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

[SJgunguy24]

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

Erik.

The school is on the other side of the tracks from the BART station. Hayward is a ghetto, I went to school there and the gangs were rampant back then 89-91 and it can't be much better now.
HPD has been known to crack down on crime(a good thing) but has done some of the dumbest things known to man. (gun fight on a freeway where cars on the other side of the freeway were struck)

A couple years ago there was 2 murders at the mall with one inside of a store.

Why don't they give out body armor instead of gift cards.

[Durasteel]

Can we make easy money by turning in our own firearms and reporting them stolen? Not saying I'd do it...

[Maestro Pistolero]

My thoughts exactly:

Why is it that this collection of 'illegal' guns is not treated as a conspiracy to destroy evidence?

The allegation is that some of these 'crime guns' have been used to commit crimes, up to and including murder. So under what legal theory are the police allowed to conspire to destroy the evidence of these crimes?

At the very least they should be tested for ballistics and associated with the name of the person who dropped them off, to give the homicide investigator something to go on -- or is 'getting guns off the street' somehow more important than solving murders and saving lives by locking up killers instead of guns?

Isn't it funny that the same people who would fight for micro-stamping in order to identify firearms used in crime are willing to destroy unidentified firearms from a buyback without even attempting to find out whether they are stolen. WTF?

[GW]

Originally Posted by berto View Post
What exactly is a crime prevention specialist and what does it do?
I think it is the same as a "community organizer" but specializing in crime prevention.

And just as useful/effective

[OleCuss]

Um - the Henrys suck - the barrel is "plastic" with a liner. A Charter Arms is much better...

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There goes that idea. . .

[N6ATF]

My thoughts exactly:

Isn't it funny that the same people who would fight for micro-stamping in order to identify firearms used in crime are willing to destroy unidentified firearms from a buyback without even attempting to find out whether they are stolen. WTF?

It's treasonous... victim disarmers wouldn't exist without being it.

[Ibgreezy]

I live right down the street from that bart station, I think I'll check it out

[AAShooter]

Perhaps an NRA recruiting table should be set up there!

[AAShooter]

I live right down the street from that bart station, I think I'll check it out

Go video tape it.

[ChipSlap]

1) The buyback is on a Saturday, not much danger for the kids in school.
2) In newspaper articles, the HPD says that they run all serial #s before meltdown.

I agree that Gun buybacks are ineffectual, but I have a couple of old POS revolvers I bought last year for $20 each that the HPD can have. It won't stop any crimes, but it will give me a $60 profit for a few minutes of my time.

[AAShooter]

I wonder if they return stolen firearms to the owner if they can be ID'd?

[ChipSlap]

Well, I'm here at the buyback. It's staffed by half a dozen officers with 3 or 4 civilian employees. Channel 5 news van is here. I'm number 31. Looks like a bunch of responsible citizens here, some wearing "Army" or "veteran" caps like myself. Nobody selling their items appears to be younger that 35. As we all know, it's young men who cause the vast majority of violence, so I don't think any violence will be prevented by this operation. Hope it makes them all feel better.

[383green]

Maybe it would be good publicity to get on camera with the talking heads and happily tell them how you're turning in your junker guns in order to spend the proceeds on ammunition?

[Peter.Steele]

Well, I'm here at the buyback. It's staffed by half a dozen officers with 3 or 4 civilian employees. Channel 5 news van is here. I'm number 31. Looks like a bunch of responsible citizens here, some wearing "Army" or "veteran" caps like myself. Nobody selling their items appears to be younger that 35. As we all know, it's young men who cause the vast majority of violence, so I don't think any violence will be prevented by this operation. Hope it makes them all feel better.

If you happen to see a nice stainless Sig-Sauer GSR, stainless, with rail please note the serial number and let me know? Especially if it has 4 half-blue USGI mags with it ...

[GrizzlyGuy]

my thoughts exactly.

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

That worked once for pullnshoot25, check out what he scored.