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On June 28, 2025, there will be a gun turn-in (buyback) in Montgomery, Alabama, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. From blackbeltnewsnetwork.com: On June 28 CrimeStoppers will host a gun buyback event at Bryant Missionary Baptist Church in Montgomery. Anyone who is interested in surrendering a gun can bring in a rifle or shotgun for $50, a functioning handgun for $100 and an assault style/semi-auto rifle for $200.The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Church is on Norman Bridge Road, #3645. The guns can be turned in anonymously. Guns are to be unloaded with ammunition...

At the Columbus, Ohio, gun turn-in/”buyback” event on Saturday, September 14, 2024, at least two private buyers were seen looking for deals. In the event’s coverage, this correspondent did not find any mention of the private buyers. The cameraman could not resist their compelling image. The image of private buyers destroys the “guns are bad, turn them in” message. In an event where city officials are deliberately paying “more than market value” in gift cards, it is difficult to find bargains. Once the gift cards run out, the dynamic reverses. Cash in hand is better than no gift cards. From...

Update: The event has been held. We should see some results soon. There were at least two private purchasers at the event.Gun turn-in events are labeled with the Orwellian term "buyback". They are not "buybacks". You cannot "buyback" items you never owned. Columbus Ohio is planning to purchase guns with $100,000 on September 14, 2024. They will be paying more than market value for the guns. From dispatch.com:The Columbus Office of Violence Prevention and Columbus police will be holding a gun buyback Downtown next weekend, with the city prepared to give out $100,000 in cash gift cards for guns.The city's...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The city of Columbus is planning another gun buyback event this fall, citing the success of last year’s event. Last year’s September gun buyback brought in 344 firearms. The city gave a total of $136,600 for those firearms. The idea is people bring guns they have and want rid of, turn them in and get money in return. “If you sell them to other locations, you never know where that gun is going to end up. We know that a large majority of guns that end up in crime are stolen from either a car or a...

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office has opened an investigation into New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence, a nonprofit group that planned a gun buyback in the community. Sheriff Shane Ferrari said after the buyback was canceled by the city of Farmington, the nonprofit came to Farmington on Dec. 16 and collected unwanted guns, despite the buyback being canceled. “They came here by themselves with no law enforcement, and did it anyway. It’s the citizens that brought this to my attention, and we’re looking into it,” Ferrari said. Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said he was not investigating New Mexicans...

Gun turn-in events are labeled with the Orwellian term “buyback.” They are not “buybacks”. You cannot “buy back” items you never owned before.The El Paso gun turn-in event was held on October 28, 2023. It was scheduled to start at 8:00 a.m. It started about 10 minutes early in Ascarate Park. The money for the event came from the American Rescue Plan, where the Biden administration created 1.5 trillion dollars out of totally recyclable electrons. The politicians who receive the money must find a way to spend it. Gun turn-in events are a way to expend money. KVIA.com reported significant...

On Sunday, 19 November, a gun turn-in event, also known by the Orwellian nomenclature of “buyback” was held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.San Antonio police attempted to move private purchasers away from the line of cars forming for the gun turn-in “buyback” event. CJ Grisham, of Open Carry Texas and Texas legislative fame, schooled the police. He kept them from overstepping their bounds. CJ Grisham is now a practicing attorney in Temple, Texas.This was the first known event of this sort for San Antonio. The temperature was about 65 degrees in San Antonio on Sunday morning, with light...

In San Antonio, Texas, at the Alamodome parking lot, a gun buyback is planned from noon to 5 p.m. “Buyback” is an Orwellian term designed to give the impression all guns come from the government. You can not “buy back” what you never owned. A more correct term would be gun turn-in because the guns are turned in to the police to be destroyed.A flurry of gun turn-in/”buyback” events have been scheduled recently for Dallas, El Paso, and San Antonio, Texas, and for three cities in New Mexico. Much of the money for these events comes from dollars created by...

On Saturday, 18 November, the city of Houston will host a gun buyback event. The event will be held at Westchase Park and Ride, 11050 Harwin Drive, Houston, from 8 a.m. to Noon. No questions will be asked of people turning in guns for gift cards. The event is funded with American Rescue Plan money, part of the 1.6 trillion dollar Biden Administration spending, which is driving inflation. $50 will be offered for guns that do not work$100 for working rifles or shotguns$150 for working handguns$200 for semi-automatic riflesNo “Ghost Guns” or pellet guns will be accepted.Houston has already had...

Pictured below are a dozen of the firearms purchased by private buyers at the Dallas event on October 21, 2023.Private buyers at the Dallas gun turn-in event, also known by the Orwellian term “buyback,” were able to purchase numerous firearms at bargain prices. The gift cards ran out in the first hour, and the first ten vehicles in line. Before then, prices tended to be a bit higher than the value of gift cards offered. After the cards ran out, prices tended to drop. There were about a dozen private buyers at the event. Some purchased items other than guns....

