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I can't even begin to express all the levels of stupid this shows. And they act all proud of their monumental idiocy!
Any Seattle taxpayer should be ashamed of their politicians and remember what they did the next time they vote.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/06/30/3794756/seattle-police-guns/
Any Seattle taxpayer should be ashamed of their politicians and remember what they did the next time they vote.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/06/30/3794756/seattle-police-guns/
As Congress drags its feet on implementing gun safety laws, one city is taking its own steps to reduce gun violence. This week, Seattle announced that its police department would no longer sell the extra guns it has on hand, which generally brings in $30,000 revenue, annually. Instead, officers will destroy their firearms so that they dont fall into the wrong hands.
On Monday, the City Council unanimously voted in favor of a resolution to change the Seattle Police Departments (SPD) current protocol for purging unused firearms. On average, SPD has 100 extra guns every year, which they sell back to manufacturers. In the past, those guns have landed in civilian hands, and in February, two officers fatally shot a man who was in possession of a gun previously registered to one of their colleagues.
In an attempt to minimize future gun violence, the City Council chose to have SPD melt down its firearms a move that a department representative later endorsed. Shortly before the decision was made, council members were supposed to vote on a resolution that would only allow SPD to sell unused firearms to other law enforcement officials. Councilman Tim Burgess amended the legislation to ban sell backs altogether, but the idea was originally introduced by Mayor Ed Murray and Councillwoman Sally Bagshaw.