Gun Trade-In Has Town's Cops in Hot Seat

[Ironbarr]

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

SWEETWATER, Fla. — The town of Sweetwater isn't making friends with other local police departments.

Sweetwater's top cop says he doesn't have enough money to buy new guns for his officers — so he's got no choice but to trade in old guns for new ones at a local gun store.

Critics call the "trade-in" program a big mistake.

"When you buy a used gun, it's like buying a used car — you're not going to pay top dollar for it," said John Shanks, director of law enforcement relations at the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (search). "These guns are going to go back into the civilian market. They're going to be very inexpensive to buy."

But Police Chief Roberto Fulgueira (search) says that unless $20,000 magically appear in his budget, he is forced to trade in weapons.

"I have a moral obligation to my men, to their families and to the community," said Fulgueira. "Number one, I'm not going to send my men out there with weapons that are going to malfunction."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,144767,00.html

My suggestion... the Brady Bunch should send $20,000 to the Chief... put up or shut up!!!!

 

[Dmack_901]

Oh no. Cheap malfunctioning guns in the hands of the public. How terrible.

 

[Marko Kloos]

They really should sign up for that whole "truth in advertising" thing and rename their joint "Brady Campaign to Prevent Private Gun Ownership".

 

[SHOOT1SAM]

Let's see, the chief wants to equip his officers with better weapons, he doesn't have the money in the budget, so he's trading the current weapons in on better weapons for his officers.

How exactly is this wrong again?

Sam

 

[Old NFO]

Ya know I find it really interesting that the Brady Bunch doesn't want the guns sold, but I don't see them ponying up the $$ for the Sweetwater PD to replace their weapons...

Somebody needs to kick that ivory tower down...

 

[armoredman]

Quick, group buy!

 

[Firethorn]

But I don't want an unreliable gun either.

 

[Coronach]

Dupe

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=121132