 Many police departments also argue that technically they aren't selling their old guns to the public. They use middlemen, licensed gun dealers. With the gun linked to Cameron Brown's death, the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department used one such middleman, LC Action Police Supply in San Jose. From 2005 to 2023, LC Action acquired over 3,000 firearms from 11 different law enforcement agencies. Then they sold those guns to anyone looking to buy.