Make Money LEGALLY selling guns in Chicago!!! Police "buy back" May 8th

[drgnrobo]

I visit my son in chicago once every 4 weeks , might dig up my old airsoft guns & a stingray paintball gun .with a loader it would hold about 180 paintballs, is it a assault weapon under chicommiego law???

 

[mconley]

I know a guy who went to one of these "buy backs" at a church here in Indy. He stood outside "shopping". The church was paying $50 per gun and he payed an old woman $75 for some antique pistol...I cant remember what it was. She had no diea what it was either (or, more importantly, what it was worth). Anyway, he ended up selling it for several hundred dollars.

They frown apon this, trust me if you go to a gun buy back, and stand too close buying guns they will ask you to leave and find a bulls**t reason to escort you away.

Been there done that

 

[tuoder]

$10 for replica guns sounds pretty tempting to me. I'll bet you could find a bunch of cheap airsoft guns for less than that.

 

[Bendrx]

Can you even lawfully bring a pistol to turn in? It'd be worth buying up several cheapies and then just showing up with a truck full of guns NIB to see the looks on thier faces. Group buy time, we could even carpool up as a group.

 

[pudly]

Can you even lawfully bring a pistol to turn in?

Don't take this thread too seriously. There are all kinds of potential legal issues with transporting guns into IL. Now, if this was in IN, then it is at least a possibility.

 

[JBusch8899]

They're giving $100 for each "assault weapon".

I curious as to how they will define something as an assult weapon or not. Probably by looks. "If it looks evil than it must be evil"

Spray paint it black, and perhaps duct tape a kitchen knife to it. It will qualify.

 

[JBusch8899]

I know a guy who went to one of these "buy backs" at a church here in Indy. He stood outside "shopping". The church was paying $50 per gun and he payed an old woman $75 for some antique pistol...I cant remember what it was. She had no diea what it was either (or, more importantly, what it was worth). Anyway, he ended up selling it for several hundred dollars.

Do we know each other?

 

[JBusch8899]

Don't take this thread too seriously. There are all kinds of potential legal issues with transporting guns into IL. Now, if this was in IN, then it is at least a possibility.

Hmmm......transporting a firearm in the prescribed manner from a place lawfully permitting to possess......driving to a place where it is lawful to possess, with a side trip to an amnesty surrender in Chicago.

FOPA?

 

[jedi]

Don't take this thread too seriously. There are all kinds of potential legal issues with transporting guns into IL. Now, if this was in IN, then it is at least a possibility.

There is NOTING illegal of taking a firearm that you own from IN to IL. Provided it's in a locked sotrage container unloaded with the ammo seperate. So you can indeed buy a gun via FFL or F2F in IN and then take it to the IL Gun Buy Back.

The only issue is you would be in violation of the Chicago handgun ban. However for the buy back it appears that Chicago ignores that ordinance so you (read anyone) can take their guns to the buy back places for that DAY only.

Now last year when they ran this the CPD ran out of the VISA Pre-Paid cards as some of the IL FFLs came and dumped hundreds of junk guns that they could not sell and alks away with the cards.

So at some "stations" people got an IOU card which said a VISA pre-paid card would be mailed to them in 4 to 8 weeks.

I'm not sure if they have changed the program for this year (ie no FFLs dumps, or out-of-state residents).

 

[pudly]

Hmmm......transporting a firearm in the prescribed manner from a place lawfully permitting to possess......driving to a place where it is lawful to possess, with a side trip to an amnesty surrender in Chicago.

FOPA?

Doubtful...
IANAL, but as I understand the "safe passage" provision, it only covers passing through restrictive areas, not having Chicago as your destination. Any prosecutor would shred your explanation above. Just trying to warn anyone that might get too excited about making some money this way. Not worth the risk IMHO.

 

[garagegunmaker]

$10 for replica guns sounds pretty tempting to me. I'll bet you could find a bunch of cheap airsoft guns for less than that.

If you bought this and took them all there you could make about 30 bucks.
Airsoft Package Deal #4 Part #AS-PKG4

 

[jedi]

Doubtful...
IANAL, but as I understand the "safe passage" provision, it only covers passing through restrictive areas, not having Chicago as your destination. Any prosecutor would shred your explanation above. Just trying to warn anyone that might get too excited about making some money this way. Not worth the risk IMHO.

http://www.dontkilladream.org/Large-poster-swing-14-Apr-2010.pdf

Pudly during the Chicago Gun Buy Back event it's a NO QUESTIONS ASKED event. It's held INSIDE the City of Chicago limits (Don't Kill A Dream. Save A Life!) so by the very nature of people walking up with their guns they are ALREADY in violation of the Chicago ordinance! However as in past years no one who turns over a gun is then slapped with handcuffs. So the ordinance at least for that day at those times provided you are going to turn in a gun are overlooked.

Can't find anything about having to be a resident of the city or IL. Perhaps a call to the CPD would help.

 

[pudly]

Can't find anything about having to be a resident of the city or IL. Perhaps a call to the CPD would help.

Good info. Thanks for the links. They don't say anything one way or the other about out-of-state transfers. If you find out anything more, please share.

There are gun buybacks occasionally in Indiana. Just seems like a *much* lower risk way to play this game if you are so inclined. Good luck to any who try. No way I would risk the legal system in a gun banner's jurisdiction without full info going in.

 

[bigman502]

Well Im having a personal buyback and I will pay 50 of 75 dollars for pretty much any working gun so come on bring em on and send me a message.

 

[tuoder]

Well Im having a personal buyback and I will pay 50 of 75 dollars for pretty much any working gun so come on bring em on and send me a message.

How about this one:

 

[JBusch8899]

How about this one:

I WANT IT! I WANT IT!

Is it posted on the INGO classifieds yet?

 

[STEEL CORE]

When I lived in Seattle Wasington, it was $200 a firearm no questions asked, guy comes over with 10 SKS rifles new in the box he paid $49 ea for back then ( FFL Dealer he was in 1990). He walked away a happy man wishing he could go get some more.

 

[HollowPoint]

Looks like a perfectlly good handgun to me, then I realized that it is not very easy to load.
I wouldn't risk taking a gun into Chicago either.

 

[pudly]

When I lived in Seattle Wasington, it was $200 a firearm no questions asked, guy comes over with 10 SKS rifles new in the box he paid $49 ea for back then ( FFL Dealer he was in 1990). He walked away a happy man wishing he could go get some more.

Sigh... Guess that's why SKS's are so much more expensive now. Cheap gun buy back bait...

 

[sparkyfender]

There is NOTING illegal of taking a firearm that you own from IN to IL. Provided it's in a locked sotrage container unloaded with the ammo seperate. So you can indeed buy a gun via FFL or F2F in IN and then take it to the IL Gun Buy Back.

The only issue is you would be in violation of the Chicago handgun ban. However for the buy back it appears that Chicago ignores that ordinance so you (read anyone) can take their guns to the buy back places for that DAY only.

Now last year when they ran this the CPD ran out of the VISA Pre-Paid cards as some of the IL FFLs came and dumped hundreds of junk guns that they could not sell and alks away with the cards.

So at some "stations" people got an IOU card which said a VISA pre-paid card would be mailed to them in 4 to 8 weeks.

I'm not sure if they have changed the program for this year (ie no FFLs dumps, or out-of-state residents).

So much for "no questions asked" if they have to get a name and mailing address to send your VISA card.