Police consider trading guns instead of destroying

Law enforcement agencies in Tennessee used to destroy hundreds of seized firearms every year, but some agencies are changing their policies to accommodate a year-old law that limits the destruction.
Some police agencies wouldn’t sell or trade in guns taken during criminal investigations over concerns about the guns being used again in criminal activity.
But a state law passed last year removed the option of destroying weapons in many cases, unless the guns were deemed unsafe or inoperable. Some police agencies have had to change their policies and are now considering trading in seized guns for new police weapons.
A proposed bill introduced in the General Assembly this year would require police to sell some confiscated firearms directly to the public, instead of just to federally licensed firearms dealers or manufacturers.