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Arizona Group Seeks to Ban Destruction of Guns Turned in by Owners

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jaunte2/01/2013 11:45:14 am PST

Some relevant passages:

A. A state, county, city or town agency shall dispose of all property that was used as evidence and that remains unclaimed in the hands of the agency, after final disposition of the cause in which so used, or that was seized by a peace officer as being used unlawfully or for an unlawful purpose and that was held unclaimed from the date of seizure, or that came into the hands of the agency as unclaimed or contraband. A law enforcement agency may retain and use those items that have a useful value to that law enforcement agency.

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B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, if the property is a firearm, the court shall order the firearm to be sold AGENCY SHALL SELL THE FIREARM to any business that is authorized to receive and dispose of the firearm under federal and state law and that shall sell the firearm to the public according to federal and state law, unless the firearm is otherwise prohibited from being sold under federal and state law. A law enforcement agency may trade a firearm that it has retained to a federal firearms licensed business for ammunition, weapons, equipment or other materials to be exclusively used for law enforcement purposes.

Thou Shalt Never Destroy the Holy Objects (even if it means less profit for the gun makers).