PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days ago"Just some old junk I found in the attic, toss it in the trash compactor"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down10
arrow-up154arrow-down1image"Just some old junk I found in the attic, toss it in the trash compactor"lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoAre the police legally allowed to give it to a museum, or do they have to destroy it?
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoThey “agreed to allow the woman to sell it”, as per the 2012 Daily Mail article screenshotted above.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoCurrently they have to destroy it. The museums want this to change, for obvious reasons.
minus-squareYeather@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoDepends on the gun buyback program. Most have a clause for rare and historic finds to be donated.
minus-squarechonkyninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agohttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245749/Officers-stunned-woman-drops-40-000-WWII-German-rifle-destroyed-police-buy-program.html
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoAs per policy it will be “destroyed” by a company owned by a family member of the chief. In unrelated news, that company also found a rare WWII rifle to sell.
Are the police legally allowed to give it to a museum, or do they have to destroy it?
They “agreed to allow the woman to sell it”, as per the 2012 Daily Mail article screenshotted above.
Currently they have to destroy it. The museums want this to change, for obvious reasons.
Depends on the gun buyback program. Most have a clause for rare and historic finds to be donated.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245749/Officers-stunned-woman-drops-40-000-WWII-German-rifle-destroyed-police-buy-program.html
As per policy it will be “destroyed” by a company owned by a family member of the chief. In unrelated news, that company also found a rare WWII rifle to sell.