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Senate committee advances bill setting rules for destruction of firearms used in homicides
Summary
The Senate VMAP committee on Wednesday voted to advance Senate Bill 144, sponsored by Sen. Danny Carroll, which would require law-enforcement policies governing destruction of firearms used in homicides and limit how agencies handle firearms sent to the Kentucky State Police for disposition.
Senate Bill 144, sponsored by Senator Danny Carroll, advanced out of the Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection (VMAP) Committee after testimony from Kentucky State Police and brief debate among committee members.
The bill would require law-enforcement agencies across the Commonwealth to adopt written policies for the destruction of firearms used in homicides. It also allows the commissioner or the commissioner's designee to order destruction of weapons that are defaced, contaminated with hazardous substances, unsafe to discharge, or subject to return to an innocent owner who has requested destruction. The measure directs that firearms sent to the Kentucky State Police (KSP) for disposition not be intentionally damaged, modified, or disabled…
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