Controversy over Kentucky law requiring auction of weapon used in Louisville shooting

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg criticized a Kentucky law that requires confiscated firearms, including those used in crimes, to be auctioned off rather than destroyed. The AR-15-style rifle used in Monday's shooting at Old National Bank, which killed five people and injured eight, will be put up for auction. Greenberg has lobbied for Louisville to have the autonomy to set its own gun restrictions, including the ability to destroy confiscated firearms, but a bill that passed in 2012 prevents Kentucky cities and counties from doing so. Some Democrats have drafted bills that would empower municipalities such as Louisville to enforce their own gun restrictions, but the proposals have not advanced in the state legislature.