Gun buy back programs

[Paul G]

The city of Phoenix is having a gun buy back program next month. I am glad I found out about it. They are giving a $100 gift card to anyone who turns in a hand gun or long gun. More for assault rifles. I have this little POS 22 LR pistol that jams every third round and misfires about as much. I was cleaning it last time I had it out and a couple small pieces of metal fell out of it. Like a flat spring had broken. Perfect I thought. Turn this little POS in to $100 so I can buy more ammo.

[XH29N0G]

Shame on you!    I hope in the least, they will protect your privacy.....

 

[Tilar]

        You can probably go to an estate auction and pick up some cheap pistols and make a few more bucks.

[polywideblock]

don't laugh John Howard(scumbag) disarmed the Australian public the same way .some people only see the cash their getting not the fact that they are destroying the guns

[hatersaurusrex]

I'll never understand why they call it a 'gun buy back'.  I didn't buy my guns from the goverment in the first place.

[kab69440]

       You can probably go to an estate auction and pick up some cheap pistols and make a few more bucks.

Not around here. Guns sell at auction for more than new price. People get stupid at auctions.

[Rolling_Thunder]

Wonder how much they would give me for my AR-15s....    hmmmmm     

[charge69]

I cannot think of ANY city in my state that has ever had a gun-buy-back program!  They might have a gun-buy program ever now and then. As for myself, I have more than I need but, I do not have as many as I want!

These kind of programs never seem to be anything but a joke for the community involved. I cannot imagine taking only $100.00 for any of mine and you can bet an AR just ain't gonna show up there.

[Drache]

They tried having a gun buy back one time and were giving out $50 and $100 gift cards. So a bunch of guys I know sat up a table and were offering $150 and $200 cash depending on if we liked the gun. Police were none too happy.

[Paul G]

They tried having a gun buy back one time and were giving out $50 and $100 gift cards. So a bunch of guys I know sat up a table and were offering $150 and $200 cash depending on if we liked the gun. Police were none too happy.

There was a guy who did that here last year. He made the news, never heard if he picked up anything good.

[rt green]

buy back?  you will never see that in south dakota. you are almost required to have a gun here.

[Charger RT]

a couple of rocket launchers got turned in near here not long ago during one of these buy backs.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20130203/WIRE/130209904
Tim

[Drache]

a couple of rocket launchers got turned in near here not long ago during one of these buy backs.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20130203/WIRE/130209904
Tim

Useless LAW-72 tubes would be my guess. Every now and then the news goes apeshit when someone finds one in the garbage dump.

Although there was a LOADED one found on the side of the road here in BC couple years back 

[Mike DC]

These kind of programs never seem to be anything but a joke for the community involved. I cannot imagine taking only $100.00 for any of mine and you can bet an AR just ain't gonna show up there.

They don't run these programs expecting people to turn in high quality stuff.  

They're hoping people will turn in a rusty old .38 pistol with the serial numbers filed off.  The one that's been passed around for $50 cash in the ghetto and used in drug deals & liquor store holdups.  

   

[Tilar]

       You can probably go to an estate auction and pick up some cheap pistols and make a few more bucks.

Not around here. Guns sell at auction for more than new price. People get stupid at auctions.

I didn't realise they were going that high at auctions. Went to a farm auction yesterday and watched a .22 long revolver sell for $540. A plain jane 22 semi auto sold for $130 and a box of 30-06 shells went for $60 when you can buy them for $40 and less and the 30 06 itself went for over $600. It was nuts.

[stripedelete]

Auction fever.....

[kab69440]

Back around '91 I went to a farm auction and looked over a nice .22 Viper. When I came up I opened at $40 and stayed in to $80. It sold for over $250. Keep in mind at that time, that plinker sold new for $120. I was stunned. I watch guns at auctions but never bother to bid anymore. Not once have I been able to win one for less than new retail price.

[AKcharger]

The city of Phoenix is having a gun buy back program next month. I am glad I found out about it.... Perfect I thought. Turn this little POS in to $100 so I can buy more ammo.

Lol, exactly what I'd do!

I recall back in the 90s and anti-gun fever was all the rage. I saw a news  clip where the reporter was eager to show this guy turning in not one, but two SKS "Assault rifles"  Keen to show how the program was taking these deadly weapons off the street they asked why he was giving them up. He said "we'll this is my second time in line, I already turned in two others. See that gun store down there, I buy them for $89 each and bring them here for $125." The horrified reported asked why he did that, the answer "It's the American way!"

[BB1]

My cold dead hand...

[XH29N0G]

The city of Phoenix is having a gun buy back program next month. I am glad I found out about it.... Perfect I thought. Turn this little POS in to $100 so I can buy more ammo.

Lol, exactly what I'd do!

I recall back in the 90s and anti-gun fever was all the rage. I saw a news  clip where the reporter was eager to show this guy turning in not one, but two SKS "Assault rifles"  Keen to show how the program was taking these deadly weapons off the street they asked why he was giving them up. He said "we'll this is my second time in line, I already turned in two others. See that gun store down there, I buy them for $89 each and bring them here for $125." The horrified reported asked why he did that, the answer "It's the American way!"

