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 If cops wrongly destroy guns, should they replace the guns? 
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When Guns Are Wrongly Destroyed, Should Cops Pay or Replace?

Buried in a Wednesday Fox News story about how police sometimes wrongly seize firearms from people was a reference to a California case in which the Torrance, California Police Department wrongly destroyed 21 firearms that were family heirlooms taken and then held despite two court orders.

http://libertyparkpress.com/guns-wrongl ... y-replace/

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Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:29 pm
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I knew a USCG petty officer in the early 80's off the Polar Star, arrested by SPD for pointing his grandfathers vintage 1911 at a guy who tried to rob him. He had a CWP.
No charges were filed, but SPD thoughtfully engraved the case number on both the slide and frame of his gun which he had to go to court to get back.

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Thu Aug 17, 2017 1:48 pm
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You can't replace a family heirloom, so they should pay fair market value.
If the courts decide that it was malicious or negligent, other penalties should apply.


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Personally I think they should have to pay seven times market value.

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Selador wrote:
Personally I think they should have to pay seven times market value.



7 times the value?? Hey man, that's my tax money you're spending!! icon_eek

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Good Luck with this.

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