Tag: Confiscated Guns

Weapons

NC Agencies Running Out of Space to Store Guns That Can’t be Destroyed

A 2013 North Carolina law prohibits law enforcement agencies from destroying firearms taken from criminals or recovered at crime scenes. And the state’s largest municipal law enforcement agencies are running out of storage for guns they don’t want to sell.

March 1, 2023

Special Units

California Gangs Stockpiling "Ghost Guns"

The hand-assembled firearms — which are legal for people who are legally allowed to possess other firearms — are effectively untraceable, because the most crucial parts have no serial numbers.

July 9, 2018

Weapons

Should Law Enforcement Agencies Sell Confiscated Guns?

Some law enforcement officials say the selling of guns raises money to purchase crime-fighting equipment, and if the practice were abandoned, people would just buy weapons somewhere else.

January 9, 2018