moral dilema...gun buy back programs

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Originally Posted by Mr. 16 gauge

O.k., here is the situation: I have a Raven Arms .25 ACP I would like to sell, but nobody is interested in buying it, even at a greatly reduced price. The gun buy back program will give me $50 for the gun. I also have two long guns that don't work (one has a broken part that is too expensive to replace, the other has head space issues that are too costly to fix for the model of the gun). I was asking $100 for both, and was willing to trade them for a credit on a new firearm, but again....nobody is interested. I can get $100 each for a long arm in the gun buy back program.

I don't like what gun buy back programs stand for, but if they are willing to give me what I'm asking for these firearms, and firearms dealers aren't, why shouldn't I sell it to the buy back program, as opposed to letting them collect dust in my safe?

All thoughts and opinions welcome...........

It is like I always say, we always think we will take the high road. Kind of easy to think that way, but it is a different story when the situation is real. For instance, we would all like to think we would be the hero and step in front of a bullet fired at a loved one, but until the opportunity to step in front of that bullet provides itself, we really have no idea what we would do.

I want to think that I would refrain from turning in any of my guns for $100, but then I think they are all worth more than $100 since they all work. If I had some piece of junk sitting around, knowing how cheap I am, I might actually think about turning the gun in for the cash. Think of it as welfare for gun owners so we can buy more stuff to feed our gun habit. I would be torn trying to make the decision.