This seriously pissed me off, saw it on the Code Red Facebook page. They were actually proud of what they'd done, which is condone gun theft by giving gift cards to those who turned guns in. According to them, they destroyed the guns without returning them to the rightful owners, in the case of obviously stolen guns...I'm not seeing it there, but do note some displeased comments.
...If you read Mr Vega's comments, he said they notify the owners of stolen guns but he "could not care less" what happens to the guns once they're turned in. [More]
Here's a Facebook screen grab that includes deleted comments from the owner:
There's more discussion over at The High Road and if you start looking, all over the place.
I just don't have time to go through all those threads and evaluate the comments. If anybody has light to bring to this, please feel free to educate us all.
2 comments:
David,
Tony "The Phony" Vega SPONSORED a "Gun Buy Back" for Mayor Regalado, who has stated that "he plans to use the number of guns purchased in Miami's buy-backs this month as a means to urge Congress to pass gun reforms." He went on to state that 60% of the guns "bought back" were stolen and stated the following:
"I really could not care less what happens to these guns or who brings and/or if they are kept, destroyed or returned."
It is one thing to SPONSOR such for an anti-gun mayor, but to then discard ANY concern for rightful property? No, just his own as can be seen in this posting"
http://politicalcortadito.blogspot.com/2011/09/candidate-gets-permits-fast-tracked.html
And with discussion at the Florida Shooters Network here:
http://www.floridashootersnetwork.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=72489
Such things are bad enough, however, he had to dig his hole deeper and when confronted members pf AR15.com when they questioned him directly via E-mail and his Facebook page, he insulted them and then claimed that purchases from AR15 were 1% of his business.
A day later, he had a Facebook post apologizing directly to AR15. Even though he deleted that FB post, it can still be read here:
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1435964_Code_Red_Firearms_Buyback__Apology_issued___.html
More here:
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1435520_Code_Red_Firearms_sponsors_local_gun_buy_back_for_the_police_dept.html
However, the thread that had the most information was 21+ pages and was deleted by the AR15 staff. You see, he was a member there, UNPAID and was using it to push his business. Once it was discovered what a Quisling he is, he was BANNED.
As you have said, there is lots of information out there, one just has to look. And even though Tony "The Phony" did get 2 Facebook Code Dead, I mean Red Boycott pages deleted, I understand that there is a new website coming up that is dedicated to listing all Quisling gun business' just like his.
Which would mean they were paying to take possesion of stolen property- which would make them felons. Anybody call the olice about this yet?
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