Posted: 11/23/2008 3:53:54 PM EDT
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It seems like every week here in Florida, some PD or goofball radio station is holding these "gun-buyback" events....just had one this weekend. The media's all over it, bragging about how many guns they've taken "off the streets". The usually set these things up in or near the 'hood, but I've noticed something very predictable.
When they show the people in line, it's overwhelmingly middle-aged white guys with a little kid in tow, or senior citizens. When they show the piles of guns, there's some really nice 1911's, shotguns, chrome snubby's, hunting rifles, basically well-kept and maintained firearms. There's a few POS's but for the most part nice stuff. If you surrender your gun(s), they give you a pair of sneakers or a $50.00 gift card to Wally-World or some other store. I guess if you're that stupid, then it's probably better that you don't have a firearm, but it seems like a way to quietly disarm the Kool-Aid-drinking dumb-asses and give the scumbag libs and media just one more thing to brag about. I guess I want to know what everybody feels about this feel-good gun-grab. |
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I think it could be a good idea. It's being used by the wrong people, though.
A gun shop should host something like this, then sell the guns for profit. It would still be dissapointing to see people giving away family heirlooms and old ladies giving up weapons they could be using for self defense, though. |
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"Gun Buy-Back," to me, is akin to "Gun Show Loophole" or "Assault Rifle." The terms are flawed from the start, propagandistic vocabulary of the gun banners. They can't buy them back if they weren't theirs to begin with.
Aside from that, I think that they promote bad behavior (remember the pizza shop offering free pizza for John McCain signs? Think those folks went out and bought a bunch of Mac signs to trade in for pizza?). Those who are trading off firearms that they legitimately purchased, were given, or inherited for a few bucks or a gift card...I'm not sure what to say about them. ETA: I like the ones where they guarantee $200 per firearm and all the dealers showed up with $70 H&R shotguns, $150 Hi-Points and other low-price firearms to sell to the city. Sure made the local .gov rethink that program when they started having to give out IOUs. Way to go, liberal officials. Guess who had to pick up that tab. 
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They had a buy back in Cleveland, Ohio yesterday. It snagged a little over 300 guns. A little ways down I-77 in Akron, they had a buyback on Friday and Saturday. They had 670 guns turned in. They ran out of food cards and people STILL gave up their firearm.
Cleveland Gun Buy-back Recovers 324 firearms If they only knew what was coming. I personally wouldn't sell them a BB gun. |
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Stand out front, watch for someone with a nice firearm. "Hey, guy! They're just going to give you a gift certificate for sneakers in there. I'll give you $75 cash for that pistol." Legal face-to-face transaction. This. I don't know, it might be legal but do you think the police would let you do it? Owning a semi AR is perfectly legal, but that didn't stop a man from going to jail... |
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I have a .22 short pistol made out of zinc I'd love for them to buy back for $50. It's cylinder is out of time..and even if it did shoot well I never would use it. To fix it would cost 10x more than the pistol is worth.
The only upside to it is that it has no serial number. I've seen some pics of those buybacks and I always have the same feeling...many of those guns weren't worth whatever they paid and were total junk. I've got a barrel full of mauser '98 and other assorted mauser barreled actions I bought for nearly nothing a long time ago to make custom rifles out of. I've gone thru and picked out the ones that are worth messing with. Many are pitted so bad or have been rewelded etc...I wonder if I could get $50/each for them as they are "trash" now. |