three zeros. Or 2,000 a year, which works out to just under six every day.

In years past, the city would have turned most of this hardware into scrap metal.Gun stock image pistol illustration icon trigger shoot Source: Veer

But in 2012, Gov. Nathan Deal signed into law S.B. 350, which required local governments to make an effort to return firearms to “innocent owners” – just as any stolen property might be. No problem there.

The law doesn’t stop with that. State lawmakers decided that, just like juvenile delinquents, all guns deserve a second chance at finding a worthy parent. Local governments are now supposed to auction off all confiscated but unclaimed firearms to a properly licensed dealer.

[Red in Blue PA]

If background checks are the Holy Grail as the left claims, why not do them and turn the guns into money?

Answer: Because the left wants to ban all guns.

And this is proof positive of that.

[Secret Agent Man]

Yup. Exactly right. Cant have regular citizens able to defend themselves. Just like the liberal and rino/goper elite and politicians can.

[re_nortex]

There’s no doubt that hussein will distribute them to the New Black Panthers as his regime continues the genocidal program to annihilate the white race. This gun confiscation and distribution policy is happening not just in Atlanta but all over the Republic.

[umgud]

The good news here, is this keeps mfgr’s busy making new firearms. This is a stupid policy however.

[Pontiac]

Shields also confirmed her police department's course of action. We would have to sell guns that have been used in homicides," the deputy chief said. Those were the exact words she used, but it is impossible to capture the revulsion that accompanied them.

This statement is designed specifically to elicit an emotional response and the author knows it as evidenced by his words (REVULSION)

Firearms used in a felony must be kept in evidence until the conclusion of all court proceedings (trials and appeals). This can be decades.

If the case is never solved it may lay in evidence forever.

So this argument is a red herring. Not to mention that it is not the fault of the firearm that it was used in a murder. The Left has little problem releasing felons so why not release firearms?

[pockets]

GCO Vice President John Monroe will be on Armed America Radio with Host Mark Walters (proud long time GCO Member) tonight, November 8 from 8:30 - 9:00 PM to discuss the City of Atlanta’s refusal to sell firearms that have been confiscated by the Atlanta Police Department in the past. 

[alloysteel]

By the thinking of the Atlanta authorities, there are no “innocent owners”. Every owner, whether the weapon was legally acquired or not, is guilty of harboring thoughts of being “uppity” and taking over from duly constituted police power, the right to defend life and property.

No one is allowed to dismiss the power and grandeur of the authority of the city, its constables, and its magistrates.

[rockrr]

I never lost a weapon but I had a brother who did. It was a .44mag S&W so he really wanted it back. It was recovered but the cops refused to release it back to him. He spent more than the value of the weapon trying to get it back but to no avail.

[ronnie raygun]

Pradoning inmates across the country will add to his national security force along woth the 200,00 new jihadists from syria

[umgud]

I too spent more than a gun’s worth to get it back after a crime.

[Oatka]

a cache of 6,000 or so guns that have been plucked off the streets over the last three years.
Yes, that's a "6," followed by three zeros. Or 2,000 a year, which works out to just under six every day.

Those numbers don't sound right. Yes, Atlanta and its environs are a big area, but six guns per day, day after day, for THREE years? And every single one of them were involved in a homicide? Please. The AJC recently reported crime-related deaths were the lowest in years, averaging 80-85 per year. A very slanted/inaccurate article. Journalism students, use this as a good example of agitprop.