City council trying to block police from selling confiscated guns

Arizona:

The Peoria City Council last week passed a measure allowing police to continue their current practice of destroying most forfeited weapons.

Though the state legislation calls for the resale of weapons, officials in the northwest Valley city say SB 1108 allows for local bans. Peoria police fear the resale could put weapons into the wrong hands.

Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, who proposed the law, said that in the next legislative session he plans to fix the "loophole" that agencies are using to "skirt the law" and destroy "perfectly good weapons."