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Falls Church staff proposes ordinance to require destruction of unclaimed, decommissioned firearms
Summary
City staff and the sheriff’s office proposed amending city code to require destruction of unclaimed and decommissioned firearms and to prohibit returning decommissioned service weapons to dealers for rebates; council indicated the item is ready for first reading and asked staff to schedule it.
Falls Church City staff presented an ordinance change that would require the city’s law-enforcement agencies to destroy unclaimed and decommissioned firearms when legally permissible and to prohibit resale of decommissioned service weapons to firearm dealers for rebates or discounts.
City Attorney- and staff-drafted changes would amend city code chapter 28, article 7, section 28-201 ("Destruction or sale of unclaimed firearms") to make destruction the default disposition for unclaimed property and to bar the current practice of returning decommissioned service firearms to dealers in exchange for financial incentives. "The proposed changes are ... to require that all unclaimed firearms in possession of the city's two law enforcement agencies,…
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