I just watched another installment of ''Boneyard'' on the History channel....nothing about trains this time....it was about what happens to all the property and vehicles the Gov. seizes.......very interesting indeed! some guy paid $176,000.00 for a Shelby Cobra......and you thought model railroading was an expensive hobby!!...thing is, the current value of said car is only $100,000 give or take.....auction fever strikes again!
They had one segment that bugged me, it was about the destruction of seized firearms, they keep them till the trials are over then tag them and send them to be melted down, what a waste!!! I don't see why they don't sell them like they do the cars and other properties, have an auction, winner shows valid ID, they do an instant background check,he\she fills out a 4473, pays the tax and takes home something nice. It's sad to see all that nice hardware turned into rebar and manhole covers.
loathar wrote:The show "Bone yards" is doing a show on scrapping and recycling trains and locomotives Thursday night at 9:00pm EST. on The History Channel.(pass it along...)
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LD357 wrote: I just watched another installment of ''Boneyard'' on the History channel....nothing about trains this time....it was about what happens to all the property and vehicles the Gov. seizes....... They had one segment that bugged me, it was about the destruction of seized firearms, they keep them till the trials are over then tag them and send them to be melted down, what a waste!!! I don't see why they don't sell them like they do the cars and other properties,
I just watched another installment of ''Boneyard'' on the History channel....nothing about trains this time....it was about what happens to all the property and vehicles the Gov. seizes.......
They had one segment that bugged me, it was about the destruction of seized firearms, they keep them till the trials are over then tag them and send them to be melted down, what a waste!!! I don't see why they don't sell them like they do the cars and other properties,
It's a liability issue. If a crime or murder was committed or someone got hurt with those guns, the victims might try and sue the Fed. These days it's ALWAYS someone else's fault. (I think it's a waste too) Remember...The government doesn't really want you to be able to defend yourself.
That's a good point there Loathar,sometimes I think America has become a bunch of ''lawsuit happy'' idiots.
I've always wondered why you never hear about someone suing GM or Ford when a drunk driving moron plows into a minivan and kills a whole family?? ...but then you hear about S&W getting sued because some moron shot someone..........it's exactly the same thing.....makes no sense to me. But then again, I'm not a trial lawyer or ''lawsuit happy'' idiot!!
p.s. ...from my cold dead hands