Hayward gun buyback event: Saturday 10am-3pm, south Hayward BART station

[bwiese]

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/201...buy-back-event


Perhaps the time to sell some AK flats



Hayward Police Holding Gun Buy-Back Event
October 29, 2010 12:39 PM

HAYWARD (BCN) – Police are attempting to disarm dangerous situations in Hayward before they happen through the department’s annual gun buy-back event set to take place Saturday.

The guns will be accepted on a “no questions asked” basis, and all firearms are ultimately destroyed, according to police.

To date, the Police Department has retired 700 unwanted firearms.

“These are guns that will not fall into the hands of gang members or other criminals and can never become the instrument of a tragic event,” crime prevention specialist Rick Blanton said in a statement.

The event was scheduled to take place Saturday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the South Hayward BART station overflow parking lot, which is located across the street from the station on Dixon Street.

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[CHS]

Wow, I'm having a perception of more safety already!

[berto]

What exactly is a crime prevention specialist and what does it do?

[CHS]

What exactly is a crime prevention specialist and what does it do?

Whatever he does, it's apparently not actually preventing crime. Because gun buybacks don't. Period.

[Peter.Steele]

Huh. Wonder how much they're paying...

I've got a drill press, and I could get a sheet metal brake pretty easily...

[383green]

I wish I had free access to a CNC laser cutter. I'd make a lot of AK flats out of scrap sheet metal and then turn them in, thus creating more safety. I'm just a giving person like that.

[Munk]

Huh. Wonder how much they're paying...

I've got a drill press, and I could get a sheet metal brake pretty easily...

my thoughts exactly.

(also tempted to go down there and make better offers on some stuff for PPTs... try to snipe a good deal).

Edit: I can see the news reports now "2000 guns were turned in at the most recent event, 1950 of them were AK47 style receivers. On a related note : The CGF and SAF each received a 10,000 donation with the memo 'LOL cops' attached to the check".

[wildhawker]

It's absolutely insane that they would direct major firearm traffic to an area just steps from an elementary school. What a predictable circumstance for criminals to intercept guns!

[Window_Seat]

It's absolutely insane that they would direct major firearm traffic to an area just steps from an elementary school. What a predictable circumstance for criminals to intercept guns!

According to my Google Map, there are no K-12 Schools within 1000' of So. Hayward BART.

Erik.

[Librarian]

It's absolutely insane that they would direct major firearm traffic to an area just steps from an elementary school. What a predictable circumstance for criminals to intercept guns!

Unfortunately the nearest k-12 school appears to be Bret Harte Middle school, 0.4 miles away at 1047 E St, outside the 1000 foot GFSZ.

Maybe a field trip to BART could be arranged for that day.

Whoops, that's South Hayward BART - nearest is still 0.3 miles away, but it's Cesar Chavez Middle School at 27845 Whitman St.

[Markus]

is it frowned upon to go there and offer people more money than the cops are offering? I know many people talk about it but I havent heard of anyone doing it. So i was just wondering whether it was a fond wish or if people really do this.

[berto]

Whatever he does, it's apparently not actually preventing crime. Because gun buybacks don't. Period.

Crime prevention specialist is a person who knows how to put a positive spin on a loosing proposition and claim that they should be paid a lot of money because if they weren't, the crime rate would go up .

My idea of a crime prevention specialist is someone CCWing. Perhaps Hayward ought to look into it.

[WileyWilly]

Dang! Too far away for me, I have a couple of junkers that need to go.

[Librarian]

is it frowned upon to go there and offer people more money than the cops are offering? I know many people talk about it but I havent heard of anyone doing it. So i was just wondering whether it was a fond wish or if people really do this.

HPD probably would not appreciate the competition, but no law I am aware of prevents you from putting up a sign some distance away offering more for the right guns, and arranging with Castro Valley to do a bunch of PPTs.

[Phouty]

Finally! Residents of Hayward will be able to see significant drop in crime statistics within 24 hours.
Adjacent towns unfortunatelly will have to wait approx. a week to see the significant impact on violent crime in the neighborhood.