Firearm Destruction for Police Departments — Done Right, Done Free
Law Weapons destroys your department's confiscated, seized, surrendered, and decommissioned firearms free of charge. We come to you, take possession under full chain of custody, destroy every firearm according to ATF rules, and issue a Certificate of Destruction for each one.
No incinerator runs. No disposal fees. No wasted officer hours. We do all the work for you.
Licensed firearms manufacturer & dealer · FFL Type 07 / 08 / 01 · NFA Class 3 / SOT · Aurora, IL · 630-317-7155
Free of charge for law enforcement — a Certificate of Destruction for every firearm
Program Overview
Police get dangerous guns off the streets — confiscated in arrests, recovered as evidence, surrendered, or turned in. Then they pile up in the evidence room, and once they're no longer needed it's up to each department to decide what to do with them. Destroying them yourself means paying disposal fees and pulling officers off the street to haul firearms around and wait by an incinerator.
This is where Law Weapons comes in. We come to your department, itemize and catalog every firearm, provide a chain-of-custody receipt for possession, transport the firearms to our facility, destroy them under ATF rules, issue a Certificate of Destruction for each firearm, and maintain a permanent master database of everything we've destroyed for your agency.
A Certificate of Destruction from Law Weapons strengthens your department's paper trail and evidence-destruction procedures and adds an independent layer of protection that firearms were properly and permanently destroyed. And the moment we take possession, the liability becomes ours, not yours.
What your department gets
- Free destruction — no disposal fees
- On-site pickup at your department
- Full chain-of-custody documentation
- ATF-compliant destruction, beyond repair
- A signed Certificate of Destruction per firearm
- We assume all liability once we take possession
- Records kept a minimum of 10 years — re-download anytime
- Zero risk of a firearm returning to the street
Who The Service Is For
The Step-By-Step Process
Our process is quick, efficient, and documented at every hand-off. From the moment you submit a request to the moment the certificate lands in your records, every firearm is counted, re-counted, tracked, and accounted for.
- 1Firearm Request Form is received
Your department submits a destruction request — through the department portal or by phone. We confirm the pickup and schedule it around your evidence room.
- 2Technicians are dispatched
Law Weapons technicians — direct employees, FOID-carded, most of them certified gunsmiths — are assigned and dispatched to your location. No third-party couriers.
- 3On-site pickup & itemization
We come to your department. Every firearm and item is itemized, cataloged, and documented on site — nothing is taken without being counted and recorded first.
- 4Chain-of-custody receipt to the department
Before anything leaves your building, your department is issued a chain-of-custody receipt documenting exactly what we took possession of.
- 5Secure transport to our facility
Firearms and property are transported under documented chain of custody to the Law Weapons destruction facility.
- 6Re-verification by a facility supervisor
On arrival, every item is re-verified against the receipt by a facility supervisor — a second, independent count to guarantee nothing is unaccounted for.
- 7Logged into our database
Each firearm is logged into our secure master database by make, model, caliber, and serial number, tied to your department.
- 8ATF-compliant destruction
Firearms are dismantled and cut or shredded into pieces according to ATF rules, rendered permanently inoperable with no possibility of repair.
- 9Certificate of Destruction is issued
A Certificate of Destruction is created and signed by the technician for every firearm and emailed to your department as a PDF — the certificate is your final record.
- 10Archived to your 10-year portal record
Every certificate is filed to our secure database and kept for a minimum of ten years, re-downloadable from your department's law enforcement portal login anytime.
How Firearms Are Destroyed
Destruction is not a bin in the back or a single cut. Every firearm is taken apart and reduced in stages, following ATF rules, until it is rendered permanently inoperable and can never function as a firearm again.
Each firearm is fully disassembled into its component parts.
Frames and receivers are cut or mechanically shredded into pieces per ATF destruction specifications.
The firearm is rendered permanently inoperable with no possibility of repair.
Every serialized firearm is confirmed destroyed beyond use before its Certificate of Destruction is issued.
We Assume the Liability
The moment Law Weapons takes possession of a firearm for destruction, it stops being your department's responsibility. We assume all liability for every firearm the instant it's in our hands.
