Mother's day gun 'buy back'

[smle-man]

I see that there is a gun 'buy back' planned in L.A. for Mother's day weekend. According to the article in the Daily News the city is paying $100 for a handgun and $200 for a long arm 'depending on what it would bring on the street'. I wonder if I can trade in my 60s vintage Mossberg .22, get a $200 Visa gift card and then go buy a better .22? How cool would that be?

[vormav]

if i had the money onhand i'd love to go down there and offer people like 20 or 50 more than the buyback people to buy their guns instead of them turning them in, then just head over to the closest ffl and get it started. your plan works nicely too, if they in fact give you the full 200 for it :P

[smle-man]

if i had the money onhand i'd love to go down there and offer people like 20 or 50 more than the buyback people to buy their guns instead of them turning them in, then just head over to the closest ffl and get it started. your plan works nicely too, if they in fact give you the full 200 for it :P

I might have to tart it up with some sort of evil looking feature, like spray painting it black - that would set off the gun confiscator's evil meter for sure. It might be fun to go to one of these things, stand in line, go up to the table, hear their pitch and then say, 'Naa, I'll keep it, my rights are worth more than your Visa gift card.'

[zachary2287]

I would love to stand outside and offer everybody a little bit extra money in cash, rather than the grocery store gift cards they're handing out, and then go do a PPT for several of the guns.

I think I may really upset some antis if I were to do that though.

[allenst65]

I wonder if I can trade in my 60s vintage Mossberg .22, get a $200 Visa gift card and then go buy a better .22? How cool would that be?

Not cool at all. Why would you want to help Villaraigosa and Delgadillo in their media circus ?

Discussed here:

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=171695

[Midian]

Once again, selling the serfs on the idea of disarmament.

Ask the Brits how they're digging it.

[Dark&Good]

Yeah, don't contribute to "their" statistics, please...

[Capt. Speirs]

I would love to stand outside and offer everybody a little bit extra money in cash, rather than the grocery store gift cards they're handing out, and then go do a PPT for several of the guns.

I think I may really upset some antis if I were to do that though.

Any you care why?

[smle-man]

Not cool at all. Why would you want to help Villaraigosa and Delgadillo in their media circus ?

Discussed here:

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=171695

Having the idiots buy me a nicer .22 rifle would be cool. Getting it on TV or in the newspaper would be even better.

[AlexBreya]

Every time i see these events in the news, there are guns pictured that are worth far more than $200.

You can't really offer these people more money to buy it, unless you want to go to jail for buying a stolen gun...

[allenst65]

Having the idiots buy me a nicer .22 rifle would be cool. Getting it on TV or in the newspaper would be even better.

Good luck with that. Let me know what kind of cool .22 you'll get at Ralphs.

[Jon Se]

Good luck with that. Let me know what kind of cool .22 you'll get at Ralphs.

VISA giftcard works anywhere VISA is accepted... Ralphs, Walmart, your local neighborhood gunshop... Got one a while back from a cell-phone rebate.

[GrayWolf09]

I am not sure what the big deal is. Some people simply should not have guns! We have all met people like that at the range. Heck, I would pay some of them to never ever own a gun again.

Other than a knee jerk reaction to less guns, enlighten me please.

[BigEd925]

Honestly the few extra $$ are not worth it. Keep your gun and more importantly keep your rights. It is sad to see so many guns destroyed!

[BigDogatPlay]

Every time i see these events in the news, there are guns pictured that are worth far more than $200.

You can't really offer these people more money to buy it, unless you want to go to jail for buying a stolen gun...

And that is, of course, a certain percentage of what comes in at these dog and pony shows. Now the better question is whether or not the LAPD gun unit (or whomever is running the circus) actually attempts to return recovered stolen property to the rightful owners. My guess is that they don't and everything goes to the smelter to be made into re-bar.

Might be an interesting point to FOIA.