Posted on 12/15/2004 8:14:35 AM PST by looscnnn
Columbia is hoping to reduce crime by reducing the number of guns in the city.
The city will be offering $50 to $100 per firearm to those who turn in their weapons from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Capital City Stadium.
When you take guns off the streets you save lives, City Councilman E.W. Cromartiesaid at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. Make our streets, homes and neighborhoods safe.
The idea for Gun Amnesty Day came from the Unity 2004 summit in October, which focused on improving services and programs to decrease youth violence.
Unity 2004 leaders gathered Tuesday morning for a follow-up session and were told by City Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine that a Teen Hot Line will be available in January. By dialing 311, teens can talk to specially trained operators who will offer guidance regarding violence issues.
Teens who are in gangs can call if they want to know how to get out. If they have information they want to share, they can do so anonymously, Devine said.
Saturday, people will have the opportunity to turn in guns with no questions asked, Cromartie said.
Individuals will receive $50 to $100 per firearm, depending on the type of gun and whether it is operational. The guns will be destroyed.
For safety reasons, organizers ask for all guns to be unloaded before exchange.
Similar programs have been tried in the countrys major metropolitan areas, including 10 years ago in Columbia.
In April 1994, more than 350 weapons were swapped for gift certificates. The department collected a variety of guns including rifles, .22s, .38s, semiautomatic weapons and sawed-off shotguns.
City Manager Charles Austin, then police chief, recalled one man who turned in a gun and refused the incentive. He said the man was prone to domestic violence and wanted the gun out of his home to prevent him from using it on his wife.
I should send my 9 year old daughter up there with a squirt gun, a starters pistol and a prop shotgun and see how much money she comes back with.
Maybe I'll tack a trigger on to a broomstick and see how much they give her for that.
Oh great idea! We should all wear red berets and call ourselves the Columbia Angels and tell the media we're there to escort these unarmed people back to their vehicles so that their new-found fortune {cough} isn't taken from them by armed thugs.
Since Capital City Stadium is government property, would it be technically a legal violation to carry a gun onto that property? I believe nearly all government facilities are off limits except for state parks, but not in the buildings.
So, they probably wouldnt give me squat for these two broken Raven 25 autos I bought at a yard sale for 5 bucks?
Nothing will happen, after all they are not going to ask any questions of anyone that turns them in (ie. no felon/criminal will be arrested).
Nope, they would gladly take them off your hands for free though.
I don't think they will give you anything if it is non-operational/rusted crap. They will be glad to take them off your hands for free though.
Only if you promise to destroy the one that were turned in, we don't want them getting back into circulation.
Only if you promise to destroy the ones that were turned in, we don't want them getting back into circulation.
You just can't make stuff like this up. I know it's hard to believe, but there are lots of other morons (mostly in blue states) who "think" just like this moron.
The idea for Gun Amnesty Day came from the Unity 2004 summit in October, which focused on improving services and programs to decrease youth violence.
Hey! I have an idea - lets disarm the victims and spend more taxpayer dollars on hriing more government employess to "improve services" I'm just sure this will decrease violence ha ha ha ha
City Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine that a Teen Hot Line will be available in January. By dialing 311, teens can talk to specially trained operators who will offer guidance regarding violence issues
I can see it now some thug calling a hotline and discussing his need to rob with a city employee. Where do city councilwomen get their brains sucked out, because I gotta say whoever did the job on this moonbat sure knew his business.
Thanks Paul.
If I wasn't clear, I'm against the buyback. Period.
You are correct, though.
My great state of South Carolina
isn't known for our "bright light bulbs".
We're in the state of construction.
Me too. Any form of disarmament, voulentary or otherwise is a way of liberals erasing our freedoms. I sure hope such a buyback (or less voulentary) thing does not happen here in Washinton.
In some places what Columbia is doing could be considered the crime of defrauding someone by offering a much lower price for something than what the market bares.
That is what the government does best.
You need to make your statements a little more bit broader.
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