New Texas law will allow police to re-sell guns they confiscate

[rambone]

Mixed feelings on this. On the one hand, nothing is stupider than steam-rolling functional guns. On the other, I have a concern about the conflict of interest created when police directly profit off of their police work. Are the guns being "forfeited" without due process? Will there be added incentive to confiscate guns when the police have financial incentives to do so?


Under a New Law, the Police Can Act as Gun Dealers | NYTimes

 

[jamil]

Mixed feelings on this. On the one hand, nothing is stupider than steam-rolling functional guns. On the other, I have a concern about the conflict of interest created when police directly profit off of their police work. Are the guns being "forfeited" without due process? Will there be added incentive to confiscate guns when the police have financial incentives to do so?


Under a New Law, the Police Can Act as Gun Dealers | NYTimes

Don't they already sell other confiscated stuff? Why is selling confiscated guns any different from selling confiscated Ferraris?

 

[El-Cigarro]

Don't they already sell other confiscated stuff? Why is selling confiscated guns any different from selling confiscated Ferraris?

They have a sale every year at the Jasper Co. Highway Garage, where they sell confiscated/used County stuff, including firearms. Never went, but I assume they're probably well worn out.......

 

[femurphy77]

They have a sale every year at the Jasper Co. Highway Garage, where they sell confiscated/used County stuff, including firearms. Never went, but I assume they're probably well worn out.......

You know what they say about assuming. . . . . .went to the Morgan county sheriffs auction a few months back. They had the usual array of junk there but they also had some very nice and rare stuff. I had to drop out of the bidding on a WWII Ithaca 1911 at $1400, I wanted it bad and was in my price range I just didn't want to spend the money that day.

 

[jamil]

Mixed feelings on this. On the one hand, nothing is stupider than steam-rolling functional guns. On the other, I have a concern about the conflict of interest created when police directly profit off of their police work. Are the guns being "forfeited" without due process? Will there be added incentive to confiscate guns when the police have financial incentives to do so?


Under a New Law, the Police Can Act as Gun Dealers | NYTimes

Finally had time to actually read the article. The headline seems very misleading. The new law allows them to sell confiscated guns *to* gun dealers.

They have a sale every year at the Jasper Co. Highway Garage, where they sell confiscated/used County stuff, including firearms. Never went, but I assume they're probably well worn out.......

You know what they say about assuming. . . . . .went to the Morgan county sheriffs auction a few months back. They had the usual array of junk there but they also had some very nice and rare stuff. I had to drop out of the bidding on a WWII Ithaca 1911 at $1400, I wanted it bad and was in my price range I just didn't want to spend the money that day.

How does this work? Does the sheriff's office run the autions/sales, and then work with FFL's to do the actual transfer?

ETA: The reason for my question is that selling guns to the public for profit would make them a dealer, which seems would be breaking federal law without a FFL.

 

[Denny347]

Finally had time to actually read the article. The headline seems very misleading. The new law allows them to sell confiscated guns *to* gun dealers.





How does this work? Does the sheriff's office run the autions/sales, and then work with FFL's to do the actual transfer?

ETA: The reason for my question is that selling guns to the public for profit would make them a dealer, which seems would be breaking federal law without a FFL.

Just like auction houses that don't have their FFL, they sell it at auction, pay an FFL to process the paperwork, you pick it up at the FFL's storefront.