Long Guns Recently Turned In at Phoenix event in May, 2013
There will be a gun turn in event on 7 September, 2013 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
While these events are commonly labeled with the propaganda term
"buyback" the guns were never owned by the people attempting to buy
them.
The location for the event will be at the New Mount Olive Baptist Church at 400 NW 9th Avenue from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The event offers an unusual range of incentives for turning in guns. The
Sun Sentinal shows these:
Depending upon condition, donors of .22 to .38 caliber pistols or
inoperable or rusted firearms will receive gift cards worth $25;
revolvers are worth $50; handguns and semi-automatic pistols .9 mm to
.45 caliber will get the donors $75 gift cards.
Shotguns and rifles are worth $100 cards.
Airsoft or pellet guns may be turned in but donors will not receive gift cards, Fort Lauderdale Police said.
These events offer Second
Amendment activists the potential for picking up some firearms for
reasonable prices. The gift cards offered for firearms generally undervalue a significant number of the firearms turned in.
Police
usually check firearms to determine if they are stolen, but no
statement to that effect has been found for this event.
Across the country, communities, police departments and churches
are sponsoring gun turn-ins to get "guns off the street". At many of
these events, private buyers are showing up, offering cash for the more
valuable guns. These private additions to the public turn-in are
effective, no doubt, in getting more guns off the street, because they
add to the resources that are available to those who want to get rid of
guns for something of value, be it a grocery card or a number of twenty
dollar bills.
You can help make the turn-in in your
area more effective by standing on the curb with your "Cash for Guns"
sign, or at a folding table, willing to offer more than the gift card
for firearms that are more valuable. It would be best if numerous
private parties were available, as more good guns could then be
transferred into responsible hands.
This action serves
many useful purposes. It stretches the turn-in budget so that more guns
can be taken off the street. It helps keep fearful widows from being
defrauded of most of the market value of the gun they are turning in.
It prevents valuable assets from being destroyed by bureaucratic
inflexibility. It is a win-win-win situation.
It also dispels the pernicious message that guns are bad and should be destroyed.
Private
sales are legal in Florida. Open carry of firearms is generally not
legal, but it appears that brief displays of a firearm are accepted, if
the display is not in a
threatening manner.
Link to article with numerous examples of private sales at gun turn in events
Link to most recent article about private buyers at Detroit event
Link to Phoenix Article: pictures of private buyers
First hand accounts of this turn-in would be appreciated, as would any pictures.
©2013 by Dean Weingarten Permission to share granted as long as this notice is included.
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