Marshal was injured when a man stormed into the city's courthouse with a shotgun previously sold by a Memphis, Tennessee-area sheriff's office. In Las Vegas, a court security officer was killed and a Deputy U.S. Related: How this gun ended up in the hands of a criminal
CNNMoney identified at least four cases where guns sold by police departments have been used in serious crimes, including three against law enforcement officers. Some nightmare scenarios have already unfolded. While some law enforcement officials support the sale of confiscated guns, a number of police chiefs like Fletcher are speaking out against the practice - arguing that the risk of selling a gun back to a criminal far outweighs the amount of money they could make. "To send them out to face the same guns they risked their lives to get off the street is a big concern." "My job is to keep my officers safe," said Fred Fletcher, the police chief of Chattanooga, where there have been more than 100 shootings this year. Laws include those governing seized and recovered guns, such as those received through buyback programs.īut the NRA is facing unlikely opponents in their mission: some of the very police officers confiscating the guns in the first place. "There is no reason any police department can't resell those firearms to law abiding citizens and use the money for any number of things - infrastructure, law enforcement training, equipment, etc." CNNMoney reviewed NRA data and state legislative records to compile as comprehensive a list as possible. "Police destruction of firearms is unnecessary and wasteful," said NRA spokeswoman Amy Hunter.
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