Tucson Police Turn Up Heat for Summer Weapons Seizures

one of the only things stopping the dictatorship in this country is that we are still armed...once they start going for guns, you know the outlook isn't good...once people stop voluntarily giving them up and the force starts...that's not good...

we already saw that in new orleans...no one seemed to care. again, this will be good for the new freedom of dictatorship.

Tucson Police Turn Up Heat for Summer Weapons Seizures
KOLD News 13 | June 14, 2006
By J.D. Wallace
Summer means longer days, no school, and more opportunities for police to crack down on crime.

"We certainly have the ability to call upon more resources in the summer from some of the other assignments we have, although the call load never stops for sure," said Tucson Police Assistant Chief John Leavitt.

It's a time that Leavitt says Tucson Police can focus on felons who have guns, and try to get ahead of the crime curve.

"Believe it or not, October is one of our busiest months and we think if we can get the guns out of the hands of the criminals this summer and early fall, hopefully October won't be as violent a month as it's been in the past," Leavitt said.

TPD's Special Investigations Division puts illegal guns in its sights, often with the help of federal grants and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, all to prevent crime by the people who have or seek such weapons.

"[To] give you an example of an operation recently where we were able to work with Alcohol Firearms and Tobacco, we were able to meet with people who wanted to buy 26 machine guns and 30 hand grenades," Leavitt said. "There's no question those machine guns and hand grenades were going to be used in violence. Every indication was they were going to be used in violence in Mexico, but the fact that people come to Tucson to look for machine guns and hand grenades, we want to make sure we discourage that."

The focus on getting guns off the streets, in the first five months of this year in TPD's South Division, which is a department front-runner in weapons enforcement, resulted in 168 guns seized and 51 arrests for weapons violations.

Police hope it's only the beginning. This effort is in its second year, now city-wide and often, with federal help.

"And I think that offensive last year combined with the greater offensive now hopefully will suppress violence and bring our numbers down next year," Leavitt said.

Police often use federal grants to fund overtime, but right now divisions like the South Division are running on their own funds until the next fiscal year begins next month. That's when they can tap into new money from the federal government.

Dude..you keep talking like Guns were confiscated in new orleans..they werent...

You act like people wouldnt care if that ever did happen....yea right..NRA...Southerners in General...

And last I Checked, Bleeding liberals like yourself were all for Gun Control...

I really think his heart is the right place. That's all I'm saying.

He IS for gun control, you know he's all mouth and would piss his pants if a search warrant was executed at his house, not go for a gun.

Besides, it seems they're worried about keeping "machine guns and hand grenades" off the street not the average law abiding citizen's guns. AZ is very pro-gun despite the misinformation from the liberal propaganda artists. :rolleyes:

Handgrendades are fun you every experiment with them before no i doubt you have no idea how fun they are. Also you dont have to buy machine guns hell you can just go on the net and get the parts for pretty much and semi auto weapon. Shit half the SKS 's around here have been made automatic. Eitherway that crack down is pretty feeble. You have no idea the dangerous evil shit country folk can get away with. All it takes is a little know how some gasoline and styrofoam and you can have a fun time.

I'm ex-Army, I've used live grenades. They are, however, illegal for average citizens and shouldn't be sold at/behind 7-11. :D