Washington City Ends Gun Sales by Police After AP Probe

[GOYABEAN]

SEATTLE — The City Council in Spokane, Washington, has passed an ordinance prohibiting police from selling confiscated firearms, citing an Associated Press investigation that found that some guns sold by law enforcement were used in new crimes.

"Disposing of long guns and assault rifles is a sensible approach," Councilwoman Candace Mumm told The Associated Press in an email after the 6-1 vote on Monday night. "Instead of spending time recycling weapons, our police staff can get back to the primary mission of solving crimes and protecting the public."

Washington City Ends Gun Sales by Police After AP Probe

 

[Acer-m14]

Washington, has passed an ordinance prohibiting police from selling confiscated firearms

and not one mention if the Dept had a FFL license or the Auction house ... LMAO .. and no charges for gun sales with no FFL license ??

Stop selling them guns, just donate them to the local FFL there LEO .. ( loophole )

 

[subsonic]

and not one mention if the Dept had a FFL license or the Auction house ... LMAO .. and no charges for gun sales with no FFL license ??

If you read the article, you'd see that they are selling them through an auction house, which is an FFL, easily found via search. That's totally legitimate. This is just another case of wanton anti-gun waste. Like the utterly useless gun buybacks that the antigun left loves so much.

 

[C3D]

Governmental entities are not required to have an FFL to sell firearms. The reason is they do not operate for profit and livelihood, which are the keys to determining if you are in the “business” of selling firearms.