St. Louis police sell surplus weapons, including Tommy guns, for $1.2 million
So twenty seven of these historic shooters are now going out to collectors and the city's making some serious bank.
This is so much better than the time back in the early 90's that the City of Detroit held a press conference and smashed ten of these collectible guns with a roller as an anti-crime publicity stunt, saying that they were committed to keeping dangerous weapons off the streets. (They then turned around and sold all of their .38 Special revolvers to a nationally-known distributor for $15 each and they popped up in about every wholesaler's catalog within weeks.)
I think that in celebration of St. Louis wise decision, I shall take my Thompson out to shoot this week.
Hey Murphy;
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with "old" police guns...I have a S&W 681 that came from the Dekalb police dept and it is my favorite pistol :) I am surprised that you ain't gonna try to pick up a Thompson for yourself? Now I want to find time to go shooting.
I can guess what those will sell for when turned around by the buyer...Out of my price range.
DeleteThey will go for a pretty penny... sigh
ReplyDeleteGreat news! I can't afford one, but still, great news for well-heeled collectors.
ReplyDeleteMore in circulation = cost somewhat down...in theory.
DeleteI agree - in theory; in practice it is likely they will sit in dealer hands until somebody with more money than cents pays what they want for them.
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