moral dilema...gun buy back programs

[skeet]

Originally Posted by Allen

I would not because they are "gun grabs". The government is not going to tell how many of the guns were useless junk. They will tell how many "dangerous" guns are now off of the streets. People who dont any better may turn in their good guns because so many other people are and " Well, dont we all want to make this a safer city".

This is my own opinion and I will not condemn anyone who does sell guns this way.

Allen

Allen what you say has merit upon looking at it ..Until you really look at the whole thing. The "gun grab" is going to go on anyway. Nothing you can do is going to stop those idiots from doing what they think is in everyones best interest. Of course it isn't and never could be. But I know more than one person who took a useless gun in and told them they were going to go buy a good one. That never seems to be reported..mainly cause the goobers that do these programs are the touchie -feeie types anyway..Like the people preaching that we "have" global warming and it is all man's fault. Social engineers. The buy back things will never reduce crime..most are turned in by people without reason..that do not think and could care less..except we who figure we might as well get rid of junk and buy something good. I even considered buying junkers so I could take 'em to gun turn ins. If you participate in a buy back..you haven't created it or even helped it along. ..just taken advantage of an opportunity

[Rapier]

There is another way to look at this: If you take in junk, the grabbers only have X dollars to spend. So your junk will help eat up the money they have to spend and may prevent some old lady from selling her husband's collection of decent guns for scrap when the funds run out.

But as I am against the entire process I can not see myself ever in line to give the AHs one of my guns, regardless, and have never done so when given the oppertunity. I like other gun folks just laugh at the stupidity of the junk buyers.

If you want to do something, send the junkers to Gun Parts and they will send you a check for the parts.
Ed

[Mr. 16 gauge]

Complete waste of my tax dollars.

True, but some of those tax dollars are mine as well, so I suppose I can look at it as I'm just getting some of my money back.

If you want to do something, send the junkers to Gun Parts and they will send you a check for the parts.

Last time I did that, the pittance that they sent me didn't even cover the cost of shipping the parts to them!

Never again.............

[Seawolf1090]

My biggest gripe is the NAME - why the "H" do they call it a 'gun BUY BACK' ....? As if they had sold us the guns in the first place. BS. I really do NOT like providing these barstages any publicity - but then, draining THEIR resources by having them buy junk is poetic justice.
Sadly, the rabid antis have figured it out in many places - nowadays locally they just give out coupons to local stores - WalMart and Target mostly. "Sell a gun, get a pair of cheap Chinese sneakers!"

Another peave is, they don't do legal transfers. If I give them a gun, they'd darned well better sign a Form 4473 so I can prove I no longer have this gun - just in case it gets used for nefarious purposes later - this is especially important for those who live in Socialist cities and have to have nonsense like 'permits' and 'FOID cards'.