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I do NOT think it is that simple.. a little history would help you !
Turn in Illegal Guns for $200 each in NYC
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I do NOT think it is that simple.. a little history would help you !
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Hmmm.... I have an old Jennings .22 that I couldn't even give away and I'm less than two hours from NYC. But, I HATE NYC, especially driving there.
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Speedo66
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All guns in NYC have to be registered, including rifles & shotguns.
So any non registered gun is an illegal one.
The guns must be brought in wrapped in plastic or paper or in a box. Don't walk through the streets with an uncovered gun.
As far as hitting all 6 churches, some are in neighborhoods where you would not want to go (and leave) without a firearm even during daylight hours.
Showing up with a registered pistol & having to produce ID for it would sort of remove the anonymity.
So any non registered gun is an illegal one.
The guns must be brought in wrapped in plastic or paper or in a box. Don't walk through the streets with an uncovered gun.
As far as hitting all 6 churches, some are in neighborhoods where you would not want to go (and leave) without a firearm even during daylight hours.
Showing up with a registered pistol & having to produce ID for it would sort of remove the anonymity.
Too bad that they have to be working. I keep a couple of old busted up .22 rifles in case the politicos get a wild hare around here. My buddy turned in a bunch of junk (bb guns and the like) several years ago for a gun buy back. They promised $100 for ANY firearm turned in- up to 6. He checked the city ordinances and found out that BB guns were considered firearms. He had two busted rifles and an old derringer. He went to Wally World and bought three BB guns and turned them all in. The cops tried to argue that the BB guns didn't count (he showed them the code) and that the other guns weren't in keeping with the "spirit of the buy back". His answer was "only an idiot would bring in a working weapon to be destroyed".
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OK, turned in a few unwanted guns, now $600 richer and trying to figure out what I'm going to buy.
Some of the guns being turned in would make you cry, though most were junk. Lots of Marlin lever actions, although I can't understand why you wouldn't take off the scope, saw lots with them still on. Most were no name small .22 revolvers and small pocket semi-auto pistols. A few cut down shotguns, including a double barreled sawed off, barrels and stock.
Among the ones you'd cry for were several nice Colt and S&W high quality revolvers, a few Colt .45 Govts., nice semi-auto shotguns with beautiful wood, nice side by side shotguns, a nice M-1 carbine, some nice bolt action high powered rifles, and the most unbelievable of all: wait for it,
a guy 2 ahead of me on line turned in a very nicely finished Colt single action army .45 revolver, and get this, marked Property US Army, with ivory grips.
They had many NYPD range officers there to collect them and I asked if that Colt would be destroyed. First I was told yes, then he said it would probably wind up back at the range for "training" purposes.
Now the bad- They didn't have their act together to hand out the payments which were in the form of bank debit cards. They insisted upon doing all their paperwork, i.e. typing up a complex form for each gun before they would give you the debit card. Almost 200 guns were turned in. The wait: 3 1/2 hours before I got my debit card.
Would I do it again? Depends how much I want to exchange some guns for others I guess.
Some of the guns being turned in would make you cry, though most were junk. Lots of Marlin lever actions, although I can't understand why you wouldn't take off the scope, saw lots with them still on. Most were no name small .22 revolvers and small pocket semi-auto pistols. A few cut down shotguns, including a double barreled sawed off, barrels and stock.
Among the ones you'd cry for were several nice Colt and S&W high quality revolvers, a few Colt .45 Govts., nice semi-auto shotguns with beautiful wood, nice side by side shotguns, a nice M-1 carbine, some nice bolt action high powered rifles, and the most unbelievable of all: wait for it,
a guy 2 ahead of me on line turned in a very nicely finished Colt single action army .45 revolver, and get this, marked Property US Army, with ivory grips.
They had many NYPD range officers there to collect them and I asked if that Colt would be destroyed. First I was told yes, then he said it would probably wind up back at the range for "training" purposes.
Now the bad- They didn't have their act together to hand out the payments which were in the form of bank debit cards. They insisted upon doing all their paperwork, i.e. typing up a complex form for each gun before they would give you the debit card. Almost 200 guns were turned in. The wait: 3 1/2 hours before I got my debit card.
