Guns sold

These are some of the guns turned in to the Tucson Police Department that have been auctioned rather than destroyed.

The city of Tucson has sold more than 500 guns, including 13 semi-automatic-style rifles, since late last year after losing a court case with the state over how to dispose of firearms that were seized by or turned in to police.

Forced by a state Supreme Court decision, the city since October has used a third-party business to auction off 566 firearms — handguns and rifles — that have been labeled as surplus property. Most were seized in criminal cases, although some were surrendered by their owners to be destroyed — which had been the city policy for over a decade before ending last year.

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