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Big mess with seized guns in Mass.
Here's the story. Seizures of guns from people subject to Domestic restraining orders has swamped police storage areas in the state, so they have contracted with a warehouse (which bills the gun owner, not the police). Where the guns go from there appears to be a bit of a mystery. It appears that the warehouse may be taking guns on which the owner doesn't pay the storage fee and selling them, but no one knows whether or how many. A board of some type has come up with proposals to improve matters, but the Secretary of State refuses to implement its ideas.
Apparently, the state believes in strictly keeping track of guns ... except when it's the one who has them!
Comments
Sounds like somebody might be "trafficing" in arms up there in Mass. Should we call the UN? What about the ATF? They're supposed to get upset at arms trafficing, aren't they?
Posted by: wrangler5 at July 2, 2006 11:11 PM
Wow, what a raft of illegalities.
Seizure of private property
Taxation (effectively at .50 / day 'storage fee') without representation (or recourse)
Theft under color of authority
and then all the trafficing issues!
Posted by: KCSteve at July 3, 2006 10:14 AM
My gosh, somebody stealing guns that they don't own from their own warehouse and selling them on the local economy. And since the police are supplying hi with the booty there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of concern. SUPRISE, SUPRISE, SUPRISE.
Posted by: emdfl at July 3, 2006 03:21 PM