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

[Ibgreezy]

They are only offering $50

[383green]

They are only offering $50

I guess that's how much value they place on having less crime.

[Peter.Steele]

They are only offering $50

Hell, if I went and bought some old washing machine sheet metal and printed out a drill and cut template, I could probably turn AK or Uzi flats out for 10-20 bucks a pop, if that. Fold 'em up, put in a couple welds. Sure, I wouldn't want to fire 'em, but sheesh, they'll just get torched down anyway, so who cares!

[trautert]

Isn't there some kind of restriction on bringing firearms within a certain distance from a BART station? Or is that just Tasers?

Tom

[wildhawker]

I understand with respect to 626.9 (I did check myself), but my point remains - Hayward is *asking* for guns to move through a largely residential area with an elementary school present a stone's throw away.

As a point of information, Google Earth shows the school about 1100ft from the corner of the BART lot; unsure about legal boundaries but it's close enough for government work, as they say.

Who wants to bet that handguns will be rolling through that GFSZ without being appropriately secured?

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

Erik.

[MustangGreg66]

Damn, I wish they'd weed out the junk and sell everything else through consignment at a local gun shop, actually make the city some money...

[loather]

I wouldn't bring a gun to a buyback, even if it was the biggest piece of crap box of acid-eaten, rust-covered parts. No way. Every gun they get feeds more of these stupid events.

[loather]

Who wants to bet that handguns will be rolling through that GFSZ without being appropriately secured?

I'll take that bet!

And of course, none of them are going to be prosecuted... selective enforcement of the law.

What we need is to find someone who gets pulled over in front of a school on their way to a buyback and doesn't get arrested. That'd be some good ammunition to use in a lawsuit.

[Python2]

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


Perhaps the time to sell some AK flats



Hayward Police Holding Gun Buy-Back Event

Who do I check with if they will buyback the AK and AR receiver I screwed working on so I can buy a new one to try again? The receiver is a firearm you know.
Hey those of you who f..&^&*..k up their receiver your chance to get your money back

[greasemonkey]

It's along the same lines as "jobs saved"; there's no way to really enumerate how many jobs were "saved" by Obama...but if we would not have done everything he said, less jobs would have been "saved".

Without a Crime Prevention Specialist, who knows how bad crime "could have" gotten?! Think of the children's safety had we not had a Crime Prevention Specialist to keep it from getting worse than it already is!!!

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

[Paul S]

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

Normally the job title given to a non-sworn (as in a civilian) employee of a law enforcement agency whose primary job is crime prevention education, surveys and other tasks. Such as in this case perhaps...manning the desk at the buy-back site.
Usually the pay is at a moderate level. Crime prevention specialists also often compile statistics, crime pattern charts etc. The buy-back event aside, Crime Prevention Specialists can be and usually are valuable employees who help out a lot with the more mundane tasks which must be done in law enforcement agencies.

[blackberg]

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.

yeah, you can feel more safe by buying another real gun and ammo from the money you make

-bb

[Peter.Steele]

Hell, I gotta get around to finishing up my CNC router. I've got most of a small blast furnace built, and I could cut out foam AR receivers, melt down aluminum and cast a bunch of AR receivers for practically nothing. It'd be probably cheaper and quicker than doing the AK flats, as well as looking more substantial and evil.

[wildhawker]

For entertainment value (and to publish far and wide), why don't we just PRAR the lead-up, planning, overall stats and cost of operating the buyback after it's all said and done?

I mean, we seem to be the open government and public records experts of the 2A world here in California.

[glockman19]

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.

Actually Cesar Chavez middle school and La Vista Intermediate school are within 1,000 feet of the proposed location's address of 28601 Dixon Street.