Phoenix Resident Turns His Guns Over to Police Following Vegas Shooting. Encourages Others..

tribunist.com ^ | Oct. 5, 2017

[PROCON]

Full Title: Phoenix Resident Turns His Guns Over to Police Following Vegas Shooting. Encourages Others to do the Same [VIDEO]

There’s nothing new about the gun control debate. After mass shootings, like the one that left 59 people dead at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, the debate heats up. Some of these crimes make such an impression on people that they behave in atypical ways, even when it comes to the gun control debate.

Jonathan Pring is from London, England, but he’s been living in Phoenix for more than a decade. He runs a coffee shop and drives a doubledecker bus. Despite his British roots, Pring bought guns.

The shooting in Las Vegas, though, has changed his mind about gun ownership. On Wednesday, Ping called the Phoenix Police and told them he wanted to turn his guns in.

“I think the easiest way to stop mass shootings from happening in America is to take guns away from civilians,” Pring told Fox.

[windsorknot]

Attention, those who want to get rid of their firearms: I will be glad to take them off your hands.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Someone needs to remind the ahole from England that police are CIVILIANS, too.

[Kozy]

You are not a Brit! They are fighters! You are French! Throwing down your guns come naturally.

[SkyDancer]

Cops will keep the best and flog the others on Sportsman or Cabela’s.

[semantic]

Not to derail the main point of the article, but how does one actually go about giving an item away to the police? Are they like Goodwill, where you can donate an old couch, clothes or appliance - say, like a coffee maker?

Or is it limited only to weapons? Do they take knives? Baseball bats? Lastly, is there a form noting the item and value for tax deduction purposes?

Thank you for your time and consideration in answering these perplexing questions. Now, back to the main thread. Yes, the guy is a complete and total wanker.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Haw haw. Doesn’t he know that under state law, police departments are required to *sell* any civilian guns they get? So funny. He might have well have given the police cash, since they will auction off his firearms for whatever they can get for them, no minimum.

And the best part is that while this clown has been living in AZ for a decade, he is likely just a resident alien, not a US citizen.

Sadly, for his little PR stunt, he has just informed any armed bad guys that his home is ripe for the pickings.

[Terry L Smith]

dear kozy,

re: ‘You are not a Brit! ‘

You are correct! I’m a half-breed Mojave/white and PROUD OF IT.

[Rio]

Here’s his coffee shop:
https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-teapot-phoenix

And his bus company:
https://www.reallondonbus.com/

[Rinnwald]

The Vagina is strong in this one.

[PROCON]

..but how does one actually go about giving an item away to the police?

I have no answer for you, call your local PD and tell them you're asking for a friend :-)

[sparklite2]

The Bickersons... have retired. Three o'clock in the morning finds Mrs. Bickerson wide awake and anxious, as poor husband John, victim of contagious insomnia, or Schmoe's Disease, broadcasts the telltale signs of the dreaded affliction. Listen...



Blanche - Wake up John, I'm worried.
John - [groan] What is it,  Blanche?
Blanche - What if a crazy gunman comes after me?
John - Why would he do that?
Blanche, Well, you did convince me to vote for Trump.
John - Nothing's gonna happen, Blanche. Will you let me sleep?
Blanche -  Well, I'm counting on you to stand your ground and protect me.
John - [gets out of bed] Um-hmm.
Blanche - Where are you going, John?
John - To give my guns away!

[Jagdgewehr]

Look at this way, folks. The attention whore has just succeeded in acquiring his 15 minutes of fame in media and social media world! BuzzFeed will see he goes viral!

Providing, of course, he doesn't get victimized by an opportunistic criminal.

[Kozy]

then I am truly disappointed. Native Americans or I was raised calling them Indians, are a proud group, fighters and strong. Sorry that you soil Indian heritage.

[PROCON]

Yup, it’s insanity.

[arthurus]

Maybe an avocado plant.

[Kenton]

Looks like a Ruger 10-22 tricked out with a custom stock to make it look like a bad-ass "assault weapon" and a .22 pistol.

Guy wasn't a serious gun owner.

[Reno89519]

Non-citizen with guns? Sounds stupid enough to be deported as mental defective.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

In Arizona weapons in the custody of the police are auctioned to FFLs for sale to the public.

[JimSEA]

By the same logic, I should turn in my SUV because terrorists have used them to kill large numbers of innocent people.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

It is a 10-22. The handgun is a Walther PK 380. This probably represents about $300 in revenue for the City of Phoenix depending on what FFLs are willing to pay for them, which is the real reason the cop is smiling.