That matters, because guns don't always stay gone when departments manage disposal themselves. Studies have pointed to roughly 2% of the firearms recovered over the years by a department the size of the Chicago Police Department eventually finding their way back onto the street. Our process eliminates that risk entirely.
Across tens of thousands of firearms destroyed, not one has ever been found back on the street. There is no possible chance of a firearm hitting the street again once we pick it up — we guarantee it.
firearms ever traced back to the street
liability assumed by Law Weapons on pickup
Trusted By Departments Across Illinois & Beyond
Law Weapons has destroyed firearms and evidence for agencies large and small — from local village PDs to county sheriffs and federal police. A few of the departments we've served:
…and many more. References from departments that already use our service are available on request.
We Destroy More Than Firearms
Firearms are the core of what we do, but your evidence room fills up with a lot more than guns. Law Weapons destroys just about any evidence your department no longer needs — under the same documented chain of custody, with the same certificate at the end.
The only things we can't take are drugs and controlled substances themselves. Just about any other type of evidence your department needs destroyed, we'll handle.
Every firearm gets its own signed Certificate of Destruction — the date of pickup, the date of destruction, the full firearm information (make, model, caliber, and serial number), and the method of destruction, all on one easy-to-file document. It strengthens your evidence-destruction paper trail and gives command staff, auditors, and property clerks a clean, independent record.
If a court later orders a firearm released back to its owner after it's already been destroyed, your certificate carries the burden — not your department. It documents exactly what was destroyed, when, and how, tightening your paperwork and answering the question before it becomes a problem.
Every firearm we destroy is logged into a secure master database tied to your department and kept for a minimum of ten years. Can't find a certificate? Log into the law enforcement portal and re-download a fresh copy any time — no phone calls, no waiting.
Law Weapons is a federally licensed firearm manufacturer (Type 07), importer (Type 08), and dealer (Type 01), and an NFA Class 3 / SOT manufacturer. Our technicians hold valid FOID cards, are direct company employees, and most are certified gunsmiths who know exactly what it takes to destroy a firearm beyond repair.
See a Sample Certificate
This is an actual Certificate of Destruction — the kind your department receives for every firearm. It's emailed to you as a PDF the moment it's issued and stays available to re-download from your portal. Each one is uniquely numbered and records the requesting agency, the pickup and destruction dates, the full firearm information, and the method of destruction.
Sample from a completed destruction. Every certificate is stamped “Destroyed” and retained for a minimum of ten years.
Your Department Destruction Portal
Enrolled agencies get a secure law enforcement portal login. From one place, your staff can submit new pickup requests, track evidence through the destruction process, and pull the records back out — any time, well into the future.
Every Certificate of Destruction is emailed to your department as a PDF when it's issued and stored against the firearm for a minimum of ten years. If you ever misplace a certificate, just log in and download a fresh copy on demand — it takes the burden off your department and keeps your evidence paperwork airtight.
Open the Destruction PortalRestricted to verified law enforcement personnel. Need access set up? Call 630-317-7155.
In your portal
- Submit new destruction requests
- Track pickups and destruction status
- Certificates of Destruction — view, download & re-download
- Certificates emailed as PDFs the moment they're issued
- Pickup date, destruction date, firearm details & method — on every certificate
- Searchable history of everything destroyed
- Records retained a minimum of 10 years
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the firearm destruction service really free?+
Do you come to us, or do we have to deliver the firearms?+
Are the firearms actually destroyed beyond use?+
What documentation do we get back?+
Is the process ATF-compliant?+
Do you only destroy firearms?+
What if a court later orders a destroyed firearm released?+
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References from departments that already use our firearm destruction service are available on request.
Request a Pickup
Ready to schedule, or just have questions? Fill out the form below and it goes straight to our team — we'll follow up to confirm and arrange your pickup, usually within one business day. Don't use up precious officer time and department finances destroying firearms yourself; let Law Weapons do all of the work for you.
Let Us Take the Destruction Off Your Plate
We come to your department, take possession under full chain of custody, destroy every firearm according to ATF rules, and hand you a Certificate of Destruction for each one — free of charge.
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