the Israeli settlements as illegal because the territories they are built on were captured by Israel in a war in 1967 and are hence subject to the Geneva Conventions, which forbid construction on occupied lands.

More than half a million Israelis live in over 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds.licensed gun dealers. Jerry Henry, a second-amendment advocate with Georgia Carry, says the law makes sense.

"There's no need to destroy the firearms," Henry said. "It's not just putting them back on the street. It's selling them to law-abiding citizens."

Parent disagrees. "I think it's insane," she said, adding that she'll back an effort starting next month that would effectively repeal the law, giving law enforcement the option to destroy confiscated weapons instead of selling them. "The law that requires police departments to sell weapons confiscated as part of crimes back into the public, I think, makes no sense whatsoever," she said.

But Henry says the argument to repeal the law is an emotional one, not a logical one.

"Just because somebody committed a crime with (a gun) doesn't mean that the