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This is fear mongering bs. These crimes would have been committed with other guns if not with ones formerly owned by government agencies.

Government agencies throwing out old inventory instead of selling it would a total waste of money for little to no benefit to the public.

How many formerly owned government vehicles were used in crimes, such as DUIs?

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I find it rather humorous to suggest that an agency like the DEA, with no actual function besides getting marketable goods out of a market should marginally lower their costs because market impact is a pipe dream.

+ The DEA has essentially nothing to do with this topic.

+ 52,000 guns is approximately how many guns Americans buy in any given day.

+ The market impact of government agencies selling old guns exists but is minuscule.

The DEA has to do with this topic since you are contradicting a federal decision.

Your use of statistics here is meaningless. 52000 is not the number of guns they put on the street.

The market impact is real and covered in the article. People specifically search for police guns because they are cheap relative to other properties that make them appropriate for human on human violence.

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