The U.S. attorney’s office has asked a federal judge for permission to destroy 13 guns owned by Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols rather than allowing him to give them to his ex-wife.
“We believe these guns should ultimately be destroyed and not sold for substantial profit based on some lurid appeal of possessing an item once owned by a convicted mass murderer,” said Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Denver.
Prosecutors would prefer to give Nichols credit for the fair market value of the guns. Nichols would not keep the money; it would be used to pay restitution.
Nichols argued in July that the weapons should be transferred to his ex-wife for back child support he owes.
The guns were seized from Nichols’ Kansas home but had no part in the 1995 bombing at the that killed 168 people.
to use a weapon of mass destruction and involuntary manslaughter of eight federal agents.
He is serving life in the Supermax federal prison near Florence.
