A win for the good guys

[Engine4]

http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwy...-police-buyback-offer-cash-instead-gift-cards

 

[Echo]

Photo Album

Some pictures taken by someone in the area.

The program is funded by donations from Amazon of $30,000, the Seattle Police Foundation of $25,000, and local businesses including Pemco totaling more than $118,000.
Handguns, rifles and shotguns were worth a $100 gift card. Guns classified as assault weapons were worth $200.

Source: http://www.king5.com/news/local/Seattle-gun-buyback-taking-place-Saturday-January-26-188346401.html

 

[chompers]

Awesome

 

[Jason21237]

Thats awesome. I wish it would happen more.

 

[6-Pack]

We should pool resources and do this in Baltimore next time the have a buy back. $100 Giant gift card or $150-$200 cash....tough choice

 

[Defender]

Besides being a waste of taxpayer money, gun buybacks don't really bother me. I can't imagine any real quality weapons get turned in for $150, and if the owners will settle for $150 in exchange I'd rather they not sell them on the streets to the wrong people.

Of course this is just a first reaction, definitely feel free to tell me what I'm missing!

 

[Sportstud4891]

We should pool resources and do this in Baltimore next time the have a buy back. $100 Giant gift card or $150-$200 cash....tough choice

I'm game. We just need an FFL to be there so we can do all the paperwork on the spot.

 

[saln]

Thats awesome. I wish it would happen more.

I wish it would happen here.

 

[mvee]

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle91...ncher-turned-in-a-seattle-gun-buyback/#9571-1

Here are some pictures of the event including pictures of a used manpad launcher(?) Somehow it looks like a prop to me. It looks like there was at least one really nice mauser taken in.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/FIM-43_Redeye

 

[Echo]

lol they always parade the rocket launchers around.

 

[Zanderx]

Haha! Thats great! Would be nice to see here. No way it will happen anymore

 

[Mooseman]

I like it a lot.

 

[ken792]

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle91...ncher-turned-in-a-seattle-gun-buyback/#9571-1

Here are some pictures of the event including pictures of a used manpad launcher(?) Somehow it looks like a prop to me. It looks like there was at least one really nice mauser taken in.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/FIM-43_Redeye

http://news.yahoo.com/missile-launcher-shows-seattle-gun-buyback-174331546.html

He added that the private sales of the missile launch tube and other weapons illustrate the need for comprehensive background checks as proposed by President Barack Obama, as well as other regulations at the state level.

Haha!

 

[wilcam47]

http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwy...-police-buyback-offer-cash-instead-gift-cards

Im sure some good guys scored some cheap guns...but the whole premise of a gun buy back program is rediculous "get them off the streets" criminalizing law abiding gun owners
Anyone giving up their working guns for $100 are idiots...Now if you have a POS gun thats not working and worth $10 sure I'd take the $100 but in most cases these guns that are traded for the $100 gift card are worth WAAAAAY more than $100 I think it boils down to the entitlement generation...They would rather get $100 right now rather than wait a month or even a shorter period if you put an ad in the paper...and get 1.5 to 2 times or even more what the gun was paid for.

Also typically its the law abiding that are turning in guns...not the criminals

 

[Reaper812]

All the good guns, the ATF picks up and sends to the Mexican drug cartels! lol

 

[dlmcbm]

I wonder how many gun thefts were reported later that day?

 

[Mofiki]

it's not that hard to get ahold of an expended AT-4. Just make friends with an ammo troop

 

[wade234]

I would say that plan backfired on them.

 

[Gambler]

I would say that plan backfired on them.

Sounds like it was a success for both parties. The police ran out of gift cards even with the private buyers there buying them too.