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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Fri Nov 27, 2015, 05:44 AM Nov 2015

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

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.

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.

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/11/07/atlanta-sits-on-6000-confiscated-guns-and-wont-sell-them/
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Atlanta sits on 6,000 confiscated guns — and won’t sell them (Original Post) SecularMotion Nov 2015 OP
I could see returning stolen property. JonathanRackham Nov 2015 #1
The Bible clearly states that Guns are sacred and may not be destroyed Renew Deal Nov 2015 #2
WWJD (Who Would Jesus Dust) ? nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 #5
Let me guess how hard they are Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #3
It's always the wisest course to have the police IN CONTROL discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #4
Curious. A GOPer governor seems to have done the controllers a favor. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #6

JonathanRackham

(1,604 posts)
1. I could see returning stolen property.
Fri Nov 27, 2015, 06:24 AM
Nov 2015

The article title is misleading. Isn't that part of what registration is supposed to be for?

Renew Deal

(82,931 posts)
2. The Bible clearly states that Guns are sacred and may not be destroyed
Fri Nov 27, 2015, 07:40 AM
Nov 2015

Even murder weapons deserve a second chance according to the Bible written by St. LaPierre.

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