peacefuljeffrey
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I am totally LMMFAO right now!!!!!!
Several weeks ago, The Palm Beach Post (right here in West Palm Beach, Florida) announced that the city police department would stage a one-day gun buyback, giving amnesty to criminals essentially (no questions asked on weapon turn-ins). $75 for rifles; $100 for handguns; $200 for "assault weapons"
THIS abject moron turned in a rare Japanese WWII-era rifle and got seventy-five smackers for it, and finds out that a good-condition specimen could be worth five grand!
Just a little moral lesson in the ramifications of being so stupid as to take part in a gun-surrender-destruction program. I'll bet this loser thought he was doing some sort of civic duty, performing a good act, whatever...
The paper touted the "success" of the program because only a couple hours in, it "sold out" of the Target gift cards that had been alotted for it. (Of course, the PD would not say ahead of time how much money had been set aside for the program. It could have been a pitifully small amount, but since it had not been divulged, they could then say, "Oooh, look, the program was so successful in rounding up guns, it ran out of money!"
They reported that they collected about 500 guns -- mostly from elderly people, as always. They claimed in a followup article that there were 5 "automated weapons" ("automatED"? Gotta GET me one of THOSE! Is it a Cyberdyne?!) Now, consider this: the "automated" (automatic?) weapons were almost certainly turned in by someone who possessed them illegally. (WHO ON EARTH would turn in a legally owned Class III weapon, after all?!) The police did not get identification on any of the people who turned in weapons. So FIVE FELONS walked away with no charges, even though they could have been charged with illegally possessing those guns, yes?
Anyway, here's the link to the whole sad story
-Jeffrey
Several weeks ago, The Palm Beach Post (right here in West Palm Beach, Florida) announced that the city police department would stage a one-day gun buyback, giving amnesty to criminals essentially (no questions asked on weapon turn-ins). $75 for rifles; $100 for handguns; $200 for "assault weapons"
THIS abject moron turned in a rare Japanese WWII-era rifle and got seventy-five smackers for it, and finds out that a good-condition specimen could be worth five grand!
Just a little moral lesson in the ramifications of being so stupid as to take part in a gun-surrender-destruction program. I'll bet this loser thought he was doing some sort of civic duty, performing a good act, whatever...
The paper touted the "success" of the program because only a couple hours in, it "sold out" of the Target gift cards that had been alotted for it. (Of course, the PD would not say ahead of time how much money had been set aside for the program. It could have been a pitifully small amount, but since it had not been divulged, they could then say, "Oooh, look, the program was so successful in rounding up guns, it ran out of money!"
They reported that they collected about 500 guns -- mostly from elderly people, as always. They claimed in a followup article that there were 5 "automated weapons" ("automatED"? Gotta GET me one of THOSE! Is it a Cyberdyne?!) Now, consider this: the "automated" (automatic?) weapons were almost certainly turned in by someone who possessed them illegally. (WHO ON EARTH would turn in a legally owned Class III weapon, after all?!) The police did not get identification on any of the people who turned in weapons. So FIVE FELONS walked away with no charges, even though they could have been charged with illegally possessing those guns, yes?
Anyway, here's the link to the whole sad story
-Jeffrey