The NYPD is starting to sell their 28,000 lbs of spent shell casings to a company in Georgia called Georgia Armory. The company will take the used shells, and re-insert powder, a bullet and a primer, so that they fire like a new bullet. They sell these in bags of 50 bullets for $15. This system saves Georgia police departments a large sum of money. This system is significant because it is the first of its kind, and other state police departments are already researching systems like this to save more money. Georgia Arms says that since 8 Georgia gun manufacturers had sold illegal firearms leading to many robberies, this is the least their company can do to pay for the damage. This drew Mayor Michael Bloomberg to tighten restrictions on gun control, however, it was surprising that he had allowed this system to take place. Bloomberg's remarks on this were "We’re about crime control. We’re not about gun control."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/nyregion/new-york-city-sells-polices-spent-gun-shell-casings-to-georgia-ammunition-dealer.html?ref=georgia 10/27
I saved this one as a draft on-time, but it didn't publish. I just noticed after paging through my old posts.
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