Recent firearms auction set a record

A record total of about $141,000 was raised for more than a dozen law enforcement agencies during a firearms auction organized by the West Virginia State Treasurer’s Office. The unclaimed property firearms auction conducted last week in Charleston will benefit 15 law enforcement agencies that participated in the event, according to a news release Monday from the Treasurer’s Office. Since 2014, the Treasurer’s Office has organized nine firearms auctions. The event raises funds by selling outdated, unclaimed or old firearms, ammunition and related accessories in police inventory to qualified buyers. This year’s auction raised a record amount of funds due to having its largest inventory up for bid – about 600 firearms lots and 47 accessories and ammunition lots.