Has anyone ever turned a gun that was registered to them at a buy back?

[sealocan]

I get both sides of the argument here but if you ever read Sun Tzu's Art of war,
you've learned that when possible you always take the enemies resources and use them for your own needs.

Guns (on this case a gun that has been deemed unsafe by the OP.) that WERE going to go into the trash can be used to take some money out of Their (usually privately funded) wallet might mean...

they have to deny or offer an IOU to some lady turning in her grandfathers Colt Python so that gun goes to a gun store, back in the nightstand or maybe one of you guys at the buyback but it is not destroyed.

it also means that the funds will probably go back into the shooting sport buying ammunition or rifles helps us, the industry & our hobby in many ways.

The last thing I hope for is that some media is there and talks to someone like you ( like us )
they can explain the whole B.S. of gun buybacks and let them know you're using THEIR money for guns.
that's the ONLY way these things are ever going to stop, is when we educate the uninformed on what's really going on. ( Just us select gun-folk knowing doesn't work.)

" It's all just a show!
NO crimes are being prevented with gun buybacks."

say that to the news camera that will probably be there (for a few minutes to film the evil guns).

See if that gets on the news.

[golfish]

It's a model they recalled back in the 80s and the gun is missing the bolt. It's not worth anything and I got it for free in a package deal last buy back. Why not drain their assets a little more?

Josh, I really don't see the problem. How much is the card worth?

[Trakker]

Has anyone ever turned a gun that was registered to them at a buy back?

Make a zip gun. Turn $20 into $200

Based on principles - freedom and responsibility are not for sale.

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[SpaceJunk]

I turned in a little .32 Derringer I bought back in the early eighties. Street value was $50 if you could find a buyer, turned it in for $100 cash and no hassle/fees for a transfer.

[stix213]

I considered doing that with my jamomatic gsg5, because I don't want to subject anyone here to buying it. But I decided not to because I don't want it to be featured in the obligatory gun haul propaganda pictures they take at the end.

If you're not familiar it is a tacticool .22lr mp5 clone.

[epilepticninja]

i wouldn't turn in any guns on principle alone. screw those guys that operate those buy backs.

This. Don't help feed the propaganda that gun buybacks are a good thing.

[eraser7278]

i turned in a pistol at a local buyback once in exchange for $150 target card... pretty sure they got the short end of the stick on the trade. however i only did so after exploring other avenues.

1: after sending pics of the gun, box and manual to a friend from an unrelated forum who claims to be (and linked documentation confirming) a class 3 SOT up in Oregon. his response was "that thing is a hand grenade waiting to happen. either toss it in a deep well or sell it to somebody you really don't like. just don't get live ammo anywhere near it."

2: after receiving the above warning, while was picking up a rifle at Ade's in orange (old location, old owner) i offered to just let them have it in the hopes they could turn a few bucks of profit and it would support what they were doing. after looking it over i was told this gun is better off being paper clips, have the sheriff melt it down for you.




damn, just realized i should have listed it as an off roster G27 for $1000 and let people assume it was a gen 4 glock

[I Swan]

I'd of bought the FIE 25 from you.

[desertjosh]

Well I turned it in. I was under the impression that they were dangerous guns to shoot. I had no intention on fixing it up to shoot and I got it for free. So now I have a $50 gc for ammo, and after turning it in I stood with a sign and saved a beretta 71 jaguar in excellent condition from its impending doom. Good day overall and I don't regret it.
I do share your guys' feelings on buy backs. I hate the idea of them. I hate the majority of people turning in guns to get destroyed on principle. The amount of dirty looks and thumb downs we got holding our signs was amazing. Oh well we all still saved quite a few nice pieces from getting destroyed.

[King of the 109ers]

Yes, I've turned in guns and all had been sold to me by Big 5. Don't hate me. lol. They were all messed up past the point of economical repair and it was $200 per gun, so I made a tidy profit. The Buy Back allowed me to Learn The Hard Way about guns without any loss on my end.

The Buy-Backs are SUPPOSED to be 'no questions asked' etc but of course nothing 'anonymous' happens in a police station parking lot with a dozen fancy high end video cams up your wazzo from every angle, or at a hyper public event like a buy back.

IIRC the guns had to be some kind of 'complete' or 'functional', so I doubt they would except it with a totally missing bolt. OK to strip off sites, chokes, butt-plates, trigger guards, grips, forestocks, etc but still needs to MAYBE go bang! if live round is used.

You really, really don't want to wait in a line for several hours to be told "Sorry, but no money for you".

PS-at the one I went to at East Palo Alto PD parking lot I think I could have cleared a couple grand selling treats to the stranded motorists. Maybe over $100,000 with a mobile outhouse service.

[jtv3062]

It's a model they recalled back in the 80s and the gun is missing the bolt. It's not worth anything and I got it for free in a package deal last buy back. Why not drain their assets a little more?

Sell it to Numrich, at least they can sell parts off it.

[WartHog]

So now I have a $50 gc for ammo, and after turning it in I stood with a sign and saved a beretta 71 jaguar in excellent condition from its impending doom.

Intriguing - none of the Buy Back personnel gave you any grief about doing that? What did your sign say?

[AceGirlsHusband]

^^^Bingo.

Turn it in, file no longer in possession form.

Done.

If it has a serial number, there will be a destroyed-code entered on it, also, when the agency scraps it.

[desertjosh]

Intriguing - none of the Buy Back personnel gave you any grief about doing that? What did your sign say?

Of course they did. They always do. But there isn't anything illegal about holding a sign on the side of the road. I've crashed 4 now with great success.
Sign said "We pay cash for guns"

[R Dale]

I would use the buy back program to get rid of something that I did not want especially if it was of little to no value as its to much of a hassle in CA to sell a firearm anyway. I do know that the buy back program is a waste of money and does nothing to lower crime but thats life.