Events like the one here will produce few working hand guns, since the black market for such guns is almost the same as the price of a new gun (often over $300). It's a nice gesture, but it won't accomplish much.
Someone should inform these organizers that it was MURDEROUS INTENT that killed Mr. Henderson, and you can’t turn that in for $50.
Oh good! Now only the criminals will have guns. People did the same thing in Washington DC when I was there, and criminals sold junk, non-working guns to an organization like this and went out and used the money for drugs and working weapons. When are these people going to learn?! Stop with the feel good garbage and do what's difficult - put criminals behind bars!
Are these people fallowing the law while buying. Are they doing proper paperwork and all the stuff they accuse the Gun Shows of doing?
Here is a recent posting:
evlgreg writes:
I hope they make sure and do background checks on the people “buying back” the guns because I’m sure there will be more than 25 guns for sale and more than 3 people, which might make it a “gun show”** in Colorado which means every transaction, including guns sold to an organization, will need to have a background check done on the buyer before the firearm is transferred. Who’s the buyer?
**Per CRS 12-26.1-106
(3) “Gun show” means the entire premises provided for an event or function, including but not limited to parking areas for the event or function, that is sponsored to facilitate, in whole or in part, the purchase, sale, offer for sale, or collection of firearms at which:
(a) twenty-five or more firearms are offered or exhibited for sale, transfer, or exchange; or
(b) not less than three gun show vendors exhibit, sell, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange firearms.
I read about a gun buyback program years ago and it turned out the cops were dirty and were selling the guns back to people out on the street!
This “buy-back” crap is insanity. Will the real criminals actually turn in their guns?
Constitution-abiding citizens must arm to prepare themselves for what’s coming. Since Hussein was elected, not only have I not sold any guns, I have done the following:
1. Began buying large amounts of ammo every paycheck
2. Started actively looking for PRIVATE parties from which to buy guns on my list, which starts with an EAA Witness .45ACP with .22 swap slide, and ends with a full-kit AR-15
3. Started firearms training for my whole family
4. Joined the NRA.
Viva the 2nd Amendment!
Colorado has a MAKE MY DAY law that allows you to shoot someone threatening your life or your property.
What kind of loons would turn in their firearms?
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