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Queens Gun Buy-Back Nets 1K Firearms
NBC New York ^ | Tue, Feb 24, 2009

Posted on 02/24/2009 1:03:29 PM PST by nickcarraway

Program paid $200 to anyone who turned in a gun

New York City officials say 919 guns were collected during a one-day buy-back program at six Queens churches. Watch Video

Nearly 1000 guns were taken off the street in Queens Tuesday.

The program paid $200 to anyone who turned in a gun. A pellet or BB gun was worth $20. The officials say they paid a total of $158,880.

The weekend buy-back results were announced Tuesday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.

Since last summer, similar programs in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island _ plus the Queens effort _ have netted more than 3,500 guns. More than half of them are handguns.

The goal is to reduce crime and tragic accidents.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: banglist; bloomberg; bloomberggestapo
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To: nickcarraway

I’m thinking about having my own gun buyback in the nearest hood. Its perfectly legal to buy guns from an individual. Maybe I can go $20 $25 dollars each then turn them for a profit at the next fool ass high priced gun buyback. Maybe Barack will give me some stimbulus money and I can be a community organizer too.


41 posted on 02/24/2009 4:19:17 PM PST by cquiggy
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To: nickcarraway
Hmmmm.

Q. If a new Hi-Point CF380 sells for $120 and Queens pay $200 per gun and bought 1000 guns in their buyback program, how much money did Bubba make scamming the city slickers?

A. $80,000, no questions asked.

42 posted on 02/24/2009 4:46:13 PM PST by InABunkerUnderSF (Be There >>> http://www.secondamendmentmarch.com)
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To: InABunkerUnderSF

Hi Point is a good reliable model, made in Ameirca, but every model is heavy, very heavy.


43 posted on 02/24/2009 4:49:16 PM PST by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: nickcarraway
I'll Pay Cash For Your Gun!

Sell Now Before You Must Give Them Up For Free!


44 posted on 02/24/2009 4:57:51 PM PST by TaoOfSteve
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To: Osage Orange
Virtually identical to this:

Mine had Pachmayr grips.
45 posted on 02/24/2009 5:03:55 PM PST by NonLinear ( If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.)
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To: MHGinTN

I used to work part time in a gun shop which sold high end guns but also some low end. The Hi Point were reliable and reasonably accurate. I guess that makes them good in a way but I never could warm up to them.

Just too crude.

The carbine looked a bit better but still pretty crude.


46 posted on 02/24/2009 6:01:03 PM PST by yarddog
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To: nickcarraway

Now just an idea, but a water pipe zip gun can be made for close to nothing,are they paying $200 for any firearm?


47 posted on 02/24/2009 6:03:06 PM PST by nomad
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To: yarddog

All ya need to do is bend the wings on the feed lip of the magazine a mm or two for perfect feeding. Nothing unreliable whatsoever about the firearm itself. And that lifetime no-questions warranty. Worth more than $200 to me. Doesn’t seem all that heavy to me with all the polymer.


48 posted on 02/24/2009 6:08:57 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: yarddog
I bought one of these recently and am very please with it! Oddly, the price has dropped $10 per unit since I bought mine. Taurus now owns Rossi and the manufacturing will only get better.
49 posted on 02/24/2009 6:11:08 PM PST by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: al baby

Once again, how is it a “buy-back” if they never owned the guns in the first place? Gotta love the buzzwords the media uses for this useless practice.


50 posted on 02/24/2009 7:04:06 PM PST by Seamus Mc Gillicuddy (Great minds discuss ideas, medium minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.)
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