Latest Compton gun buy back

[kentucky_smith]

Take a look at page 3 of the pics:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gifts-for-guns-pictures,0,2242463.photogallery

Civilian assault-style rifles
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / December 29, 2009)
Old, rusty civilian versions of military assault rifles are stacked up in a shopping cart. One man who declined to be interviewed or identified exchanged a cache of 58 handguns and rifles that netted him $5,800 worth of gift cards.

 

[sv51macross]

If what the comments say is true...I'm laughing myself out of my chair. 58 nonfunctional movie props for just as many $100 gift cards. Geez...

 

[[Pb]]

No charging handles... Those are dangerous military weapons! LOL

 

[481]

Ah, good ole L.A. city government at its finest.

It's for the kids, y'know?

Bet the guy who dumped them on the L.A. braintrust is laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[taliv]

are those movie props? they look like a certain 22lr to me

 

[sv51macross]

taliv wrote:

are those movie props? they look like a certain 22lr to me

A guy in the comments said they looked like/were some Italian-made 22LR plinkers. Still a bunch of laughs.

Actually, taking a second look, yeah, look at the magwell on the far left, and none of them have safety selectors.

 

[kingmt]

They are drill & ceremony rifles. They are junk parts that filled with wield & have no working parts at all. They even have the front sight post removed. The only value they could have would be for a toy or conversation piece.

I hate to encourage these gun deposit things but that is funny. He probably could have sold them for more then that over some time but almost 6K for junk all in one day is a great deal.

 

[Grassman]

The guy that made $5800 is a genius. Now he can go buy a real gun.

 

[ArmedBear]

I'd love to get some drill rifles like that to do a fitness class with them. But I wouldn't pay $5800 for them.

 

[Impureclient]

The guy that made $5800 is a genius.

That is giving him too much credit. I mean look at who he was dealing with.
Taking candy from a baby...or...selling harmless props for cash to dimwits....same thing.

 

[FROGO207]

As WC Fields said "There is a sucker born every minute". 5800 points for the good guys.

 

[iiibdsiil]

Now that's funny. Wonder how long it's gonna take them to figure it out.

 

[Avenger29]

'd love to get some drill rifles like that to do a fitness class with them. But I wouldn't pay $5800 for them

Gotcha covered. Historical, too.

 

[Wahoo95]

I wonder where I could pick up some of those drill rifles......would be nice to have when they decide to do a buyback around here.

 

[hogshead]

Hehehehe

 

[berettaprofessor]

One of the other photos (#5) shows what looks like a Marlin 60 turn-in. Anybody recognize any handguns on #2 or #4; I didn't see anything I'd care about other than whether they were working guns as a principle. No beretta's, glocks, etc visible.

 

[CoRoMo]

Lousy gift card exchange

...the guy who dumped them on the L.A. braintrust is laughing all the way to the bank.

No, not the bank, but maybe the grocery store.

Now he can go buy a real gun.

No, not with those gift cards. But if he used $5,800 in gift cards to buy his groceries over the next year or so, he could use the regular food money to buy some sweet hardware.

...netted him $5,800 worth of gift cards.
(from the article) ...$100 in holiday gift cards to use at local retailers and grocery stores.

 

[Dr.Mall Ninja]

Those drill rifles are not much cheaper then a hundred bucks are they?

 

[NMGonzo]

Get a mosin.

That is my workout rifle.

 

[LickitySplit]

A guy in the comments said they looked like/were some Italian-made 22LR plinkers.

Armi-Jager AP-74 ....

http://207.234.249.73/gunfax/rimfires/m16photos.htm

 

[svaz]

They love their little "Saturday Night Special" moniker, don't they? I had a comment all ready for them:

No one calls inexpensive pistols "Saturday Night Specials" except for ignorant politicians and elitist media types. One must wonder why people with security details and thousand-plus dollar security systems in upscale neighborhoods (i.e., politicians & white-collar "intellectuals", respectively) feel the urgent need to deny single working mothers and pensioners the ability to defend themselves, their progeny, and what possessions they have. Good job LA, LA Times.

Unfortunately, jumping through the hoops to sign up for their online rag just isn't worth the effort.

 

[leftym4]

Hey arn't those the rifles Governor Swartzenager used in some of his movies

 

[DeepSouth]

It's gotta suck to be that stupid.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

As WC Fields said "There is a sucker born every minute". Actually I think that was P.T.Barnum

 

[LickitySplit]

As WC Fields said "There is a sucker born every minute". Actually I think that was P.T.Barnum

Actually, PT Barnum never uttered that quote either...

http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html