Dean Weingarten
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Some guns purchased privately at a Phoenix turn in event
Sumter, South Carolina, will be having a gun turn in even on 10 August, 2013. While these events are commonly labeled with the propaganda term "buyback" the guns were never owned by the people attempting to buy them.
The event will be held at two locations:Alice Drive Baptist Church (at intersection of Wise Drive/Patriot Parkway and Loring Mill Rd. in Sumter, SC; and Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church 325 Fulton Street Sumter, SC.
The events are scheduled to run from 10 am to 2 pm. People often turn up early at these events.
The incentives for the gun turn in will be Walmart gift cards: $50 for a handgun, $25 for a long gun, and $100 for an "assault weapon", which is not defined. These prices are quite low for turn in events, so there is a reasonable possibility that private buyers could purchase some decent guns at good prices. Private sales are legal in South Carolina, as they are in most states.
I did not see any informtion about incentives for air guns. This is the first turn in event in this area in several years.
The tactics that will be used at this turn in event are similar to those that were used in Phoenix this last May. People are asked to store the guns in the trunk of the vehicle, and then have a police officer remove them. If there is much of a turn out at the turn in, private buyers should look for easy places for people to park so that the merchandise can be looked at prior to purchase. Often people bring several guns to these turn in events.
You might want to read about the Phoenix event to see how things were handled there.
Be prepared for a percentage of people who refuse to talk to anyone but police. All the private buyers that I saw in Phoenix were very polite and let these ideologically driven people turn in their guns for a fraction of what they would be worth on the open market.
Signs are helpful, as are good grooming, cash, and a friendly attitude. Dale Carnegie's advise for dealing with people works very well.
Across the country, communities, police departments and churches are sponsoring gun turn-ins to get "guns off the street". At many of these events, private buyers are showing up, offering cash for the more valuable guns. These private additions to the public turn-in are effective, no doubt, in getting more guns off the street, because they add to the resources that are available to those who want to get rid of guns for something of value, be it a grocery card or a number of twenty dollar bills.
You can help make the turn-in in your area more effective by standing on the curb with your "Cash for Guns" sign, or at a folding table, willing to offer more than the gift card for firearms that are more valuable. It would be best if numerous private parties were available, as more good guns could then be transferred into responsible hands.
This action serves many useful purposes. It stretches the turn-in budget so that more guns can be taken off the street. It helps keep fearful widows from being defrauded of most of the market value of the gun they are turning in. It prevents valuable assets from being destroyed by bureaucratic inflexibility. It is a win-win-win situation.
It also dispels the pernicious message that guns are bad and should be destroyed.
Link to Article on Private Buyers at Phoenix Turn In Event
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2013/08/sccheap-gun-opportunity-in-sumter-turn.html
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