[SandWMan]

And there’s no telling how many wonderful old guns get turned in by little old ladies, only to be unceremoniously shredded or melted down. It’s a travesty.

[NautiNurse]

Participants will receive $50 for revolvers and $100 for rifles or shotguns.

No telling how many dealers are a block or two away offering $55 for revolvers and $105 for rifles or shotguns.

[ZULU]

“You never know what guns you’re going to get,” said Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube when asked about the gun buyback. “You never know if you’re going to get guns that are kept off the street.”

One thing is for sure, idiot, you WON'T be getting those guns that thugs use, off the streets.

You WILL be getting fine firearms owned by poor widows who need money and don't realize what their husbands actually left them, and pieces of crap nobody in their right mind would use, and maybe the kinds of guns thugs have damaged in the line of “duty” so they can't use them anymore.

The morons who come up with criminally fraudulent ideas like this should read that fairy tale about “belling the cat”.

Because they think just like the mice in that fairy tale.

[PrinterEagle]

Participants will receive $50 for revolvers and $100 for rifles or shotguns.

What about pistols?

[null and void]

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The term "buyback" implies that government owns all guns and is buying back some of them they sold.

Does Manatee county have a federal firearms license?

[ozzymandus]

I wonder how many valuable guns are turned in by idiots for a few bucks. The cities that hold these stupid buy-backs are missing a chance to sell the guns to dealers for money. I suspect most of the good stuff goes into some cop’s pocket anyway.

[denydenydeny]

I read the headline and wondered if the story would feature an enormous aquatic mammal saying “Increase the peace, yo.”

[manc]

I’m sure those criminals and gang bangers are lining up to give their weapons in

[Lazamataz]

It is odd that the gentle giant of the deep wants guns.

[WayneS]

Forum shmorum.... and gun buy-backs are a dime a dozen.

The REAL news as far as I am concerned is the talking Manatee!

[Joe Brower]

Private RKBA & Florida FReepers combo-ping. This is just north of my locale. The good folks in Newtown shoot themselves up quite a bit.

Florida Freeper

[TC Rider]

“You never know what guns you’re going to get,” said Manatee County Sheriff Brad Steube when asked about the gun buyback. “You never know if you’re going to get guns that are kept off the street.”

What the hell does that mean?

[the invisib1e hand]

manatee is like the roughest sections of dade without the class.

geographically lovely, however, what with the Manatee river and all.

[ReagansRaiders]

“Manatee touts forum, gun buyback to fight violence”

Hmmmmmm... Manatees. It all makes sense now...

Cartman is introduced to the “Family Guy” writing staff, who turn out to be a group of manatees. The aquatic mammals, who live in a large tank, pick up “idea balls” from a large pile of them, each of which has a different noun, a verb or a pop-culture reference written on it, and deliver them, five at a time, to a machine that then forms a Family Guy cutaway gag based on those ideas. For example, “Laundry” + “Date” + “Winning” + “Mexico” + “Gary Coleman” becomes a clip of Lois asking Peter to do the laundry, after which Peter recalls winning a date in Mexico with Gary Coleman.

[Craigon]

Humm.. That Gun Buy Back aside, that’s (Bayshore H.S.) where graduated from High School back in ‘81. It’s right across the street from Nick Bolitary tennis academy. Looks like the old neighborhood’s done down hill!

[Oldpuppymax]

Another nice lib “feelgood” program with zero effect on crime. Typical. The only winners here are the thugs who turn in crap for $100!

[ExSoldier]

I registered at the Bradenton Herald site and left a half dozen comments in response to other posters. Go check them out. I used my FR name, too.

[11Bush]

Wonder if you couldn't take the latest copy of Gun Digest price book, set up a table outside of the event, and give the 'unsuspecting widow' the information they would need to make a more intelligent decision?

Not to mention wee-wee up the local idiot sheriff.

[wastedyears]

Somebody had to