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The City of Springfield, Ma has just concluded another gun buy back. It was held with no questions asked and no paper work for those turning in their guns. So, I took all my guns in and turned them in for a 50dollars gift certificate and no longer have to worry about them. I have no more guns so take me off the record and don't come looking in the future. I will sure miss them. :scrutiny::rolleyes:;)
 
ThorinNNY said:
Gun buybacks sound like a safe,convenient way for theives to unload stolen guns they don`t want. I look at them as government sanctioned theives markets. Government wins, theives win, the original lawful owners lose, but bleep them, right? :cuss:
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Yeah, no kidding. I don't believe they even check if the guns have been used in a murder or something before they destroy them. So, there goes the evidence and justice for the families of the victims. : /
 
I've always wondered what those look like. Do they let you take pictures? It must be a cultural thing. I've honestly never seen a gun buyback. I don't think we have them here.
 
ThorinNNY said:
Gun buybacks sound like a safe,convenient way for theives to unload stolen guns they don`t want. I look at them as government sanctioned theives markets. Government wins, theives win, the original lawful owners lose, but bleep them, right? :cuss:
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The vast majority of guns they get at the buybacks are not from criminals. They are from people who acquired some gun from an inheritance or maybe they had one as a young adult and the gun has been sitting in the closet collecting dust for years. Some people at the last Seattle gun buyback even went to Wal Mart and bought cheap BB guns and turned them in at a profit. There was actually good media coverage of the Seattle gun buyback, with follow-ups that showed that 99% of the guns turned in would likely never be used or had been used by the owners to commit a crime with.

The gun buybacks are a waste of money and resources that could have been used to really do something about crime instead of being a collection point for guns out of grannys' closets. And usually a good number of guns with historical value are turned in and destroyed as well.
 
Video "nooz reports" of the last ahhhhhh so-called buy-back in Cleveland made me weep... (saw the guns being converyor-belted into the furnace)

3-screw Old Model Super Blackhawk
US Rifle Cal .30 M1
2 M1 carbines
2 Rem 1100's
1 870 Wingmaster
several lever-action rifles
unidentified double-barrel shotgun with the old "Dog Ear" hammers.

I am STILL muttering some very low-road language.
 
I'm actually hoping there's a buy back in my neck of the woods soon. I'll offer $20 more than they are and have my pick of the litter :). Suckers.
 
Lost all mine in a boating accident, while out drinking with my mall nija buddies.
 
There was a gun buyback in Oakland, Ca that got hijacked by gun owners and gun dealers. The police were offering something like 100$ for pistols and 200$ for long guns. Gun dealers and owners started offering closer to what they were worth and the people in line started to abandon the line. It basically turned into an impromptu gunshow. Might be a chance to pick up that " old, worthless, '45-70' of grampa's"!
 
Actually I can't say I have a huge problem with "buy-backs" (I know it's an incorrect name but I can't think of one more appropriate ATM) except for the propaganda they're often used to promote. But then you can't blame the "buy-back" for that anymore than you can blame a gun for the crime it's used in.

Criminals turning in murder weapons?
I highly doubt that. Any evidence to back that up? It's like claiming that open carriers get attacked for their gun. Really most criminals are not as stupid as you may think. If you just committed a murder (and are now probably a wanted man) and the gun you did it is also being searched for by the police, don't you think it's a bit risky to go and hand it over to the police? Sure they say no questions asked. But how do you know they don't have a hidden camera recording who hands in what and then run serial numbers? Now they know you handed in the murder weapon and they got your face on camera.
Not to mention the fact that you generally want to get rid of a hot gun as soon as possible. Not sit on it for several months until the next buyback comes around.
Seems it would be much less trouble to grind off the serial number and go send it for a swim in the nearest body of water.

Selling stolen guns?
Waste of time. Much more money selling them on the street.

Wasting tax payer dollars?
The vast majority of these programs are sponsored by private donors.

These programs hardly erode gun ownership in this country. People who care about their guns and right to own them generally don't sell them at a buy back (and that's what you're doing, selling. It's not a confiscation as some like to claim) And people who sell their guns at a buyback for a $50 grocery card likely didn't care enough about them to be responsible owners of them. As such they are really better off without them.
Also in many cases particularly rare or notable pieces are given off to museums instead of just being smelted with the rest of the Hi-Points and Ravens. Which is frankly a better fate than rusting away in grandma's attic.

*flame suit activated*
 
Many people at these so-called "buy-backs" have been impartially surveyed over the years. A majority admit to owning more firearms than they show up with.
 
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