Guns taken off suspects?

[surfish95747]

In California, they get destroyed. Melted down into rebar.

Sad.

[CessnaDriver]

This was in interesting article, does it ring true????

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/8579

Nine of the 85 weapons were completely broken and unable to function. 17 more of the guns had limited functionality because of frequent (at least 1 in the first 3 rounds I fired) malfunctions, lack of magazines (5 guns), and other problems like incorrect magazines, and internal parts breakage that lead to inconsistent firing ability.

Caliber and Ammunition

It was quite shocking to me to note that many of the guns we seized were unloaded! Here's the breakdown:

- Unloaded- 24 (28%)

- Less than fully-loaded- 4 (5%)

- Loaded with the wrong caliber ammunition- 2 (2%)

- Loading status unknown- 6 (7%)

- Fully Loaded- 49 (57%)

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Out of 85 weapons seized:

- 24 are not loaded

- 2 are not loaded with the correct ammunition

- 9 are completely broken

Combine those facts and you will see that 41% of the weapons we seize from criminals are completely non-functional!

[CBR_rider]

That article is similar to my experience, yes.

[micro911]

It is in alll kinds of shape and form. Some are beautiful with engraving, and some are crappy. There is no saying what it looks like. Generally speaking, they carry anything that can have their hands on.