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DRAFT Drug Task Force Firearms Sale Res May 4, 2004 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE REGIONAL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE APPREHENSION PROGRAM DRUG TASK FORCE TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR THE COMPETITIVE SALE OF FIREARMS AND OTHER WEAPONS CONFISCATED AS A RESULT OF THE TASK FORCE' S DRUG INTERDICTION ACTIVITY; AUTHORIZING THE SOLICITATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF COMPETITIVE BIDS FROM LICENSED, REGISTERED FEDERAL FIREARMS DEALERS ONLY; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Regional Controlled Substance Apprehension Program Drug Task Force (hereinafter referred to as the "Drug Task Force"), for which the City of Paris is the Project Entity, by and through its drug interdiction activities, has lawfully confiscated and obtained ownership of a number of firearms and other weapons; and, WHEREAS, the aforesaid confiscated firearms and other weapons do not include those firearms customarily involved in actual drug activity, such as the so-called infamous "Saturday Night Specials", but rather consist of primarily high quality rifles and shot guns and a sma11 number of high quality handguns along with knives and other weapons which were obtained by their prior owners with the proceeds of or as a result of illicit drug activity; and, WHEREAS, the aforesaid confiscated firearms and other weapons constitute a burden to the Drug Task Force with regard to storage, security, and other associated problems; and, WHEREAS, the Drug Task Force has sought input from the United States Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Agency (ATF) regarding the disposition of said confiscated goods, and the ATF has recommended that such firearms and other weapons be auctioned as a group for purchase by licensed, registered Federal Firearms Dealers; and, WHEREAS, such method of divestiture to licensed, registered Federal Firearms Dealers is necessary to avoid the requisite paper work which would be required for individual sales of said firearms to individual purchasers, but such extensive paper work requirements are avoided by sale of said weapons to licensed, registered, Federal Firearms Dealers; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COLTNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved.