[300winmag]

They were all AK-47s LOL.

Seriesly, they always have one AK47 for the cameras, even if they have to bring one of their own. I always study the guns in the background, and they're usually worn-out single-shot shotguns or .22s like you'd find on old farms.

I've been given junkers like that by relatives who didn't want them around. Me neither, especially since they couldn't be salvaged. I'd either crush part of the frame in a big vise, or cut through it with a milling machine. Then into the trash, where someone might get a momentary thrill, or shock, until they realize what was done.

[susannah59]

Next time someone gives you a junker, just save it for the next buy-back. I suspect quite a few of the "buy-back" guns they get are just exactly that kind, and probably were never used for anything more sinister than shooting a squirrel.

What pains me about the buy-backs, though, besides the sheer stupidity of the whole thing, is that I also suspect that some fine weapons get destroyed that way. Some which were stolen, and even some that someone may have "brought back from the war" and his widow is afraid of it and doesn't know what to do with it, or some that are just "Grandpa's old guns" that no one in the family is interested in.

Like the Journalist's Guide, BTW!

[OneWingedShark]

>I’ve been given junkers like that by relatives who didn’t want them around. Me neither, especially since they couldn’t be salvaged. I’d either crush part of the frame in a big vise, or cut through it with a milling machine. Then into the trash, where someone might get a momentary thrill, or shock, until they realize what was done.

And you could have gotten $100 a poop instead!
{PS — I like that pic.}

[pnh102]

I've been given junkers like that by relatives who didn't want them around. Me neither, especially since they couldn't be salvaged. I'd either crush part of the frame in a big vise, or cut through it with a milling machine. Then into the trash, where someone might get a momentary thrill, or shock, until they realize what was done.

Maybe there IS a "legitimate" use for these stupid gun buybacks. Instead of going through all the work you mention, why not just save them up for a trip to the next buyback in whatever major city near you has one? If they are indeed "no questions asked" it might be a good way to score some extra cash.