Man Brings Live Hand Grenade to Gun Buyback Event

[memphisjim]

i read a post on here some time ago about a gun shop owner who emptied his store of the little jennings type guns nib and made profit at a gun buy back

 

[SquirrelNuts]

I don't remember the specifics, but someone once researched the effectiveness of gun buy-back programs (don't you have to own the first to buy them back???). It went a little something like this:

There are X number of firearms in the U.S. There are Y number of firearms related deaths in the U.S. each year. So, the average number of deaths per firearm is Y divided by X. The study determined that something like 60,000 or so guns had to be bought back to save just one life...at least statistically. I know that many of the guns bought back are cheap Ravens and Jennings and such that may not even fire, so those are moot. Anyway, they determined the number of guns purchase from these programs, and the literally millions of dollars that had already been spent, and determined that the buy backs had not yet even took in enough guns to save even one life.

 

[runrabbitrun]

When the gov states for YOU MUST register ALL firearms you own... or else.

I'll be like... BITE ME

 

[CoRoMo]

Moral of the story...

Keep your grenades.

 

[Elvishead]

I

wonder what would happen in US if someone would wheel in a few barrels of "the smell of victory".

LMFAO!!

I didn't quite get it at first, but...

Good note!!

 

[Elvishead]

Nope.

live (adj.)

1. Having life; alive: live animals. See Synonyms at living.
2. Of, related to, or occurring during the life of one that is living: a live birth; the live weight of an animal before being slaughtered.
3. Of current interest or relevance: a live topic; still a live option.
4. Informal Full of life, excitement, or activity; lively: a live crowd at the parade; a live party.
5. Glowing; burning: live coals.
6. Not yet exploded but capable of being fired: live ammunition.
7. Electricity Carrying an electric current or energized with electricity: live cables lying dangerously on the ground.
8. Not mined or quarried; in the natural state: live ore.
9.
a. Broadcast while actually being performed; not taped, filmed, or recorded: a live television program.
b. Involving performers or spectators who are physically present: live entertainment; a live audience.
10. Of, relating to, or containing living, often modified microorganisms: a live vaccine; live yogurt cultures.
11. Printing Not yet set into type: live copy.
12. Sports In play: a live ball.

Well, maybe. See definition 5. Glowing; burning. Because it is set off by a burning fuse.

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Last edited by Cannonball888; April 27th, 2009 at 09:14 AM.

I guess if it's alive, the gernade is holding it's breath.

 

[KevinAbbeyTech]

I've often wondered if gun thefts go up immediately prior to one of these buy-backs.

Gun "buy backs" are theft.

They better not be using my taxes for this ****.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

I'll bet he could have done better on the street. Maybe the cops will set a precedent by prosecuting or harassing him, and the next grenade will get sold on the street instead of risking prosecution or interrogtion. $200 seems cheap to me, to prevent a grenade from the wrong hands...........

 

[Foofles]

hmmm.. in NYC you need to register all rifles in the the police but that's not stopping people from getting them out of the city and then selling them back...

Blah, how weird.

 

[evan price]

$200?
Wow, I've got a Sig P6 I'd sell them for $200! Plus a couple more little potmetal guns.

 

[ArmedBear]

Why would you want to get rid of a perfectly good grenade?

I hear you could trade it for a whole bunch of tequila. Or maybe you'd rather have blankets and crucifixes or something.

 

[ACORN]

It has nothing to do with the OP but, my dad was coming back from Korea on a troop ship. As he told it, his/their cabin was down near the water line. One of the guys in the cabin had a duffel bag, and every time he moved it it "clunked". Someone finally asked him what was in the bag? The guy had 3 live mortar shells he was taking home to make lamps! Needless to say they went overboard

 

[KBintheSLC]

I hear you could trade it for a whole bunch of tequila.

I agree... I hear you can get lots of weed and coke south of the border for a couple of grenades... if thats your cup of tea.

Again, bans on stuff work great.

 

[Crawfish141]

I wanna be near one of these, and bring a bunch of Mosin's. Bring ten and a healthy profit could be made!

 

[desidog]

I'm intrigued by bringing in a POS for cash - however, (since i bought the gun legally) would they then enter the serial number as relating-to-crime or something like that...and it could get back to me in some negative way?

Similarly, if you bought a gun in FL, and turned in in NY, would there later be a warrant for interstate arms trafficking, or some BS like that?

 

[ants]

Buybacks went up to $200 to discourage you and me from offering higher prices in the parking lot.

 

[ArmedBear]

I've always wanted a grenade.

Hang it on the wall on one of these plaques, and nobody would think it was real.



Wouldn't want some joker to pull the pin, though...

 

[gunsandreligion]

You just toss em in the river and get the fish that float up (At least according to my grandpa)

 

[ScottsGT]

Our last local "buy back" had a limit of two guns at $50 each, and you had to provide proof of residency within city limits. Had a bunch of crap I was planning on unloading on them!

 

[highorder]

cheeky comment taken to PM.

My apologies.