Buffalo police plan to confiscate firearms of recently deceased gun owners, but they're facing strong resistance from Second Amendment activists, Fox News reports.

During a press conference last week, Buffalo police said their biggest problem with weapons in crimes seems to involve guns that are stolen in burglaries from homes, WGRZ reports. In some cases, they think families are holding on to weapons even though the person who originally bought them has died.

"We recently started a program where we're cross referencing all the pistol permit holders with the death records, and we're sending people out to collect the guns whenever possible so that they don't end up in the wrong hands," said Police Commissioner Daniel Derrenda, WGRZ reports.