Posted on 12/16/2012 9:32:00 AM PST by thecodont
Arturo Hurtado of Richmond was still stricken with grief over the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 schoolchildren dead when he awoke Saturday morning.
So he decided to get rid of his gun - "that darn thing," he called it - and purged it from his home.
"I've got kids, man," said Hurtado, who works at Waste Management in Oakland and has children ages 14, 10, 6 and 1. "Kids are curious. Kids don't know any better. I had it locked in a toolbox, so I don't know. ... I just know it had to go."
Hurtado was among hundreds of Bay Area residents who dropped off their firearms at buyback locations in Oakland and San Francisco on Saturday, collecting $200 cash for their weapon, no questions asked.
Organizers said both locations saw crowds twice as large as expected. In East Oakland, a mile-long line of cars waited on 82nd Avenue to enter a parking lot at St. Benedict's Church, with some running out of gas while idling. In San Francisco, people stood in pouring rain outside the Omega Boys Club in the Dogpatch neighborhood to exchange their guns for cash.
By the end of the day, organizers expected more than 600 guns to be turned in.
Hurtado was a rare customer. Not only was Friday's school shooting his primary motivation, but also he walked away without taking the cash.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/S-F-Oakland-gun-buyback-nets-hundreds-4121621.php#ixzz2FEkBhmUz
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This reminds me of 1968 when Bobby Kennedy was shot. The media went berzerk. People were so afraid of their own guns the police departments allowed them to bring the guns in for destruction.
One family gave up their guns, then wrote letters to many magazines telling what they had done, then mentioned that they WERE LIVING IN FEAR of neighbors who did not turn in their guns.
Many printed and posted signs in their windows that said..”THERE ARE NO GUNS IN THIS HOME”. That didn’t last long.
People do stupid things when goaded into a panic.
There's no shortage of stupid, panic-stricken people in the SF Bay Area.
Law-abiding citizens will relinquish their guns and "feel good about it."
The thugs will continue to own guns and use them to commit crime.
I think that’s an RG.
Maybe $200 on a good day from the last ones I've seen for sale.
The medallion on the grip is in the middle.
The IJ 32s I’ve seen have a molded medallion
At the top edge in the middle. Might be S&W.
If I ever hear of a $200/gun buyback in my area I’ll go down to the flea market in the next county, load up on old single shot .22’s and double my money.
The IJ is molded in the center of the grip. At the top is an owls head molded into the grip.
The medallion on the grip is in the middle.
The IJ 32s I’ve seen have a molded medallion
At the top edge in the middle. Might be S&W.
What you keep in a Tool Box are Tools, and your Choom Stash. Why is it that I'm 100% sure he Voted for Obama?
I’m sure that Lugar will end up in an Oakland Cop’s Gun Safe along with that a few other gems I see on the table...
If a kid gets run over, do they hold a Car Buyback?
Thanks. Looked it up. Not talking Les Baer here, are we. -)
$200 bucks for it. About $175 more than I would give someone for it.
Somebody made out like a bandit.
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