Original source link is this: http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/2016/07/bye-bye-shotguns.html
It appears to be true, in a city awash with gun violence the forces of PC are disarming the police.
If you are willing to pay crazy money to get it back, trace the ownership chain and find the current owner, and offer to replace it with a really nice one and some cash to boot if he will part with it.
Neo, not selling any RDIASs today and no dog in the fight, but you shouldn't be a "steelist" when it comes to RDIASs. The aluminum ones are every bit as good and durable and about $5K cheaper (meaning 30 vs 35k in this market).
30K is definitely not "market" on that Billistics RDIAS. It may be that one sold at that level but that was a one-off; an aluminum RDIAS sold for 32K in less than a day.
As to the M16A2s, it happens there is a temporary supply glut as one particular guy is disposing of his many examples. They will be 38K again and represent a strong buy.
As for Norrell packs, wow. Those are hard to find and going for big money these days. 15K plus.