Ethics Newsline®

NEW YORK
While many critics applaud programs such as the D.C. gun buyback, some complain that law enforcement agencies are operating by a double standard — fighting to get weapons off the streets, while selling firearms to gun dealers, CBS News and the Reuters news agency reported.

Tens of thousands of handguns, shotguns, rifles, assault weapons, and grenade launchers have been sold by U.S. law enforcement agencies to gun dealers over the last decade, according to the CBS report.

The practice was brought to light when it was disclosed that the pistol used in the recent slaying of a California postal worker was purchased from a Washington State police department.