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Port Orchard man has AR-15 rifle destroyed after Texas shooting
Jeff Gearhart stated he has no want for his AR-15 anymore and he would not need the gun to ever fall into the unsuitable fingers.
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A Port Orchard man says he needs his AR-15 rifle destroyed after the lethal taking pictures that killed 19 kids and two adults in Texas.
Jeff Gearhart is an avid hunter with a number of weapons, however he stated he has no want for his AR-15 anymore. He additionally would not need the gun to ever fall into the unsuitable fingers.
Gearhart’s daughter-in-law is a instructor and he has two grandchildren. He was moved to do away with the AR-15 and several other magazines together with it.
“So this was simply one thing like, hey, push[ed] me that little further step, to truly do away with my AR-15,” Gearhart stated. “And I nonetheless have the opposite weapons locked up in my protected, however I do not want an AR-15.”
The Washington State Patrol stated a gun proprietor giving up their firearm to regulation enforcement is uncommon, nonetheless there are procedures in place for when it occurs.
After verifying gun possession and serial numbers, authorities will verify crime databases, after which notify the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that the firearm has been destroyed.
Anybody who needs handy over a firearm can name their native police company’s non-emergency quantity, and authorities can stroll them by the method.