On Saturday, November 4, 2023, New Mexico held three simultaneous gun turn-in events, also known by the Orwellian term “buyback”. Items cannot be “bought back” if they were never owned by the entity purchasing them. The events were decided on by executive order from Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. It is unclear where the money for the gun turn-in event came from. A query to the New Mexico State Police has remained unanswered. Several cities are using money created by the Biden administration in the American Rescue Plan for gun turn-in events, “buybacks.” El Paso has dedicated $300,000 for such...

New Mexico state police have announced a trio of gun turn-in events, known by the Orwellian propaganda term “buy back,” to be held on Saturday, November 4, 2023, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, and Espanola. Police state gift cards will be given out for any firearm, working or not, with a very generous amount of $300 for rifles, shotguns, or “assault weapons“, and a more pedestrian amount of $200 for handguns. This correspondent has contacted the NM State Police but has not been given information about how much total monies have been allocated for these...

Second Amendment activists have scored a victory in the battle to have reality influence the debate over gun culture in the United States.For years, those who want a disarmed population have attempted to demonize homemade firearms as “ghost guns.” They have claimed they are an existential threat to the people of the USA and the world. The claim is that the lack of a serial number somehow makes a gun more dangerous. Serial numbers are easy to remove. Homemade guns have existed since before the Republic was founded. Serial numbers were not required on firearms until 1968. The claim a...

In 2023, Dallas Councilman Jesse Moreno decided to use $20,000 dollars of discretionary funds to hold a gun turn-in event at a Dallas park. The event evolved over time. It was held at Samuell Grand in The Cove parking lot. The event became a rousing success for those selling guns and for private purchasers. It was a frustrating experience for most of those attempting to turn in guns for gift cards.According to a police source at the event, people started getting in line very early. One pickup, with about a hundred shotguns to turn in, was in line by 7...

El Paso, Texas, has organized a cheap gun opportunity for Saturday, October 28, 2023. The event is expected to be memorable because of the amount of money available and the short time allotted to expend the funds. From KVIA.com: County commissioners unanimously voted to use $300,000 of American Rescue Plan Act funds to establish the new program.With the funds they will purchase gift cards to give to those who voluntarily turn in guns at their events.The flurry of gun turn-in events (called buybacks, in Orwellian word choice) is fueled by the 1.3 trillion dollar boondoggle of the “American Rescue Plan.”...

The City of Dallas will be holding what they call a “gun buyback” in October. “Buyback” is an Orwellian propaganda term that insinuates all guns belong to the government. An organization cannot “buy back” what it never owned. A more accurate term for these events is a gun turn-in, where people are given an incentive to turn guns into the police.Dallas is organizing a gun turn-in to be held on October 21, 2023, at the parking lot of the Samuel Grand Recreation Center. From Dallas Metronews.com: Dallas Gun Buyback program set to take place on October 21, 2023On Saturday, October...

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) used a Monday post on X to call for a buyback of AR-15s and firearms that Democrats refer to as “assault weapons.” He also wants a ban in place to keep future AR-15s from being manufactured or sold. Swalwell posted: The attacker that struck the Jacksonville Dollar General on Saturday was armed with a Glock handgun and an AR-15-style rifle. Therefore, banning the rifle would not have prevented the attack from occurring. Moreover, on October 10, 2022, Breitbart News reported FBI data showing more than twice as many people were killed with knives and other cutting...

Colorado mothers hold sit-in to demand ban on all guns in violation of constitutions BY JUSTIN ADAMS JUNE 5, 2023 / 11:27 AM / CBS COLORADO Thousands of women, many who are moms, gathered at the Colorado State Capital for an anti-gun event on Monday. The group, "Here 4 The Kids," wants Gov. Jared Polis to sign an executive order banning guns altogether, including law enforcement and the national guard, even though they know it violates United States and Colorado constitutions. The crowd arrived just before 5 a.m. "We are here for the kids. We are here to ban guns...

Anheuser Busch continues its desperate attempt to recover from the controversial promotion with influencer Dylan Mulvaney, with the company now set to buy back unsold, expired cases as sales continue to dip. Mulvaney, 26, posted herself drinking Bud Light at the start of April 2023 using the hashtag #budlightpartner. She posted the content to coincide with the NCAA March Madness tournament before joking she didn't know what sport she was promoting. The disastrous marketing bid has seen sales for the American flagship beer plummet 26 percent, despite Anheuser-Busch reporting first-quarter earnings of $1.65billion and with conservatives everywhere professing to boycott...

There will be a gun “turn in event” on Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Spartanburg, South Carolina. These events are commonly labeled with the Orwellian term “buyback”. The guns were never owned by people attempting to obtain them, so they cannot be bought back. This is a propaganda event to make it appear as if guns are illicit items.Guns have enormous utility and are sought-after possessions. The people who turn in guns at these events either do not know the value of their guns, want to make a political statement, or turn in guns that have a value less than...