Recovered/unclaimed firearms being cut up

[public servant]

I was shooting at Atterbury last year and the guy next to me asked to borrow a small screw drive. I looked at his revolver and it looked like it had been drug behind a car! He said he'd just gotten it back back form the police; it had been stolen the year before. I guess they don't treat guns as carefully as I do mine.

Perhaps the damage was done by whoever stole the firearm?

 

[vitamink]

I was shooting at Atterbury last year and the guy next to me asked to borrow a small screw drive. I looked at his revolver and it looked like it had been drug behind a car! He said he'd just gotten it back back form the police; it had been stolen the year before. I guess they don't treat guns as carefully as I do mine.

Yes, the criminals will not treat your gun as well as you will...plus one to the police for catching the bad guys and getting his gun back.

 

[Electron don]

Another side to LEO arms disposal

Back in the 80's, I went to a gun auction in Warrick county where confiiscated guns were auctioned off. I never saw so much gun junk in one place. I only saw two that I even recognized. One was a S&W K-22 that looked as if it had been dragged behind a truck and a Browning 22 auto that sold for more than new list price. All of the others looked so bad that I would have been afraid to fire them. Even allowing for 80's prices, most of the junk sold for around $20-$25 apiece. I couldn't imagine anyting worthwhile happenning with them.