Posted on 06/11/2023 3:50:06 AM PDT by real saxophonist
Denver area gun owners donate unwanted firearms in exchange for gift cards
Gun buyback event collects 35 guns on Saturday
Brandon Richard
Jun 10, 2023
Gun owners were invited to get rid of their unwanted firearms Saturday as part of a gun buyback event in Park Hill.
“We have people in our community who have lost, lost a loved one due to gun violence,” said Deacon Clarence McDavid with Cure d’Ars Catholic Church. "Obviously, it is an individual who commits an act of violence, but a weapon makes that act of violence possible."
McDavid says gun violence is a problem that cannot be ignored.
“We need people to speak about it to stand up and speak about it in a strong way, in a way that says we can do better than this,” said McDavid.
That’s why the church teamed up with Guns to Gardens, a coalition of people and organizations who share a common goal.
“Guns to Gardens is a national movement of folks who think that we should do something about unwanted firearms in homes and communities,” said Taylor Davenport-Hudson, a volunteer and spokesperson for the group.
They hosted a gun buyback event at the church on Saturday.
People could drive up to the church’s parking lot and surrender their guns with no questions asked.
In exchange, they received grocery store gift cards ranging from $50 to 250 dollars, depending on the type of gun they donated.
“We dismantle handguns, long guns, rifles, even assault weapons, and depending on the type of gun, our gun donors get a grocery store gift card as a thank you,” said Davenport-Hudson.
Because the guns are donated anonymously, organizers severely restricted media access to the event.
After the guns are dismantled, they’re turned into garden tools, art, and jewelry.
“It has a little bit of a scriptural context in terms of turning your weapons into gardening tools,” said McDavid. “And with that, though, not only is there the scriptural context, but there is also the realization that we have an opportunity to save lives.”
Davenport-Hudson said they try to do events quarterly.
Davenport-Hudson said 35 guns were donated at Saturday’s event, including four assault-style weapons.
For more information, visit https://www.gunstogardens.org/
“After the guns are dismantled, they’re turned into garden tools, art, and jewelry.”
I think of my little revolver as a handy tool and I wear it often. Maybe I’ll start thinking about it as a piece if art also.
It’s very handy for preventing rattlesnake violence. It has a certain beauty to it when the snakes are out and about.
Well now. If the grip is embellished with a silver bezeled star sapphires is the object not jewelry?
Fine, then ban knives, brass knuckles, gasoline, explosives, box cutters, hands, and feet.
Nobody buys firearms from the police.
The police cannot buy them back.
It’s people who make the act of violence possible. a gun, shovel, tomahawk or knife does not have free will.
It is deliberate, Orwellian new-speak. It is meant to deceive.
Or will get misplaced to be stolen by CRIMINALS, so more innocent lives will be lost.
It wasn't opened to the media...
Translation: LeQuintrel bought the gun used in a murder of a rival gang member. I wonder how many guns had the serial number filed off...
I wonder who the stole the guns from to “donate”
How do you know the were law abiding. I would guess gang members that stole them and turned them into $
I’m not a gun person but I have gone to a couple of gun shows. I don’t recall seeing any gun selling for under $200, and some were going for $2000.
Yes a pawn shop could never do something like this. Are nonprofit organizations such as “guns to gardens” above the law?
“35 less guns in the hands of law abiding citizens!”
What makes you think they are law-abiding citizens? Steal a gun, turn it it without consequences for a gift card, and then steal another gun.
“Obviously, it is an individual who commits an act of violence, but a weapon makes that act of violence possible.”
I wonder how much they’d pay for a baseball bat, knife, or rock?
My current weapon of choice is a stout homemade walking stick that I have used to repel aggressive dogs. What’s that worth??
Wow! - that'll make a difference.. I feel safer already
Seems to me Buy Backs are a great way for criminals to sell their stolen guns, no questions asked, and then just go out and steal another one.
“Donation” sounds like they were helping needy people who can’t afford a gun.
“Are nonprofit organizations such as “guns to gardens” above the law?”
More to the point, does dismantling a gun and making it into art qualify as, for lack of a better word, “demiling” it? Who is to say that sometime in the future someone’s lawn ornament will not get them in trouble for possession of an illegal gun?
“Whoever coined the term “buyback” for this type of transaction is a flaming moron.”
Just like when they have “amnesty days” for turning in old paint, insecticides, etc. Like it is illegal to own any of this stuff.
Every copy of “1984” needs to have a massive watermark on each page that says “This is a warning. Not an instruction manual”
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