Video of Philly Police Firearms Room

[shiloh]

Like most big city police departments Philly destroys a lot of the firearms it seizes, but it's hung on to about 1,200 of them -- this article in the Daily News includes an interesting video showing a few of them. Would love to get a closer tour of this place:

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/top_...efighters.html

[zachomega]

Interesting in the last few seconds of the video the officer mentions using "Every available option to protect yourself".

Great video.

-Zach

[CG1492]

I like the gangsta wall...

I like the weapons room in the FBI building in DC, thousands of guns just crying to be used by law abiding citizans. It was a pre 911 tour where they walked you passed a room full of firearms they used for ballistics comparisions and firearms training.

[biggs88]

Interesting in the last few seconds of the video the officer mentions using "Every available option to protect yourself".

Great video.

-Zach

At around 1:50 seconds.

It seems this LEO understands the right of the people to protect themself.

Props!

[JDC]

I wonder how many of those guns got confiscated from law abiding citizens Most people don't have the money to get a lawyer to get their firearms back.

[ErSwnn]

I'm glad to see their not destroying guns of historical value.

[HyDef]

LOL, OMG. Pause at 30 seconds to see the 3 hand grenades hanging by their pins.

[bortle]

Hand grenades hang by their pin. WTF!! I hope they have been defused.
All kinds of old collectable stuff. They could start a museum.

[dc dalton]

Tell you what they have some SERIOUSLY valuable guns sitting in there.... they could solve have the cities deficit by holding an auction.

[StealthBeast]

I'll never understand the point of destroying guns...

You wouldn't destroy a car because the license plate fell off, why would you destroy a gun whos serial numbers were filed off?