Destruction of firearms

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So last weekend the wife and I have some friends over for a BBQ. The type of friends you get to see only 3-4 times a year but still get along with. She's a 911 dispatcher ( has some great sotries I tell ya ) that we have known since highschool and he's a cop that we met when they started dating. So as we are sitting around having a few drinks and catching up he asks me how the hunting has been lately. So I show him a picture of a groundhog that I had just shot that day and he asks me what kind of rifle I used. Seems he is not a gun nut, not an anti by any means but just never been around rifles that much. So I tell him that my varmint rig is a 243 and since he wanted to see I take him down to my mancave. I open the safe and start showing him some of my rifles and as I pull out my mauser he says " Oh, that looks like a 303." Nope I say it's a 6.5x55. He then says " It looks alot like the 303's that everyone is bringing to the station for destruction." I almost choked:eek::eek:
Boy was that ever a kick in the pants. I'm not so stupid to not be aware of the destruction program but it hurts to know that so many fine rifles that have played a key role in history are just being destroyed in such a cold way....:mad::(
 
Canada is a poor country. All those arms could be sold to 3rd world countries and bring in millions. No not billions, but the Canadian people need the money. In the last 25 years the steel mills have destroyed over 100,000 arms from DND and almost as much from Ont's forces. Even an average of $100 each is about $20 million which this country desperately needs to get through the Great Recession!
 
It happens plenty of times. Clueless widows turn in priceless Lugers and Walthers, Arisakas and Mausers their husbands got it off a dead soldier who didn't need it anymore, suffering a fate in the furnaces. These amnesty programs are meant to prevent gun crime, but very often they result in pieces of history being destroyed.
 
That just shows what authorities want to ultimately do with guns. If they didn't oppose, they could have auctioned them and raised money for lets say - the same law enforcement agency...
 
The thing is, people don't seem to understand that they are pieces of history. To them its either a deadly weapon that will kill someone if left unchecked or some dusty old rifle that someone would not pay a rusty penny for. I work at a heritage site and love history. The thought of seeing artifacts be cut up does not sit well with me.
 
savage express said:
Even if they're "obligated" to chop the receivers, what about the scopes, rings, bases, stocks, even barrels? All these pieces alone could bring in a #### load of cash.
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Fanatics and logic don't mix. Damn shame, but unreasonable behaviour just seems to come naturally to some folks.

There is no clearer, more concrete way to say "#### you, Grandpa" than to turn his firearms - guns he probably had to save up for, guns he may have used to feed your grandma, your mom or dad, and your uncles and aunts - over to an uncaring troll of a public servant for destruction. It's as mindlessly destructive and disrespectful as taking Grandma's china out to the driveway and stomping it to pieces.

It's an immoral act. Sadly, some people are so far gone into their programming that it actually feels good to them. It's like meeting someone who enjoys strangling puppies and talks about it all the time. It's sick behaviour, and I can't understand it.
 
They ought to be blue-booking every firearm that gets 'donated' and assessing it for historical significance. At least deactivate the thing and put it in a museum!
 
Crown Asset Disposal sells off all other proceeds of crime, seized goods and government surplus..... Although it's only proper that they sell off the stuff that may be legally owned in Canada, I doubt it would ever be allowed to happen.....
 
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