Arizona right, forcing police to resell weapons confiscated firearms stirs concerns

by Sonu Munshi - 26 October 2010 12 H.
The Arizona Republic

When Governor Jan Brewer signed 1108 SB in April, he made headlines for U.S. citizens in Arizona carry concealed firearms without autorisation.Mais some question a provision that grows resell weapons confiscated guns dealers local police departments allowed.

Peoria City Council last week adopted a measure allowing police to continue their current practice of destroying most of the confiscated weapons.

Although the laws of the State requires the resale of weapons, officials in the town of Northwest Valley say SB 1108 allows local bans.Police fear Peoria resale could put weapons in between bad hands.

Senator Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, who proposed the law stated that the next legislative session it plans to fix the "fault" agencies using "skirt the law" and destroy "perfectly good weapons."

He said that the idea was to "prevent the destruction of legitimate, legal, weapons which may be sold to distributors authorized".

Currently, Apache Junction is the only city in the Valley as the Arizona Republic regularly sell weapons confisquées.Certains policing Valley said that they would adhere to the new law of the State if necessary, while others said that they will continue to follow local policies and destroying confiscated weapons.

Arizona, according to the National Rifle Association, is the third State in the nation to require the sale of weapons confisquées.Kentucky and Tennessee are the other two.

The NRA spokesman Alexa Fritts said that the Group considers selling weapons to an authorized agent ensures that guns go law-abiding lois.Idéalement, Chaska, Minnesota, police chief Scott Knight, who is Chairman of the Committee of firearms, the International Association of Chiefs of police, said they hope confiscated weapons would be released into circulation in the market.

Peoria city attorney Steve Kemp said "the public interest is best served" does not resale of guns.

"We are deeply aware that studies conducted by the Ministry of justice of the United States (suggest) that, in many of violence to the Mexico drug cartels, arms could come from the United States, and that we do not want to be involved in any way in their arms purchases," said Kemp.

Peoria Larry quoted Ratcliff prominent recent examples of Las Vegas and Washington, D.C., in which the weapons used in crimes were police chief goes back to resales of enforcement of the law in Memphis, Tennessee

"I would rather not Peoria name associated to any shootings or, worse, murders," he said.

Ratcliff said the approximately 10 000 $ to $20,000 would obtain annually in sales of weapons is not worth the effort.

Pearce said he was surprised cities aren't jumping on this as a means of strengthening the income of the city.

Apache Junction changed its order to begin to do all that, in 2007, sales, confiscated weapons valued at $100 or more.

While not a "mostly", Apache Junction police captain Thomas Kelly said: "you can get a few dollars them without destroying them."

Several towns in the Valley, including Phoenix, Scottsdale, Gilbert and Glendale, destroy most armes.Le Sergeant Steve Martos, a spokesman for the Phoenix, said he was political destruction or melt in the majority of weapons or trade some dealers for weapons to the needs of the Department licensed through city police.

"But they are rare, Martos said.

Glendale and said Phoenix even if their policy was allowed to destroy if they must adapt to new laws, they comply.

Avondale destroying weapons until the new loi.Pour now, they are stored in a warehouse until the police officers was seek counsel on how to proceed, direction city spokesperson.

In 2003, with the support of Mayor Mesa then Keno Hawker, changed its policy to destroy weapons to leave room for auction arms with a value of $100 or more for the Mesa current practical autorisés.La distributors is destroy, police spokesman Sgt. Ed Wessing said.

Mesa Advisor Dennis Kavanaugh, an opponent of long-standing agencies selling firearms, said that the new law of the State upsets him even more.

"We should not have the Legislative Assembly of the State to local police departments dictating policy, said Kavanaugh.".

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Budget tops Georgetown school concerns

GEORGETOWN - Topics such as budget and standardized tests listed on list Monday evening when County Georgetown School Board candidates were interviewed about what they would do for the school district.

Candidate forum Georgetown League of women voters was intended for candidates in all races contested in Georgetown, but in accordance with the rules of the League, it prohibits democratic incumbents Vida Miller, who participated to participate because Kevin Ryan, his Republican challenger for House seat 108, l.c. has not attended as the required group.

Instead, candidates to five school boards had the stage to themselves one of the greatest problems, members of the School Board will have to tackle if elected, is the district budget.

All of the candidates said they would not like to limit the size of the classes, but with a deficit of 3.5 million estimated with the loss of federal funding stimulus only members have to offer a few ideas for what is possible to reduce the budget.

Benny Elliott, a member of the grand jury and a vice President said any personal district and programmes should be looked at.

"We have to discover what is most valuable", he said, and who are determined to be less useful posts or programs would be "cut or combined."

Jim Dumm, another Member of the Board of Directors in General and the current President of the Council, said the district will have to start watching extracurriculars cutting and athletics.

He also said that should increase the size of classes be watched, it would start at the secondary level.

"We cut the graisse.Il was perhaps a little more," he said. "" ""But we are soon going to get to the meat and shortly we will have to cut out the bones.?

Pat DeLeone, a candidate for the seat of the District 2, said it supports the idea of half-time teachers and also to examine the number of days teachers are paid.

"We are going to do the best that we can without affecting students as much as we can," she says.

Johnny Wilson, a candidate for one of two seats to the grand, said the district must look at other sources of funding such as grants and enjoy as much as possible. ""Search and see where the money," he said.

The current Board of Directors member 2 David Curry, was present for some initial questions, which was felt the candidates on teachers ' teaching to the test.

Curry says he understands that it must be a "measure bar" to compare schools throughout the State, but added, "I would like to just teachers may teach."

DeLeone, a retired health sciences professor said she loves the State standards and not feel like they do teachers teach in a test.

"Help students learn these standards," says.

But she said that the standards are high. ""I didn't know that records when I was in ninth grade," she told the standards of the fifth year.

Elliott called testing a "necessary evil", and said: "if we do not have a standard, then each district would be different.

Tests should simply be used to measure where a student is academically and not anything else, he said.

Dumm said he thinks that some tests more diagnostics that are most useful for do not get enough attention.

Wilson said that it supports the standard system, but is against teachers "teaching to the test" and should concentrate on "of the child, prepared for the test."

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