Where's the Jeez, not this sh!t again picture?
People this stupid shouldn't have guns anyway.
Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.
And whose money is that that's paying for this?
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.
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.
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!
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.
And how many people did your husband kill with the shotgun?
The only time this kind of event should ever be used is to "surrender" a handful of rusty old BB/pellet guns that were heading for the garbage heap, anyway. Might as well place that money back into the pockets of pro-RKBA folks to invest in new firearms.
~ Blue Jays ~
Amazing lack of logic here...
This story cannot be true.
Any state or jurisdiction wise enough to enact gun laws of the severity of DC's (the strictest in the nation), by definition, must be free of guns and must be a nirvana of peace.
We all know that gun control laws are THE definitive answer to gun violence. And since DC has the nation's strictest gun laws, then it follows that DC must be the most crime-free place in the US, and that the number of guns within its borders must be zero.
So, DC residents could not possibly possess guns, because guns are against the law. How silly to have an amnesty program!
""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."
The truth: And this program just ups the robber's chance of surviving his next endeavour.
"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 Fantasy: Criminals will get the firearms they need one way or another. Disarming people (even the stupid ones) simply ensures the growth of the PD...for the children.
Ruefully,
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"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."
GOOD LORD!! THIS IS WHY YOU KEEP THE GUN IDIOT!!!!
Heh. I wonder how that woman's husband feels about it. He's either dead or pissed. Fifty bucks for a long used hunting shotgun. Imagine the memories lost for fifty bucks.
I wonder how much of a divorce attorney she could buy with fifty bucks.
Idiot sheeple. May you get the fate you deserve.