One man brought in a Soviet-era semiautomatic carbine.Good grief.
"If that got into the wrong hands of gangbangers, they could kill several people within minutes," Woods said.
I guess taking advantage of poor people who live in dangerous neighborhoods is one way to disarm them and ensure gang supremacy. But along with, or perhaps in lieu of the food card, they ought to be passing out some guarantees .
Perhaps that's a tack to take with these gun "buybacks". The following could be printed out:
It would be funny to see what they'd say. You don't think their refusal to sign this would indicate anything, do you?
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Nice! You could be on to something here. I wonder if some good Second Amendment lawyers that have trial skills will pick up on this with some class actions on behalf of violent crime victims that have been subject to criminals actions in their own homes. Who in fact had turned in a firearm to police because they of whatever reason. When police put out a call with cash rewards.
ReplyDeleteThere are many civil laws on the books that do not go along with the BS of, buyer beware. The cops do not tell people that they may very well be putting their lives in danger being defenseless. The police do not tell the these same people that police by law do not have to proved protection to them and by turning in a gun my take away their only defense in a live and death situation.
Good angle David.
You know, I've seen "Assault Weapons" in stores for about 150 bucks...someone could turn the $200 gift cards into a pretty lucrative biz...
ReplyDeleteYay...
ReplyDeleteOne more reason for some jackass to break in to houses and steal guns.
One interpretation of such a programs like this is that the intention might be to *promote* such activities, thereby clearing out guns from law abiding citizens also.
Alternatively, or perhaps supportively, I wonder: Do they return guns to their rightful owners they get returned that were reported stolen? Just a thought...
Here's a scenario for ya:
ReplyDeleteYou're a gun owner activist. You legally bought a MAK 90 in CA before the registration requirement and ban. When that happened, you refused to register it.
But the fact remains they still have the records from the original purchase.
Now I come along. I'm a thief. I steal your MAK 90. You can't report it without incriminating yourself. Then I turn it into the gun "buyback" for $200 gift card, no questions asked.
The cops do a check and find you were the purchaser. They come visit you and put the squeeze on you--how come there is no record of transfer if you sold it, which you couldn't do after the ban date anyway? How come you didn't report it if it was stolen? (Not sure if CA has this in place yet--Thousand Oaks passed an ordinance some time back)...
Fun with Buybacks!
That's awesome! They'd never sign it...nor would they even understand the point of it.
ReplyDeleteAnyone have a video camera and an upcoming buyback? The news media won't touch it, but the internet will.
ReplyDeleteWhy I turned in that firearm to the police when I received the letter from the AG to do so. I wonder how it ended up someplace else.
ReplyDeleteDid you keep the paperwork they gave you when you turned it in?
Can't remember any paperwork, being it was twenty years ago. But you don't see me with it do you and you haven't seen me with it.
Hows that play into it David?