Would I do it again? Depends how much I want to exchange some guns for others I guess.
Drgong
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The only city in NC that has tried that I know of is Asheville, and from what I understood, people just turned in $75 dollar used Jimenez style, as most folks rather pawn a nicer one...
Perhaps I should fund a turn in, that goes to shooting clubs to teach young kids shooting and gun safety...
Perhaps I should fund a turn in, that goes to shooting clubs to teach young kids shooting and gun safety...
jakemccoy
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"Anonymous" no doubt means they won't be intentionally handing over your identity to the media. However, they'll absolutely keep an internal record of who they paid.
jakemccoy
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What was the progression of the confiscations in the UK?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGVAQOUi6ec
Eye opening!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGVAQOUi6ec
Eye opening!
I guess it is nice to fantasize about what you would do if the opportunity to attend such a gun buy back presented itself to you; but I was confronted with exactly this particular gun buy back because I am pretty close to Brooklyn. Heck I am not just close, I drive into NYC everyday to work there, and listen to all news radio some of the way there and back to home. So I heard the announcements about this buy back many, many times.
It was temptation I can tell you that. I have several rifles not worth more than about $125 to $150 and also own a couple of Mosin Nagants, one I got for about $50 the other by way of a refund for something a gun dealer owed me because they sent a gun in poorer condition than one I had ordered. I took the refunded credit, added about $10 and got my 2nd Mosin Nagant.
As it turned out, I still have all of my guns that I had the day before the gun buy back. In short, I can say while there was temptation to go for at least $400, maybe more, I decided not to do so. If you want to know why, you can find out at my blog. Here is a link to the piece I wrote about it on Saturday:
http://ballseyesboomers.blogspot.com/2008/07/brooklyn-gun-buyirony-of-ironies.html
All the best,
Glenn B
It was temptation I can tell you that. I have several rifles not worth more than about $125 to $150 and also own a couple of Mosin Nagants, one I got for about $50 the other by way of a refund for something a gun dealer owed me because they sent a gun in poorer condition than one I had ordered. I took the refunded credit, added about $10 and got my 2nd Mosin Nagant.
As it turned out, I still have all of my guns that I had the day before the gun buy back. In short, I can say while there was temptation to go for at least $400, maybe more, I decided not to do so. If you want to know why, you can find out at my blog. Here is a link to the piece I wrote about it on Saturday:
http://ballseyesboomers.blogspot.com/2008/07/brooklyn-gun-buyirony-of-ironies.html
All the best,
Glenn B
One of the conditions of the buy back in brooklyn was that the firearms be functional. I guess the way they figured it, they would have to be foolish to buy back a gun that did not function. As I see it they are foolish anyhow, just puppets of Bloomberg.
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I would have loved to have been there to see the cop's face - these gun "buyback" threads are like watching a train wreck - I cannot turn away - the lunacy of the government never ceases to amaze me.
Ahhhhhh!!!
:banghead: Yeah, back at the "range", aka the houses of the captains and chief. Nice racket they've got there.
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Speedo66
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Sorry to burst any paranoia bubbles, but as far as truly anonymous, the answer is a resounding yes.
There was no attempt to ask even a single question, regardless of what was brought in, including the cut down shotguns. All they wanted to know was how many you had with you. No record what so ever was kept as far as identity, because they had no info to record. Anybody that says otherwise just wasn't there.
I definately give them lots of credit for that. Also I think the turn-in locations, churches rather than the ordinary site of police stations, worked better in that respect. No feeling of "what if they change their mind and arrest me" scenario played out in your mind.
The money came not from city coffers, but from a grant, so no pressure.
I later read that over 600 guns were turned in.
There was no attempt to ask even a single question, regardless of what was brought in, including the cut down shotguns. All they wanted to know was how many you had with you. No record what so ever was kept as far as identity, because they had no info to record. Anybody that says otherwise just wasn't there.
I definately give them lots of credit for that. Also I think the turn-in locations, churches rather than the ordinary site of police stations, worked better in that respect. No feeling of "what if they change their mind and arrest me" scenario played out in your mind.
The money came not from city coffers, but from a grant, so no pressure.
I later read that over 600 guns were turned in.
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