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So when are they going to be used as a model of efficiency for other government agencies? I'm sure our state would call it a winning situation because the money came from federal seizures.State Sen. Ed Jones, a retired state trooper, said he was concerned about how often ALE was buying new weapons. In his 30-year career with the Highway Patrol, Jones said, he was issued three pistols.
"I want officer safety to be foremost, but a weapon ought to last more than a year and a half," said Jones, a Democrat from Enfield. "Even the sorriest weapon ought to last that long."
So they have 112 full time agents but need 120 full auto sig 552???
Isn't the bigger outrage here the fact that the North Carolina ALE is behaving like a private gun collectors club, where they buy high-priced firearms, retire them after a couple years, then "sell" them to the agents for nod-and-wink prices? Sounds like embezzlement of taxpayer funds.
Moreover the guns were partially funded with asset forfeiture, which is unconstitutional because it presumes guilt before innocence. Nothing more than a convenient and illegal way for statist thugs to pad their bottom line, or in this case, personal armories.
Yet another example of criminal malfeasance by government agents.
Glad someone gets what is going on here. These guys couldn't be putting enough rounds training through the guns to wear em out. It's just what you say there is graft and corruption by the law enforcement community and it needs to be taken to court.
jj