Bring a gun to Reunion on Saturday, swap it for $50 in groceries

[GT Dan]

Can we go hang out in the parking lot?

Dallas City Hall blog: Bring a gun to Reunion on Saturday, swap it for $50 in groceries 11:56 AM CT

12:20 PM CST on Wednesday, February 25, 2009
By DAVE LEVINTHAL / The Dallas Morning News
dlevinthal@dallasnews.com

The city of Dallas, in a crime-fighting initiative, is buying back guns from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Each weapon turned in will fetch a $50 Kroger grocery gift card.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/022509dnmetgunbuyback.17a998f.html

[evil jose]

I wonder if I could buy some guns before they try and turn them in for $50 :D

[That_Is_My_El_Camino]

I have a Raven .25 ACP, but something's fucked up on it and the slide won't go all the way back. This would be perfect except they said it has to be operational. :(

[71chevellejohn]

They're just going to turn the guns over to the police - that way they have guns to plant on suspects/bodies.

:D

[Trip McNeely]

they're just going to turn the guns over to the police - that way they have guns to plant on suspects/bodies.

:d

lol

[SuperWho?]

I personally believe that the Guns for PC's program is responsible for the sheer amount of stupidity on this site.

[8mpg]

Im with Jose...we should stand outside of their parking lot paying $50 CASH for guns

[evil jose]

I have a Raven .25 ACP, but something's fucked up on it and the slide won't go all the way back. This would be perfect except they said it has to be operational. :(

I've got the same friggin gun (actually my dad does) and I think the firing pin is broken on it. And how can they tell if it's operational or not? :D

Hell I'd probably trade that gun for $50 worth of groceries...

[flashstang04]

I have a Raven .25 ACP, but something's fucked up on it and the slide won't go all the way back. This would be perfect except they said it has to be operational. :(

Are they gonna shoot it in the parking lot?

[GT Dan]

go up there with a wad of $50 bills.... you might find some good stuff... I wonder how fast they would chase us off...

[Hass]

go up there with a wad of $50 bills.... you might find some good stuff... I wonder how fast they would chase us off...

If you get chased off, then stand on public property nearby with a fluorescent poster-board announcing you will buy guns and beat the DPD prices.

Of course you have the small print saying that they must be guns you are interested in.

:)

[evil jose]

OK, I'm seriously thinking about unloading the Raven and a .22 single shot bolt action that my dad has. Neither of them work but how the hell are they going to know. I wouldn't consider myself a "sellout" since I'd actually be sticking it "the man" and making more money than either of the guns are worth. Thoughts?

[Pokulski-Blatz]

OK, I'm seriously thinking about unloading the Raven and a .22 single shot bolt action that my dad has. Neither of them work but how the hell are they going to know. I wouldn't consider myself a "sellout" since I'd actually be sticking it "the man" and making more money than either of the guns are worth. Thoughts?

what kind of .22 bolt action?

[CTs2fast96GT]

OK, I'm seriously thinking about unloading the Raven and a .22 single shot bolt action that my dad has. Neither of them work but how the hell are they going to know. I wouldn't consider myself a "sellout" since I'd actually be sticking it "the man" and making more money than either of the guns are worth. Thoughts?

Just a thought it may be 50 for pistols and 25 for long guns though

[evil jose]

what kind of .22 bolt action?

A POS one with rust on the barrel. I'll see if I can get a model and manufacturer.

[evil jose]

Just a thought it may be 50 for pistols and 25 for long guns though

Regardless, it's sitting at the house not being used. Both are broken and not worth fixing IMO.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

A POS one with rust on the barrel. I'll see if I can get a model and manufacturer.

Let me know what it is ... I might want it to tinker with

[Trip McNeely]

I think Im going to trade in my AK.

















NOT!

[Sean88gt]

Create a line that offers $75 + depending on what it is/condition:D

[That_Is_My_El_Camino]

So I'm just wondering what's the risk of buying a gun that's either stolen or will be reported stolen after I buy it. And if you make out a bill of sale to CYA, exchange names and/or license numbers, what's the chance you take that the person you bought it from plans on visiting you at a later date to take it back?

[GT Dan]

If they're selling them for a $50 Kroger card, I dont think they'll want your name... I dont even think most of these people know what the hell they have... if they did, they would have already sold it...

My opinion, there will be a lot of junk but I bet there will be a few that are worth buying... I also bet there will be guns you could buy for $50 and part them out for a profit...

Have any of our LEOs participated in anything like this? Will they run off the gun buying public?

[CTs2fast96GT]

Regardless, it's sitting at the house not being used. Both are broken and not worth fixing IMO.

I see what your sayin now.

[Fox466]

We could go in there with a couple thousand and clean house...

[propellerhead]

I have a staple gun.

[sonic93]

They're just going to turn the guns over to the police - that way they have guns to plant on suspects/bodies.

:D

drop gun FTMFW

[GhostTX]

Wow...they got a whopping 147. I'd feel so much safer driving in Dallas now.

http://cbs11tv.com/local/Gun.Buyback.Program.2.946917.html

[That_Is_My_El_Camino]

One person even turned in a pretty sophisticated assault weapon.:("We weren't using it. Too much crime out here anyway," said donor Roy Collier.Fucking moron. If he's not using it, it certainly isn't contributing to crime, is it?

[Dacotua]

One person even turned in a pretty sophisticated assault weapon.

I should have been out there with 60 dollars cash...

Who turned this thing in?

[jrstang]

Looking at the video someone turned in a preban tech 9

[5.0_CJ]

I should have been out there with 60 dollars cash...

Who turned this thing in?

lol @ someone turning in a MP5 with an eotech scope.

...guess hunting rifles and .22 revolvers weren't "assaulty" enough - had to go to image stock.

[Ylw 98~~SNAKE~~]

what a bunch of dumbasses! With the way shit is going they might need those guns...:D

[evil jose]

Grabbed this off of the DMN website. I didn't make it up there myself Saturday because my dad got sick and I had to take care of him. Looks like there was one good deal that you guys missed out on :)

Guns for butter: The aftermath of the Dallas firearm buyback
12:52 PM Mon, Mar 02, 2009

Dallasites surrendered 147 firearms this weekend to city officials during a gun buyback program on the grounds of Reunion Arena.

(They could have always used the facility for target practice, but that's beside the point.)

Each gun was worth a $50 Kroger gift card. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway said of the event: "This shows that people will be behind a positive activity. Some of those guns are ones our officers are up against."

But writer and gun advocate Trey Garrison, who also attended with the goal of purchasing for $65 any weapon he deemed worthy of being saved from a future life as a soup can, has this to say about the event.

Garrison left empty handed, but is kicking himself for not being quick enough to the draw on a vintage Colt .45 1911.

"I would have paid a helluva lot more than $65 for the one unfired Colt 1911," Garrison writes us. "That thing was a piece of history."

[bjtheman1]

Someone should just host their own event like this, pay $50 cash towards firearms. Have some restrictions though, and tell people the used guns will be recycled into pencils/pens for a low income school. LOL

[GT Dan]

I hope one of the DPD officers stole that Colt...

[Fox466]

Baby Jesus weeps for the Colt...