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As Louisville grieves, why is the Kentucky State Police auctioning guns?
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As Louisville grieves, why is the Kentucky State Police auctioning guns?

The doom loop of American gun culture, in one state's incomprehensible policy

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Anand Giridharadas
Apr 10, 2023
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As we grieve another shooting, this one in Louisville, it's worth noting that the State of Kentucky has a policy of auctioning off confiscated guns — guns that have been shown to resurface, post-auction, in additional crimes — and then using that blood money to buy their police officers more body armor and other equipment to protect them from the guns t…

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