New Bills Introduced:

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Originally Posted by Brick

You should read the entire bill. It specifically FORBIDS the sale of confiscated firearms. Plus, "confiscated firearms" are neccessarily illegal or siezed in criminal actions. Some are fireasrms ILLEGALLY SEIZED by the police as Philly cops have a tendency to do even when the arms carrier has an LTCF issued from another jurisdiction.

See the thread in the Pennsylvania legal section New Legislation - Destruction of Confiscated Guns

Hi Brick,

I was advocating resale. I think it terrible that some otherwise fine firearms will meet an early demise. Of course, one could argue if the cops got reallly grafty, they would illegally seize and sell for a profit etc. But that is killing the idea because of what someone MIGHT do which everyone should recognize as antithema to the American way.

I just do not understand the logic behind it. If criminals can take law abiding citizens firearms, then the government gets them (probably with serial numbers removed) then destroys these guns. "They got them guns offa the streets."

Would it not be better to get the guns back into the hands of the law abiding to help reduce crime where the rubber meets the road, so to speak? And maybe the weapons will be discounted so some of the poorer folk amongst us could afford personal protection and licenses etc.?

I am definately against that bill. Let our fears cause us to waste lots of money.