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Committee advances bill allowing sale of forfeited firearms to licensed dealers
Summary
Senate Bill 137 would add an option for law enforcement agencies to sell or transfer forfeited firearms to federally licensed firearms dealers; committee closed the hearing, accepted proponents' testimony, and voted to place the bill on the consent calendar.
The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee heard and advanced Senate Bill 137, which would add an option allowing law enforcement agencies to sell or transfer firearms forfeited under the Kansas civil asset forfeiture law to a federally licensed firearms dealer.
Committee staff said the bill amends the civil code provision (identified in the hearing as 60-41-17) that governs disposition of property forfeited under the Kansas asset seizure and forfeiture act. Under current civil-code language, firearms forfeited to a seizing agency must be…
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