Under Kentucky law, the gun used in the downtown Louisville mass shooting on Monday would eventually be auctioned off to the public by Kentucky State Police.
There’s also no policy that Louisville officials, who want to stop the practice, can pursue to change that practice because of another state law.
Just one day following the shooting that left six dead, including the gunman, and injured several others, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg decried these laws. Greenberg, a Democrat, asked the Republican-dominated Kentucky legislature to consider changing statute to allow Louisville’s government to destroy firearms used in crimes like what took place on Monday.
