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What local law enforcement does with seized firearms

Lieutenant Jonathan Ottaway with the Gainesville Police Department inspects a shotgun from the department's armory on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele

12022018 GUNS 001.JPG — Lieutenant Jonathan Ottaway with the Gainesville Police Department inspects a shotgun from the department's armory on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. - photo by Austin Steele

In the last decade of busting up narcotics trafficking, Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad Lt. Don Scalia said more and more of their cases involve the suspects packing heat.