It looked like something out of a gun show Thursday morning at the Upper Darby Police headquarters. Police placed 249 seized guns that were used in either crimes or suicides on display. The display featured all of the weapons the department had seized since 2003.
“It represents how easy it is to get a gun in America today,” said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood. “My concern is when guns are used for violence, when guns are used for robberies, when guns are used for suicides. This is not about anti-hunter. This is about pro-public safety.”
After the display, the weapons were placed into a police van heading to a steel mill in Claymont, Delaware where they will be tossed into a smelter.
This is the Department’s third gun melt in seven years. So far the department has melted 1,000 guns.
