[marktwain]

Rather high prices for a turn in event. They consider SKS rifles to be "assault weapons".

I do not see how the Deputy Chief Schaerfl can believe that people can negotiate a deal on city property, but not exchange the cash and guns there. There is very strong preemption language in the New Mexico Constitution.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I’m really surprised as hell that anyone in Santa Fe has any guns to sell.

[tallyhoe]

Let me see How stupid am I? Buy a rifle for $1500 sell for $200. Are they nuts? Maybe sell a old rusted rifle that is beyond repair for $200.00. If it is antique though it could be worth $500 to Several thousand dollars depending on how rare!!!

[Venturer]

I don’t live in New Mexico so I suppose it is none of my business,but if my county started buying back guns I would be deeply offended that they were pissing away my tax money on junk weapons.

I don’t pay taxes so some whack-off can us it to buy junk.

If they want to let people walk into the Sherrifs office and turn in a gun that’s fine, but buying guns with my tax money so they can destroy them is just plain crazy. If they can buy guns I have an old car I would be glad to sell them so they can junk it.

[mylife]

round 2 p.m., when things had gotten quiet, an elderly man came in with a knapsack holding three handguns, including a well-maintained .38 that was, in Schaerfl’s view, somewhere between 60 and 80 years old. The man said he inherited the three guns from his brother-in-law, who passed away a few years ago. “I was actually going to take them up to the city dump, but when I heard I could get $150 each for them, I brought them here,” the man said with a smile.

What a doofus!

[Slings and Arrows]

When I was in New Mexico I never made it north of Albuquerque. Now I remember why.

[TigersEye]

The program also netted two SKS-type assault guns Saturday, he said.

Apparently that was the sum total of "assault weapons" sold to the city of Fanta Se for $200 each. Someone got ripped off big time. The cheapest SKS on Gunbroker.com recently was about $450. Particular models such as good condition original Russian SKSs are going for as much as $1,500.

[Pollster1]

$100 for long guns . . . $200 for any armament considered an assault weapon

They need a gunsmith there to thread barrels and mount cheap plastic pistol grips on the way in. Raise the value of any non-functional rifle by $100 in a few minutes!