NC: Cheap Gun Opportunity Charlotte Turn In (buy back) Today - noon 21 December

Gun Watch ^ | 21 December, 2013 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Some handguns turned in for $100 at a Phoenix event in May.  Note the nice Ruger and Colt.

Charlotte, North Carolina, will be having a gun turn in event on Friday and Saturday, 20 and 21 December,  2013.  While these events are commonly labeled with the propaganda term "buyback" the guns were never owned by the people attempting to buy them.  The rewards are rather unusual at this event: $25 to $50 for handguns and $100 for shotguns and assault rifles.  They will not accept more than five guns per person, and you must leave as soon as you have received the gift card.  They want the unloaded gun to be in a plastic bag, and any ammunition to be in a separate plastic bag.

The event will be held at New Life Fellowship Church at 1331 Samuel Street, which is in the old Double Oaks Community.   Their telephone number is (704)-377-7030.   They expect to be open until noon on Saturday.

The incentive for the gun turn in will be a $100 Walmart gift card.  That price should bring out a number of guns, even for such a short time.    Private sales are legal in North Carolina, as they are in most states.  Handgun sales are supposed to require approval by the local Sheriff, but it appears that a permit to purchase is valid for five years.

You might want to read about the Phoenix event to see how things were handled there.

Be prepared for a percentage of people who refuse to talk to anyone but police.  All the private buyers that I saw in Phoenix were very polite and let these ideologically driven people turn in their guns for a fraction of what they would be worth on the open market.

Signs are helpful, as are good grooming, cash, and a friendly attitude.  Dale Carnegie's advise for dealing with people works very well.

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.

Local information about the area, and any feedback about the event would be appreciated.

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

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[marktwain]

Only found out about this one today. I prefer to have a week or two notice.

[slumber1]

They want the unloaded gun to be in a plastic bag, and any ammunition to be in a separate plastic bag.

That's smart because that ammunition might load itself into the gun if they were kept in the same bag

[Zhang Fei]

The part about never having been owned by the people selling them may literally be true. What happens if the gun happens to be a stolen gun that was used in a shooting?

[marktwain]

“What happens if the gun happens to be a stolen gun that was used in a shooting?”

I do not think this is a real problem.

The real problem would be if the gun was stolen, and you found out that it was. They you would be required it return it to the owner.

In my research, “receiving stolen goods” requires that you reasonably know that the goods are stolen.

“Ballistic Fingerprints” are pretty much a fiction. They can sometimes tie a gun to a crime, but it is very iffy. Even so, if you did not do the crime, and you can show when you got the gun - say, take a digital picture of you at the turn in with it - I do not think you will have a problem

I have never heard of such a case as you suggest in the last 40 years. I believe that they are the stuff of TV detective shows, not reality.

[Tijeras_Slim]

looks likes the usual junk with the exception of a Ruger and a Colt Detective Special with Herrets.