Guns seized by Harrisburg police

[FJRMarty]

It would certainly be interesting to know the reason for the seizures....

Oh, you know, No-knock home invasions, red flag reports, stop-n-frisk, traffic stops, serial numbers missing from incomplete SP database, and loaf-of-bread swaps.

.... and if those that were actually illegally possessed resulted in criminal convictions.

Cops "buying" guns - oops, I mean "taking possession" without a legal transfer has not been an issue from THEIR side, so, no, they won't be prosecuted. *wink*

[Brick]

FJRMarty: It is interesting that you say that. Here's a short section from AGO report issued in Set. 2018:
September 2018
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Few Individuals Denied Firearms Purchases Are Prosecuted and ATF Should Assess Use of Warning Notices in Lieu of Prosecutions
What GAO Found
Investigations and prosecutions. Federal and selected state law enforcement agencies that process firearm-related background checks through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) collectively investigate and prosecute a small percentage of individuals who falsify information on a firearms form (e.g., do not disclose a felony conviction) and are denied a purchase. Federal NICS checks resulted in about 112,000 denied transactions in fiscal year 2017, of which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) referred about 12,700 to its field divisions for further investigation. U.S. Attorney’s Offices (USAO) had prosecuted 12 of these cases as of June 2018.
Table: Federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Firearms Denial Cases Investigated and Prosecuted, Fiscal Year 2017
Federal NICS Transactions Denials ATF Field Division Investigations United States Attorney’s Offices Prosecutions
8,606,286 112,090 12,710 12
Source: GAO Analysis of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and FBI data. | GAO-18-440
At the state level, officials from 10 of 13 selected states said they did not investigate or prosecute firearm denials, some citing competing resource demands and the lack of statutes with which states prosecute as reasons. The remaining 3 states investigated a high proportion of firearms denials. One of the 3 states reported about 1,900 referrals for prosecution in 2017 and about 470 convictions.

You might want to search for and read this report. Pennsylvania was one of the states studied.

[Dave_n]

I'm by no means a criminal, but I've always thought the top-break, eject on opening type revolver to be almost ideal. Just add moonclips to the and it would be. I'd love to have a Schofield!

I use the equivalent of a "solid moon clip" in my Webleys that have been cut for 0.45 ACP. 6 rounds of 0.455 just drop in and out on a disc. Dave_n

[Statkowski]

Not a single Hi-Point (carbine or pistol) in the entire bunch.

[Zeke2A]

Not a single Hi-Point (carbine or pistol) in the entire bunch.

They just get tossed in the Susquehanna after the crime , no point in keeping them

[snuffy19608]

A top break pistol will kill you just as dead as Glock fully semi automatic machine gun assault rifle pistol. It's all a matter of who has that firearm in their hands. Some people can go their entire life and not think of ever killing another person and others think nothing of killing another person.

Absolutely. People always talk about the low quality stuff they see criminals using. A bullet doesn't care if it comes out of a top break wheelgun, a Hi Point, or a custom 1911. And your body won't either. And as for that 22 AR, that mag can put a bunch of rounds out towards you. Ronald Reagan, Jim Brady and several others didn't think it was only a 22.

[raxar]

Not a single Hi-Point (carbine or pistol) in the entire bunch.

Now that you mention it it is pretty odd that the lowest quality stuff there (aside from some of the revolvers) is SCCY, Taurus, and Bersa

[archie19]

I wonder how much time the “owners” received.........

[Qtrborecrazy]

I wonder how much time the “owners” received.........

It all about the money. Pay up sucker we got your gun.