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Bradley Sheriff's Office Trades For Guns

349 views · Published 22 February 2013 · 2:36 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2013 · News & Politics

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by John Madewell  The Bradley County Sheriff's Office uses a system to get some of its guns for  officers for practically nothing.For several years, the department has used this trading program with local and regional gun dealers.They work with dealers to move seized and stolen guns. In return, the Sheriff's Office gets new guns more suited for law enforcement.Captain Tom Wasson showed an M-4, a Stag Arm SP-1, as an example of this program. It's a desired gun for law enforcement and will end up with a Bradley Sheriff's deputy. And the department got a steal of a deal.Captain Wasson explained, This rifle here on the civilian market would proabably be going for $1,500. When we had this one drop-shipped in from the one that got the bid, it came in at $700 from the factory because it came straight to the agency.And it arrived straight from a gun dealer, who paid the shipping and excise tax. In essence, criminals paid for the gun.Here's why: The Sheriff's Office takes seized and recovered stolen guns and bunches them together. They offer them to dealers such as Terry Posey.In return, Posey will examine the department's wish list and submit a bid. If he wins, he makes the purchase and the trade happens. And since he gets the traded guns in bulk, Posey marks down the price.He also sees another benefit for the public. Posey said, An important part with this is that when the sheriff does trades with the seized guns, he's trading for new guns to arm the sheriff's department back so that's an absolute plus for our community.For the sheriff's department, it's the most bang for the buck.And it's also less hassle.Major Jim Hodgson explained, Well it's an advantage to us in that we don't have to buy and sell. We don't have to have an auction for the guns and then take that money and take bids on the guns we want to buy. We just do it in one transaction.Major Hodgson added the department's patrol rifle program wouldn't be where it is today without this trading arrangement.Captain Wasson estimates the department has picked up 35 high-quality rifles over the years.

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