PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago"Just some old junk I found in the attic, toss it in the trash compactor"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1334
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minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up48·1 month agoAre the police legally allowed to give it to a museum, or do they have to destroy it?
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66·1 month agoThey “agreed to allow the woman to sell it”, as per the 2012 Daily Mail article screenshotted above.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month 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.
minus-squarechingadera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month agoAre you implying that laws matter to the police?
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoCurrently they have to destroy it. The museums want this to change, for obvious reasons.
minus-squarechonkyninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agohttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245749/Officers-stunned-woman-drops-40-000-WWII-German-rifle-destroyed-police-buy-program.html
minus-squareYeather@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoDepends on the gun buyback program. Most have a clause for rare and historic finds to be donated.
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.
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.
Are you implying that laws matter to the police?
Currently they have to destroy it. The museums want this to change, for obvious reasons.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245749/Officers-stunned-woman-drops-40-000-WWII-German-rifle-destroyed-police-buy-program.html
Depends on the gun buyback program. Most have a clause for rare and historic finds to be donated.