Are Massachusetts Police Illegally Seizing And Selling Privately-Owned Guns For Profit?

A Massachusetts man is making waves with the claim that local police are systematically violating the rights of gun owners.

According to Lawrence Mirsky, Quincy Police are revoking pistol licenses at the drop of a hat, seizing privately owned firearms, and then illegally selling the guns to fund the department.

Mirsky claims, “The current chief continues the practice as it was under his watch that $11,000 of my property disappeared from the police lockup in 2009 without explanation until I finally obtained the attached documents confirming what I already knew. They sold them without legal right to do so, and pocketed the money.”

Mirsky has filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security accusing the Quincy Police Department of corruption and violations of civil rights and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. To put it in laymen’s terms, Mirsky is officially accusing the local police of running a racket against gun owners.

Read more at http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/are-massachusetts-police-ill... also http://www.examiner.com/article/gun-owner-charges-quincy-police-profitin...