Police collection?

[pairof44sp]

Check out this crazy guy on Twitter:



But there’s more:



okay, ha ha. Yes, the Twitterer is….. me.

But that photo: it’s the one the news uses for any police departmanet announcement these days. It’s an officer standing next to a display gun collection.

They never specify WHAT the collection is. It’s not “Sample Confiscations and Forfeitures” because, well, check it out.

Could it be Authorized LEO Carry Collection?

 

[Scrod314]

Looks like a nice 3rd Generation Smith and Wesson, second row, second from right? A 4506, maybe?

 

[earlthegoat2]

Looks like a typical assortment of an average firearms enthusiast.

 

[dogtown tom]

No Beretta 21 in that photo.
There does appear to be a Colt Junior and a Nagant in the bottom row.
I think that might be a Zastava M70 second from left, bottom row.

 

[Terry G]

Nagant for sure. I would recognize that beautiful hand worked grip anywhere.

 

[.455_Hunter]

My guess is a CZ-52 and a P95 for the left side of the second row.

 

[pharmer]

Still looking for the GP100 in that pic. Joe

 

[Bfh_auto]

View attachment 1023986 Nagant for sure. I would recognize that beautiful hand worked grip anywhere.

That's the only one I can positively identify.
I would bet the one is a Ruger LCP. But I am not positive.

 

[Terry G]

My guess is a CZ-52 and a P95 for the left side of the second row.

Handle looks a little wrong for a CZ 52. Could be though.

 

[entropy]

No it doesn't. I can see the grip retention clip on it. It's a CZ 52. The small auto behind the Nagant revolver looks like a Taurus tip-barrel Beretta copy.

 

[pairof44sp]

Still looking for the GP100 in that pic. Joe

Eyes are fuzzy. It’s a single action

 

[MedWheeler]

No Hi-Point?

 

[bikerdoc]

Local news ran a story on gun violence and used a pic of a confiscation from another story.
I got the news director on the phone and questioned his integrity.
He was not happy. Told him don't it again and I will be watching!

 

[lemaymiami]

I actually ran the property room for a hundred man agency in south Florida years ago - and I can tell you that the weapons seized for one reason or another ranged from absolute junk to an occasional really nice piece that I wouldn't have minded owning... If my experience was anything to go by a large agency just in an ordinary year would have so many guns in it's control that choosing this or that to display might have taken some time...

Weapons in custody ranged from those taken into control in domestic disturbances, actual weapons recovered in crimes held for evidence, and every other category from found weapons, to weapons that would eventually, if no owner was ever found, be converted to City use.. After two years running our property room as a newly promoted sergeant - I was more than ready to get back out on the street... Firearms held in police custody have always been a very sensitive topic - and any mis-handling of them would be a direct threat to any police chief's job...

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Looks like a nice 3rd Generation Smith and Wesson, second row, second from right? A 4506, maybe?

Too short for a 4506, but could be a 4566.

 

[Old Dog]

Okay, so I don't use "Twitter" at all and I still don't understand what a cop standing next to a board displaying a handful of firearms has to do with "violence interrupters."

Not even gonna touch the concept of violence interruption.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

The photo of a board of guns accompanies a story on the Gainesville FL "Black on Black Crime Task Force" staffing problems. "Black on Black violence interrupters" are the officers assigned to the task force.

I can image the news editor: "Hey we need a stock photo for 'Florida, police, crime' out of the archive."

I looked up and read the story. It's not about guns. It's about staffing issues for the task force.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article254030888.html
John Henderson, "Gainesville considers ‘Black-on-Black violence interrupters’", The Gainesville Sun, Associated Press, 7 Sep 2021.

The photo and its caption are about "gun violence" but the article is on proactive measures to interrupt the cycle of retaliatory violence within the community.

 

[pairof44sp]

No Hi-Point?

That was kind of my point.

Like “what is this collection supposed to represent,” cause I know you aren’t scooping up guns like that off of THIS town’s streets.

 

[pairof44sp]

Okay, so I don't use "Twitter" at all and I still don't understand what a cop standing next to a board displaying a handful of firearms has to do with "violence interrupters."

Not even gonna touch the concept of violence interruption.

That’s why I called the guns the “violence interrupters”

 

[pairof44sp]

I actually ran the property room for a hundred man agency in south Florida years ago - and I can tell you that the weapons seized for one reason or another ranged from absolute junk to an occasional really nice piece that I wouldn't have minded owning... If my experience was anything to go by a large agency just in an ordinary year would have so many guns in it's control that choosing this or that to display might have taken some time...

Weapons in custody ranged from those taken into control in domestic disturbances, actual weapons recovered in crimes held for evidence, and every other category from found weapons, to weapons that would eventually, if no owner was ever found, be converted to City use.. After two years running our property room as a newly promoted sergeant - I was more than ready to get back out on the street... Firearms held in police custody have always been a very sensitive topic - and any mis-handling of them would be a direct threat to any police chief's job...

Great comment. I had no idea they USE confiscated guns. Crazy. Of course they use the heck out of the trucks and boats they seize, so I guess it makes sense

 

[pairof44sp]

Local news ran a story on gun violence and used a pic of a confiscation from another story.
I got the news director on the phone and questioned his integrity.
He was not happy. Told him don't it again and I will be watching!

NICE!! But this city is kind of a lost cause

 

[Riomouse911]

Here is a guy who didn’t have just a few guns… unregistered SBR, short barrel shotgun, full auto AR’s, phony FBI badges and ID cards…

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...own-found-with-stash-of-guns-fake-badges/amp/

Oops.

Stay safe.