Posted on 09/18/2006 9:56:18 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
Residents Cash In Guns for Peace of Mind
District Police Host Buyback to Get Firearms Out of Homes and Off the Streets
Francinina Jones grabbed her husband's long shotgun, the one he became attached to during years of hunting, and marched straight to the police station in Southeast D.C.
"I wanted the gun out of the house," said Jones, 55, who lives in Southeast and traded the firearm for a $50 payment from the city. "There's too much killing, all these young people have guns."
Jones and hundreds of others got cash for guns as part of the police department's gun buyback program, which yesterday netted 337 firearms and paid area residents about $16,700.
Those who turned in guns at one of three District police stations tended to be middle-aged or older people who had firearms lying around the house and no longer had a use for them. Many said they did not want them to be stolen or involved in an accident.
"You're not going to get the guy going around robbing people on the street turning in guns," said Cmdr. Joel Maupin, who is in charge of the department's 7th District in Southeast.
If police can reduce the number of guns in homes, they can cut down on the likelihood they will make it to the street, Maupin said.
The department paid for the weapons with $250,000 it received as part of the emergency crime bill the city passed in July in response to a spike in homicides, robberies and other crime.
Police got everything from TEC-9 pistols to hunting rifles. Some people also turned in ammunition.
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Where's the Jeez, not this sh!t again picture?
People this stupid shouldn't have guns anyway.
I wonder if the Compost will carry the story about her forthcoming armed robbery?
Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.
DC is a Democrat stronghold. These are the people who re-elected Marion Barry because he was black, so I'd say stupid is rather an understatement for their lack of mental acuity.
And whose money is that that's paying for this?
Where are the police apologists who are saying that the police are on our side? Seems to me they're the instigators of this little bit of Cambodian style theater.
I saw a few of these folks get interviewed on TV ... the lot impressed me as a bunch of whiny, self absorbed, moronic professional victims. They are, I think, best characterised by their combined lack of spine and incapacity for original thought. The cops came across as a bunch of smarmy little tin-plated dictators. DC is a bananna republic.
Yours - if you read the article it was a "grant" which means tax money..
In return for their gun, the cops should also give each of these folks a big poster, suitable for displaying in their apartment window, that says "This house is a gun-free zone." See how that works.
"Francinina Jones grabbed her husband's long shotgun and marched straight to the police station in Southeast D.C." where she was gunned down by police.
Ms. Jones had gone to the wrong police station and was mistaken for the crazed girlfriend of the Crack Kingpin, who threatened to "break her man outta jail at all costs."
I call BS. Should read: "Residents Cash In Guns for Cash"
Hope they all feel safe in their liberal nirvana. Keep your eye on that murder count!
Butthead:
He said Tec-9.........mmmmmm
Homer:
Tec-9........ yum
Me:
I wonder if 6 extra magazines is enough. Anyone who'd volutarily give up his Tec-9 is an absolute fool.
So, Mr. Jones, you aren't a killer or a robber. So, by turning in your gun, and your ability to defend yourself from the guy down the street who owns his gun illegally and wants to use it to rape/rob/kill you, and didn't turn in his gun, you're making yourself safer? If that's the case, I have some beachfront property in Kansas to sell you.
Reminds me of the Chris Rock skit about Marion Barry.
And how many people did your husband kill with the shotgun?
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