Rep. Mike LeMieur, R – Little Falls, is the chief author on a forfeited gun sale bill that will soon be heard on the House floor. H.F. 1468 passed through the House Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance Committee on Feb. 1.
This bill will authorize law enforcement agencies to sell forfeited firearms to federally licensed firearms dealers. Current law requires that, upon summary forfeiture, any contraband weapons must be destroyed, unless they are used by the appropriate agency for law enforcement purposes. H.F. 1468 will add the one additional permissible disposition for the weapons, by authorizing the agency to sell the weapons to federally licensed firearms dealers, as defined in Minnesota Statutes.
“This is a common sense solution for increasing revenue,” Rep. LeMieur said in a statement. “This bill is a simple and very practical way to help out our law enforcement agencies.”
Comments (20)
Add commentWaste Not =Want Not
Certainly would not want to waste perfectly good hand guns and semi automatic weapons with 20 round clips that are used for common legitimate hunting purposes.
Cap
I prefer 30 round clips myself.
OFB
Two 30 rounders taped together so you can flip it over fast!
Gun Control
Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of the citizens to keep and bear arms. [...] the right of the citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government and one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.
-- Hubert H. Humphrey, 1960
I'll keeps my guns thank you, and the more rounds in the magazine the better.
Remote Control
...and the idea of an arbitrary government isn't as remote as it once was...
boy I thought there would be
boy I thought there would be more gun hating liberals commenting on this... its early they are probably still sleeping.
A gun law that makes sense to
A gun law that makes sense to me, that's new. Liked the H.H.H. quote.
Gun control
good grip, good sight picture and trigger squeeze.
A perfectly logical law
that recycles and the govn agencies profit, too!
So the idea is that...
So the idea is that these guns will be legally sold to firearms dealers and from that, a profit is made, right?
Who will the firearms dealers sell these guns to? How much of a market is there? Do lots of people go to licensed firearms dealers to purchase used semi-auto hand guns and other similar weapons? Maybe they do, I don' t know. The reason I am asking is because there has to be an end user market for this idea to be successful. A licensed dealer isn't going to buy up used contraband weapons if they can't turn around and resell them at a profit.
So, I wonder if anyone has looked at the actual demand of the end user market? Maybe the law enforcement agency could take out the middle man and sell the guns directly to the end user and take out the middle man dealer? Put available guns in a catalog or something and allow people to apply/bid to get a certain one? Or maybe there aren't enough buyers to even make this worth while?
I am opposed to gun control as
our last bastion of defense against tyrannical government. However, when a drone can put a small missile through my bathroom skylight, it somehow loses its appeal. A handgun begins to look mighty small.
Trip
Gee thanks for bringing that up you didnt make my day!!
Okey-The key word you used was Fed. Think about that.
Farmboy
??? I didn't use the word "Fed." What are you talking about?
Are you referring to
Are you referring to "federally licensed" as stated in the article?
Aren't all licensed firearms dealers "federally licensed"? I didn't know you could get a "state license" to sell firearms.
But what does that mean? I still would think we would have to know what the end user market is to know if this is even worthwhile to pursue.
It's a great idea to sell something rather than melt it down, but if no one wants to buy it, then what?
Okey
These guns didn't cost the law enforcement agency anything to obtain other than the costs incurred while enforcing the law. They might as well try to recoup some of those costs by selling these guns. I'm certain, especially after recently jumping through all the hoops to buy a gun, that these guns will be sellable. IE; serial numbers intact, safe to operate, history run, etc. As for the marketability of used guns, Gander Mountain has used guns in their display case right now. As with most gun dealers, they will take used guns in on trade, it's a pretty common occurance. Not to mention, someone looking for a gun but, pardon the pun, can't pull the trigger on buying a new one might not mind buying a used one if it'll save a few bucks. For example, about a week after buying my new gun I went back to the same store and saw a used one that's the same model as mine, I could've save fifty bucks.
As for cutting out the middle man, that really can't happen. You'd be asking the already thinning law enforcement agencies to take on yet another task. I say let them do their "protect and serve" duties and let the firearms dealers do their's.
Just give them to
Just give them to Obama's AG and the BATF. They'll sell em to the Mexican drug runners and get some American money back, without the local gun shop making a dime. They'll also lower the federal payroll when they are used against the Border Patrol.
Gun sale Bill
I think this is a good bill and I hope it gets passed. Also, for anyone interested in some good reading material, a book called Guns, Crime and Freedom by Wayne Lapierre is very enlightening although it was written several years ago. A friend gave it to me to read and I highly recommend it.
Gun sale Bill
I think this is a good bill and I hope it gets passed. Also, for anyone interested in some good reading material, a book called Guns, Crime and Freedom by Wayne Lapierre is very enlightening although it was written several years ago. A friend gave it to me to read and I highly recommend it.
More value in used guns than new...
In many cases these days, used guns are the most sought after and most expensive. Many of the guns produced by big name manufacturers these days have had serious quality declines, and there's a huge nostalgia factor with classic gun designs.
The other big thing is the black gun craze, fueled by the ridiculous notion that our government is going to come after your guns.
This seems like a common sense bill. People will need to watch now to see that their officials make good use of the new ability. Don't need to go back to the days where confiscated guns showed up in the safes of the LEO's themselves frequently, or were given to friends.
Musky
Thanks for the information. I have never purchased a gun, so had no idea that retail chain type stores sold used and new side by side.
It would appear that if there is a market, it's a worthwhile idea.