Gary guns slated for destruction :: Lake County :: Post-Tribune
I'm wondering how a gun can be destroyed in error. Lets say they cut a bunch in half, then checked the numbers. Oops, how did this one get cut in half? How does a firearm slip into this bunch, unless the owner of it just kinda left it laying around in the wrong spot.
GARY -- The Gary Police Department stands to take in at least $35,000 by letting a Lafayette business destroy thousands of guns at Gary's Public Safety Building.
The city's Board of Public Works and Safety approved an agreement Wednesday with Certified Firearms Solutions. Under the terms of the deal, the company will pay Gary $7 for each gun it is allowed to destroy.
"This will be done at the police department in the property room," Tom Jones of CFS said.
Lt. Samuel Roberts, a spokesman for the Gary Police Department, said it has as many as 5,000 firearms ready to be destroyed by CFS.
Cmdr. Jarrett Bridgeman said the destruction of the guns will be video and audio taped, and GPD officials will be present. He said the process will likely begin this month.
City Controller Celita Green said the money generated by the agreement will go to GPD's law enforcement training and education fund.
CFS will reimburse Gary up to $1,000 if it destroys a gun in error, according to the agreement.
City attorney Carl Jones said the guns shouldn't be destroyed unless there is an order from a judge.
Tom Jones said his company has had to make one reimbursement previously in Starke County. He and the city's attorney said the reimbursement clause was added as a precaution.
"Hopefully there won't be a need for the $1,000 reimbursement," Carl Jones said.
Tom Jones said his company will destroy the weapons by running them through a bandsaw, splitting them in two.
His company will take possession of the scrap, he said, and sell it.
Gary's agreement with CFS lasts until June 30 but could be extended.
I'm wondering how a gun can be destroyed in error. Lets say they cut a bunch in half, then checked the numbers. Oops, how did this one get cut in half? How does a firearm slip into this bunch, unless the owner of it just kinda left it laying around in the wrong spot.