sodaksooner
WKR
I used to work at a steel mill and we would routinely melt guns for local, state, and federal law enforcement. I can attest that there were probably 1% that I felt bad about. The remainder was falling apart junk. Local sheriff's dept melted theirs but said several in the area took the serviceable ones and auctioned them.
We got to know the guys pretty well after several years and they would let us go through the piles just to look at them. Amazing some of the pos guns that are out there.
As an aside, we also burned/melted documents and firearms from the Murrah federal building bombing. That was a somber day.
As far as Benchmade goes, I don't have any so don't really have a say there. I typically don't get too much into the political affiliation of owners. I know they are employing US folks and building USA made product.
We got to know the guys pretty well after several years and they would let us go through the piles just to look at them. Amazing some of the pos guns that are out there.
As an aside, we also burned/melted documents and firearms from the Murrah federal building bombing. That was a somber day.
As far as Benchmade goes, I don't have any so don't really have a say there. I typically don't get too much into the political affiliation of owners. I know they are employing US folks and building USA made product.