Tucson Gun Turn in - First Hand Account

The High Road ^ | 8 January, 2013 | VI-Shooter

[marktwain]

Citizen reporting such as this is making the old media obsolete.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for the report. I’m glad you saved that women from getting ripped off by the “Buy back” folks. The Ruger 10/22 is a geat rifle, glad you lucked out and saved this one.

[DesertRhino]

Say,, in states where private sales are legal, whats to stop the good guys from having a gun buy back that competes with the government buybacks? If the city offers 50 bucks, we offer 75. Have the trash guns destroyed, and sell the rest to the local gun stores that would be happy to have more things to sell.
Make a little side cash and torque off the man.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Good idea: Go to gun buybacks and skim the cream off the top, paying more than the authorities, but less than market price. Win/win.

[Lockbar]

Python is worth $800-$1000. Complete moron idiot getting $50. That worked out well.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

While these buybacks are a joke, a lot of cities in Arizona offer periodic “toxic waste turn-ins” that are a grand idea. After the first few years, they have pretty much turned into HAZMAT exercises, and those who run them are just a tad skittish.

People bring in unbelievably dangerous stuff, from old explosives and unstable ordnance to banned industrial pesticides, long fiber asbestos and big vials of mercury. Their favorite was some imported red tile that was very radioactive from the uranium used to color it.

[GBA]

Good save! Nicely done. Thanks for the save and for the firsthand report!

[Capt. Tom]

I am not a gun person, but I wonder at these buy-back, or turn in gun events, that someone is going to find around the house or garage an old rifle that is in fact a collectors item worth thousands of dollars and turn it in.

Do these events have anyone who knows what guns are worth to advise unknowing people of the worth of some of these guns?

I thought about this because years ago a friend of mine came across some flyrods left in a house he bought. He asked me to check them out. I hunted around and found an authority on old flyrods. When I told the expert about the rods cases and the name on the rods he told me not to use them as they were worth a lot of money. He also asked me if there was a number under the name and I gave it to him. He was even more excited.
To some, things are just old useless junk, and the same thing to others are treasures. Some guns should fall into that category. - Tom

[Capt. Tom]

to self-
Gee Tom, the Freepers are so fast they answered your post before you were able to get it online. -Tom

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The Ruger 10/22 is a geat rifle, glad you lucked out and saved this one.

I know what you mean. But I would loved to have gotten my mitts on that Colt Python.

BTW...Beowulf and the Geats didn't have rifles. Blades only.

Yeah...I'm a wise ass.

[jboot]

Liberal moron deserves to lose his money. Problem is he likey didn’t pay for it. It was probably dad’s gun.

[Terry Mross]

I wonder how many stolen guns were sold?

[discostu]

There was a “parallel” private citizen buyback, they got 40 compared to the 200 TPD got. If I’d had the cash lying around I totally would have been out there offering $60 cash. Though I wouldn’t have sold any.

[Pecos]

Or how many that had been used in crimes and were now “sanitized” by a person providing a false name and address.

[Klaatu Barada Nikto]

If you live in Arizona and want to protect your right to bear arms, please support the Arizona Citizens Defense League: http://www.azcdl.org/

[45semi]

I was at my friends shop the other day & some guy came in with a .22 mag revolver derringer. Wanted to sell it to the shop, friend passed on it.
I thought about it for a few seconds, as the guy only wanted $200.00 for it. No way to test it @ the shop as there is no range onsite.
Bet I could have found a buyer for it, at a profit, in a day...easily.

Then again, who knows? Could have been a sting/setup, and I dont need the money enough to risk it.

[Tenacious 1]

You might consider this. The guy that did not want to take $200 - $400 for the nice revolver may indeed have had someting to hide. If it was stolen or used in a crime, he certainly would not want anyone else to have it.

I don’t think you article mentioned it, but by any chance, was the “donor” of one of the nice revolvers also one of the folks that 1) turned down a sale and 2) refused to give personal info to the authorities?

Thoughts?

[S.O.S121.500]

Some TPD ‘officer’ owns a new Python-I becha’.

[PA Engineer]

Say,, in states where private sales are legal, whats to stop the good guys from having a gun buy back that competes with the government buybacks? If the city offers 50 bucks, we offer 75. Have the trash guns destroyed, and sell the rest to the local gun stores that would be happy to have more things to sell.

Better yet, have a runner take the trash guns to the buyback.

[VeniVidiVici]

Then again, who knows? Could have been a sting/setup, and I dont need the money enough to risk it.

In many states such an exchange is perfectly legal.