Private Buyers Crash Cleveland Gun Buyback

[Kirk Freeman]

Gun activists spoil police party.

Police gun buyback draws people offering cash for the weapons | cleveland.com

 

[churchmouse]

Sounds familiar

 

[Bunnykid68]

I dare say most of those guns bought back were never on the streets

 

[drillsgt]

Sounds like Cleveland has some fine LEO's there Do the police really think these are good things? Do they work at them voluntarily or is it a tasking?

 

[serf]

Man i need to get to one of these buy backs. Cash for plinkers.

 

[ThrottleJockey]

"melted in a furnace" my a55.

 

[Valvestate]

INGO gun buyback?

 

[rgrimm01]

Were the Cleveland PD required to have a vendor's license?

 

[jedi]

Were the Cleveland PD required to have a vendor's license?

Off course not! Remember all animals are created equal, some animals are more equal than others.

 

[littletommy]

Boy, the wise-ass was really dripping off of that article.

 

[ghuns]

Hey, I think I know those guys, Nope and No.

 

[spearheadersarge]

Obama campaign advisers? Probably. Most gun buyback operations only get the bottom of the barrel non-funtioning guns anyway. I doubt any were involved in crimes or actually on the street. Also, most of the items given in return are probably donated or a tax write-off. It is a feel good for cops and prosecuters but really doesn't keep us any safer.

 

[JettaKnight]

Sounds like Cleveland has some fine LEO's there Do the police really think these are good things? Do they work at them voluntarily or is it a tasking?

Police? No. Bureaucrats who run the city? Yes.

My guess is they're paid OT, just like DD checkpoints.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

The comments section was awesome. The antis were pretty much non-existent. Articulate, well thought out comments by the "self described collectors" were right on da money!

 

[Seancass]

I think it's sad that they still got 298 guns! Sure, some should be handed over for $100, but i bet that's over 100 guns i'd love to have in my safe!

 

[dieselrealtor]

I am not sure of the laws there or here concerning vendors,
but aren't vendors typically selling something vs buying something?

 

[JettaKnight]

I am not sure of the laws there or here concerning vendors,
but aren't vendors typically selling something vs buying something?

Mostly - that's how profits are derived. But, you got to get something to sell something...

I suppose when the BATFE comes around, you say, "What guns? All I have is pile of ground up metal and slag..."

 

[Mitchell0481]

They gave $100 a gun! I would have got a bunch of crappy little Jennings pistol and cashed in! Collect cheap crap all year and then head out to the buy back!

 

[DownByTheTracks]

"And it was all legal."

 

[KoopaKGB]

They gave $100 a gun! I would have got a bunch of crappy little Jennings pistol and cashed in! Collect cheap crap all year and then head out to the buy back!

No the article stated the police gave gift certificates and other items like "tickets" (hopefully not the kind that dont require you to pay the state for). The "private collectors" as described in a negative conotation in the article were offering 100 cash. The comments in the article were a good read, I'm suprised the publishers of the article didn't just disable comments because the comments showed the article as an ineffective anti-gun BS, piece of crap that it was.