Looks like the antis are getting desperate. They're giving $250 for each handgun or "assault-weapon" that's turned in.
http://www.acphd.org/documents/Gun_flyer.pdf
http://www.acphd.org/documents/Gun_flyer.pdf
Gun buy-back in Oakland, CA
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jakeswensonmt
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Makes me wish I still had that lousy Jennings J22.
damien
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Inflation!
WoofersInc
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Time to buy 3 or 4 of those worn out $80.00 Mosin Nagant's at Big 5. Heck if you buy enough you can then go get a free "whatever" with the anti-gun people's money.
evan price
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Why do they insist on calling them gun "buy-backs"? Are the anti's claiming they sold the eeeevil guns in the first place? If not, then why is it a buyback?
For $250 per pistol, I could make a fortune buying a truckload of brand-new HiPoints to turn in.
Read the fine print at the bottom of their flyer:
Proofreading, anyone?
For $250 per pistol, I could make a fortune buying a truckload of brand-new HiPoints to turn in.
Read the fine print at the bottom of their flyer:
Proofreading, anyone?
chris in va
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Good grief, that's a lot of money.
Now just curious, do the people running/organizing these things have any statistical facts to back up the programs? Or is it just a 'feel good' thing like always. I'm open minded, would love to see some hard facts.
Now just curious, do the people running/organizing these things have any statistical facts to back up the programs? Or is it just a 'feel good' thing like always. I'm open minded, would love to see some hard facts.
GW
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Who is fronting the money for this?
WinchesterAA
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Tab, dude.. you could make a LOT of money if you had a LOT of money to invest in the first place.
I wonder if their budget is infinite of if there is a certain quota they're limited to?
(eg 25,000$ or 100 guns)
I wonder if their budget is infinite of if there is a certain quota they're limited to?
(eg 25,000$ or 100 guns)
precisionshootist
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statistical facts? you're kidding right?
Only one fact here and that is this is an act of pure leftist propaganda, nothing more.
statistical facts? you're kidding right?
Only one fact here and that is this is an act of pure leftist propaganda, nothing more.
ColinthePilot
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Seems like a "dirty" gun dump to me. They kill someone with it, then turn it in "no questions asked" so the case is unsolvable. and it gives them enough to go buy the next murder weapon.
Dorryn
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The generally do type-match comparisons with the guns turned in. If you turn in a 9mm Hi-Point, and someone was recently shot with a 9mm, theyre going to closely examine it to see whether it was the weapon used.
I did that a couple months back
3 litterally junk guns each for 100.00 gift certificates- they gave gift cards to a chain that had guns and I on the way home grabbed a 17 hmr savage that I had been wantin but could not justify They did shut down early as they went over budget real quick.
It shoots great BTW
and at 250.00 a piece I have several more I'd have to trade...
Treo
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I get the concept of turing a profit, I'm just not sure I like the idea of giving up ANY gun to these YO- YOs. That said had they done it in Colorado I might have been tempted to kick the wife's old POC Llama to the curb
Nobody's_Hero
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"I swear I killed a guy with this, officer. Look, it has a trigger. Where's my $250?"
Edit: Yes this is stupid. But I think if you guys can make a profit off of cheap guns, go for it! Then buy the good stuff.
TexasRifleman
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So these are getting to the price point where it's worth going out and breaking into peoples homes to steal guns now.
Nice way to help incent crime...... genius move.
Nice way to help incent crime...... genius move.
In CA transfering a firearm can cost close to $50.
I just posted all of the information a few days ago on a similar thread. Private party transfers can go through an FFL for not too much (plus other expenses like a background check etc).
However most cheap handguns are banned as "saturday night specials". Such firearms can only make it into CA with someone moving to CA and becoming a CA citizen from another state, and that person must pay a fee (currently $19 per handgun) for every handgun in order to register it and legaly possess it in the state of CA.
http://ag.ca.gov/firearms/forms/pdf/ab991frm.pdf
Store purchases require one to pay for both a background check, the record of sale etc. That usualy totals around $30.
There is also CA sales tax, and if it comes from out of state and is approved for sale in CA, shipping.
What all of that means is there is very few cheap handguns in CA that one could make much profit with these.
Possessing an unregistered "assault weapon" is already a significant crime itself. So I don't see people that went through the time and effort to register thiers turning them in.
That really just leaves handguns. So you need to find a handgun that both the purchase price, and the gas to travel to get it, and the ~$50 of expenses beyond just the sticker price leaves you with profit at a buyback of $250, and then ask yourself if there is profit if it is a worthwhile hourly wage divided by the amount of time it takes to accomplish (maybe an hour or two of overtime would be a better investment?)
There is also a one gun a month law in CA.
I just posted all of the information a few days ago on a similar thread. Private party transfers can go through an FFL for not too much (plus other expenses like a background check etc).
However most cheap handguns are banned as "saturday night specials". Such firearms can only make it into CA with someone moving to CA and becoming a CA citizen from another state, and that person must pay a fee (currently $19 per handgun) for every handgun in order to register it and legaly possess it in the state of CA.
http://ag.ca.gov/firearms/forms/pdf/ab991frm.pdf
Store purchases require one to pay for both a background check, the record of sale etc. That usualy totals around $30.
There is also CA sales tax, and if it comes from out of state and is approved for sale in CA, shipping.
What all of that means is there is very few cheap handguns in CA that one could make much profit with these.
Possessing an unregistered "assault weapon" is already a significant crime itself. So I don't see people that went through the time and effort to register thiers turning them in.
That really just leaves handguns. So you need to find a handgun that both the purchase price, and the gas to travel to get it, and the ~$50 of expenses beyond just the sticker price leaves you with profit at a buyback of $250, and then ask yourself if there is profit if it is a worthwhile hourly wage divided by the amount of time it takes to accomplish (maybe an hour or two of overtime would be a better investment?)
There is also a one gun a month law in CA.
DoubleTapDrew
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If there are murder weapons found at these "no questions asked" so-called "buy backs" can the organizers be charged with aiding and abetting a felon?
Who's transfering a firearm?
Who's talking about transfering a firearm? Going down to some "firearms turn in" is not transfering a firearm. The flyer says no ID, no questions asked. Meaning if you found a handgun on your way to church, you could turn it in no questions asked... Don't get me wrong, it's silly and doesn't make much sense, but that's the deal.
Who's talking about transfering a firearm? Going down to some "firearms turn in" is not transfering a firearm. The flyer says no ID, no questions asked. Meaning if you found a handgun on your way to church, you could turn it in no questions asked... Don't get me wrong, it's silly and doesn't make much sense, but that's the deal.
El Tejon
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Has anyone tried turning in airsofts?
Ohio Rifleman
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Instead of giving up guns to the antis for them to destroy and brag about how many evil guns they got off the street, why not give or sell those cheap Locrins and HiPoints to people who'd appreciate them or need them but can't afford a decent handgun themselves? Just a thought.
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