Strikes me as kind of sad.  Both for the program, and for the person who is ripping off the US of A.     

[Mopar Nut]

buy back?  you will never see that in south dakota. you are almost required to have a gun here.

Not in Utah either.

[Rolling_Thunder]

a couple of rocket launchers got turned in near here not long ago during one of these buy backs.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20130203/WIRE/130209904
Tim

Useless LAW-72 tubes would be my guess. Every now and then the news goes apeshit when someone finds one in the garbage dump.

Although there was a LOADED one found on the side of the road here in BC couple years back 

Those were LAW tubes and had been de-mil-ed long ago - they belonged to a collector and the news used them as a "look at how effective these buybacks are - they are getting dangerous shit off the street" - which is BS.

[DixieRestoParts]

They tried having a gun buy back one time and were giving out $50 and $100 gift cards. So a bunch of guys I know sat up a table and were offering $150 and $200 cash depending on if we liked the gun. Police were none too happy.

There was a guy who did that here last year. He made the news, never heard if he picked up anything good.

Now that's a smart move. Buy the good ones first, keep the ones you like. Sell the others, take profit, buy Charger parts !!

[John_Kunkel]

There are lots of threads on gun forums where folks stop people entering the buy-backs and offer more money for decent guns...as long as it's off government property the LEO's generally can't stop it.

Others turn in junk and use the cash to purchase new guns.

[AKcharger]

But the important thing is it really makes people feel good!

[Paul G]

Many years ago I went to a City auction. Lots of people there. I was interested in a couple of Corvettes they had. Both older, both ratty, at the right price they could have been turned around for a small $$ profit. It was ridiculous watching these people out bid each other. The two Vettes ended up selling for what you could get a decent Corvette for on a CL or even a used car lot. Just nutz. Same thing for the used cop cars. That was my last time at an auction. Maybe that is why the TV shows try to auction these high dollar exotic cars. And they end up losing there ass anyway.

[charge69]

I have only attended a couple of auctions but, .... the people were crazy bidding against each other (this was for rifles and pistols in an estate auction in a small town between here and San Antonio) and quickly went up to more than the guns were worth. People seem to loose perspective quickly when bidding against one another.

Not anxious to attend another auction despite the stories of bargains found there!

[redmist]

A group over on ARFCOM rounded up a bunch of broken old revolvers and such and took them to a buy back. They then took the cash and purchased brand new Ruger MKII Pistols for a local youth shooting group.      

[Cooter]

Auctions are nothing more than ego contests with the Rich having the bigger ego...Evil-Bay was like this until they started all those rediculous fees.

People don't care about the price as much as "I'm the clear winner here, and if you can't see that, I'll simply run the money up until you can't afford it. That'll show YOU!" Meanwhile, BOTH parties are thinking the same thing, while the others are laughing all the way to the bank. Dumbasses. Yet, people STILL go thinking they are gonna score the deal of the century. Lemme know WTF you want, if it's too much I'll be sure and let you know before I leave it there. Simple.

[Paul G]

Well, got to the church they were doing the gun buy back at just about an hour before it was scheduled to close. The parking lot entrance was closed off, some cops in the lot but no one else. Some guys were hanging around on the sidewalk so I asked them how to get in. One guy tells me they ran out of gift cards already and it is over, asked if I had something I wanted to sell. Yep I said, a Sterling 22lr. He asked if he could see it, that he might buy it. He looked it over and offered $100 cash. You bet. The guys there were buying guns just so they would not get destroyed. He asked if I had others? I said yes I do but not selling any of them. Told him I was going to get some more ammo with the $100.   

[bull]

They must be getting wise to the cash thing because there's a buy-back happening here on May 11 but they give you a $100 gift certificate. Still, one of the two stores they give you certificates for does sell ammo in many locations. I'll probably take the safest gun in my house, my little POS "semi-auto" Jennings .22 pistol, and dump it. A friend was going to buy it for $5 until he tried firing it. It jammed after every round, effectively making it a single shot, and it only sold for something like $35 new, so he gave it back. That's some serious garbage when you can't get $5 for a gun.

[Patronus]

I never had a gun that didn't pay for itself in the first few hours.

[bull]

My wife stood in line for an hour today and got $100 in gift cards for a POS Jennings .22 pistol that was not worth $10. And I kept the magazine to sell on Ebay. A stupid liberal idea that finally worked in favor of the Average Joe.

[AKcharger]

My wife stood in line for an hour today and got $100 in gift cards for a POS Jennings .22 pistol that was not worth $10. And I kept the magazine to sell on Ebay. A stupid liberal idea that finally worked in favor of the Average Joe.

[mauve66]

good thing those crimes won't be solved now that the evidence will be cut up and melted
oh yeah, home boy already has a replacement too