Posted on 09/18/2024 4:51:00 AM PDT by marktwain
Update: The event has been held. We should see some results soon. There were at least two private purchasers at the event.
Gun turn-in events are labeled with the Orwellian term "buyback". They are not "buybacks". You cannot "buyback" items you never owned. Columbus Ohio is planning to purchase guns with $100,000 on September 14, 2024. They will be paying more than market value for the guns. From dispatch.com:
The Columbus Office of Violence Prevention and Columbus police will be holding a gun buyback Downtown next weekend, with the city prepared to give out $100,000 in cash gift cards for guns.
The city's second anonymous gun buyback event will be held Saturday, Sept. 14 at Franklin University in Phillips Hall parking lot D, (303 S. Grant Ave.), from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to a release. Residents aren't required to present an ID to exchange a firearm for a cash gift card.
In 2023, 344 guns were collected. In 2023, gift cards of "up to" $750 would be handed out. Exactly how much per firearm was unclear. From columbus.gov, about the 2023 event:
Gift cards of up to $750.00 will be given in exchange for handguns, assault rifles, non-assault rifles and shotguns based on the type and condition of each firearm. All other firearms, including replica, antique, and non-working guns, will also be accepted and eligible for ONE $25 gift card regardless of the number or condition of the firearms turned in.
$136,600 in gift cards were distributed during the 2023 event. The preliminary totals were: Handguns 201, shotguns 75, rifles 68. That averages a little less than $400 per firearm! When you consider you can buy a new AR15 type rifle for about $400, this could be a money making opportunity. If the same prices are for the 2024 event, the opportunity for "cheap guns" is small. The amount of money allocated for the 2024 event is $100,000. In 2023, it was reported $106,225 was "left over" because they ran out of time. They turned people away, not because they ran out of money, but because they ran out of time. The philosophy for the event is the same as for most gun control polices: Guns are bad. From myfox28.com, in 2023:
Mayor Andrew Ginther responded to those who expressed doubt about the
impact of these gun buyback events. Ginther says fewer guns make
everyone safer and that he is looking forward to more buyback events.
The Columbus gun turn in event stands out, because the city is deliberately offering more than market value, to provide an incentive for people to turn in guns. From 10tv.com, in 2024:
The amount offered also plays a factor. Shak said they opted to pay above market value for firearms turned in to incentivize people to participate.
The Columbus gun turn in event is meant to be an annual event. Those who received hundreds or thousands of dollars last year are very likely to be back this year. The line to turn in guns for more than market value will probably form early and be long.
The opportunity to purchase guns is best after the event is done, when either time or gift cards run out. This makes the event more effective, as more guns are taken "off the street" for less money. As most of the guns are being turned in by people who are not interested in guns, some bargains might be found.
It is unlikely bargains will be found while the city is paying more than market value for the guns turned in. Homemade guns, such as 3D printed guns, were accepted in 2023. Replicas will be accepted, but only a $25 gift card will be paid out. At $25, it might be possible to print a replica of a small derringer, and make money.
The common, cheap and easy to make slam fire shotgun may be worth hundreds of dollars. It is not certain. In 2021, activists turned in homemade slamfire shotguns in Columbus, for $50 each. The philosophy of paying more than market value was implemented in 2023, and considered a success. It is a basic of economics, if you pay more for something, you get more of it.
Dang!
I’ve got and old uncollectable probably dangerous side by side I’d like to get rid of...
The flyer is hilarious! Are they ‘buying back’ suppressors too?? They couldn’t bear to leave out the lefts 2 favorite boogie men, glocks & ars. Somehow those 2 are more badder than all other terrible guns. In the end I suspect theyll rake in junk. The left has never had a problem with guns. Their problem is that you can have them too.
I’ve wondered that during gun buy backs how many perps turn in their stolen guns, grab the money and go out and steal another gun.
So Columbus is pawning guns anonymously? Great way to get cash for weapons that were stolen and then used in crimes!!
I have a bb gun I’d like to sell for $100,000
I brought all of mine to one of those anonymous “buy backs” a few years ago. I was given no receipt or have no record of what happened to my firearms.
All I know is I can now legally declare I have no firearms as I disposed of them in a 100% legal manner. I have no documents to prove such as it was an anonymous police sanctioned deal.
I wouldn’t mind seeing a “buy back” where we live that gives higher than market value. I have a Norinco Takarev 9mm that jams all the time. I think it’s worth at least $800.00.
Speaking of Norinco, I bought one of their SKS’s in the 90’s for $75 at a gun show. This same weapon with the cruddy wood stock is going for $700 today. This I would never turn in as it has never failed me and is quite accurate at 100 yards. I’m in the process of modernizing it with a different stock, magazine system and red dot.
Wish they would have a “buy back” around here! I have some real wore out junk hanging on the wall, and I DO mean wore out junk!
I read one man somewhere made a bunch of slam-fire shotguns just to trade in and did well!
I’m more curious how many of these turned in weapons were used in murders?
Beggars the imagination that the event is truly ‘anonymous’ and they aren’t collecting (at least) video evidence, in case they need to hunt someone down.
I’ve got an old Marlin beater .22lr with a birch stock, single shot, I paid $10.00 for I’d sell for $136,600. Then I’d take about half that money and go buy a whole bunch more guns!
I’ve got a couple of old pagers around here somewhere. I wish they’d start buying them back.
Sounds like a bargain lol.
Serious what-if/hypothesis to all:
When Kameltoe/They gets installed &/or doesn’t relinquish control and the all-out “legal” Gun confiscation begins, I believe the first step is the nice guy/carrot idea. They do a national “buy-back” program where they offer insane amounts for firearms. $2000 for rifles, $4000 for “Assault” rifles, $500 for handguns, $1000 for “Assault” pistols.
Some naïve folks with 10 -AR’s will turn in a few from their lot for some quick cash.
The second stage is less money and then ending with mandatory no-cash compensation turn-ins.
Those that turned in some (not all) for cash early on will be the first strong arm confiscation in that they know exactly what they have. NOT kicking in the door but frozen bank accounts (of everyone, not just the head of the household), garnished paychecks to pay the daily fines, etc.
That would scare a lot more into voluntarily sacrificing their guns without retribution.
Remember these folks will write the laws (meaning everything legal for the time being), 90% of police and military will absolutely follow orders, and after 6 months of this, 50% of the patriots will be disarmed.
Think of 100 folks you know directly and in-directly that fall in the category above. I promise when faced with taking a stand OR the family (brother, sisters, in-laws, all family) starving, you might have 10 left.
Don’t just respond and dismiss this, think about it...
Inventory your firearms! See which ones do not have a paper trail back to YOU! I wish I had back all those I bought before Dec 1968 when the democrats “SOLVED” the crime problem in the US! They even said so!
“Today we begin to disarm the criminal and the careless and the insane. All of our people who are deeply concerned in this country about law and order should hail this day.”-— Lyndon Johnson signing the 1968 gun control act into law.
And Thomas J. Dodd, who wrote the 1968 gun control act using the 1938 Nazi weapons law as a pattern...
“No one can predict how many lives will be spared because of this bill, but, if the bloody record of our yesterdays is any measure, millions of future Americans will live to enjoy the promise of many peaceful tomorrows.
I am grateful to have had the opportunity to play a part in this great moment in our time.”— Thomas J. Dodd on passage of the 1968 Gun control act.
HOW DID THAT WORK OUT FOR YOU AMERICA!
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