Utah Joins States Who Prohibit Destruction of Valuable Firearms

By Dean Weingarten

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- Utah has joined the growing list of states that forbid the destruction of valuable firearms. The law is as rational as can be. Why destroy valuable property when it can be sold and the proceeds used for the public good?

Why destroy perfectly legal guns so that gun manufacturers can make more profits?

If older guns are destroyed, there are plenty of new guns to meet the demand. Utah’s new law went into effect on January 1, 2017.

From stgeorgeutah.com:

Another new law says authorities can sell abandoned guns or give them to a firearms dealer for sale or to the Bureau of Forensic Services for testing.

But law enforcement officials can only destroy a gun if its condition prevents it from being sold or if it’s associated with a notorious crime.

“I never saw the need for a perfectly good firearm to be destroyed,” the law’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Brad Daw of Orem, told lawmakers during a hearing on the measure.

At least twelve states now ban police from destroying valuable and legal guns that come into their possession. They are:

• Arizona
• Georgia
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Montana
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Texas
• Tennessee
• Utah
• West Virginia

Other states, such as Indiana, have come …Read the Rest

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