By Joe Ferguson | Arizona Daily Star
State Rep. Mark Finchem says the guns should be sold.
The Tucson Police Department has destroyed 4,820 guns turned in by residents or seized from crime investigations since the beginning of 2013, city records show.
The figure is at the heart of a complaint made by state Rep. Mark Finchem, who is arguing Tucson is violating a 2013 Arizona law that requires the sales of otherwise legal guns obtained by law enforcement agencies.
Finchem filed his complaint using a new law signed by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey this year. SB 1487 says local governments that violate state laws lose their state-shared revenue if they don’t stop. Tucson received $172 million from the state last year.
