Austinites outbid Police in gun buyback counter-program
http://deadlinelive.info/2011/02/26...outbid-police-in-gun-buyback-counter-program/
http://deadlinelive.info/2011/02/26...outbid-police-in-gun-buyback-counter-program/
Austin gun buyback, with a twist!
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Edging out the PD by $10.
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http://www.kvue.com/news/Hundreds-trade-in-their-guns-for-groceries-116980608.html
Looked like someone turned in a AR pistol.
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/...ns?ref=scroller&categoryId=10001&status=false
Edging out the PD by $10.
Click fo VID.
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/local/Guns-For-Cards-and-Guns-For-Cash-20110226-ktbcw
http://www.kvue.com/news/Hundreds-trade-in-their-guns-for-groceries-116980608.html
Looked like someone turned in a AR pistol.
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/...ns?ref=scroller&categoryId=10001&status=false
mikeinneworlean
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I'd show up with money to do this if we were able to get some traction and authority to do this in New Orleans.
Mike
Mike
You hear about this often it seems, but this is the first I have seen in a coordination by a large group of private citizens. Glad the police officers were cooperative rather than aggressive. Whoever was interviewed claimed they did this to help those who can't afford a gun for themselves... I really doubt that was the motive. I wonder how organized this was. Did a bunch of people help each other out by inspecting the guns and pooling their money to buy for "the cause." I couldn't imagine that working well. I could just picture a group of guys running up to each person they see bringing in a gun that they might want, and if more than one of them wants it, they probably tried to outbid each other.
This is the only downside that I see.
You end up in possession of a stolen weapon.
And the true owner of that weapon is still out of a gun.
Art
Sin-ster
GM of 4 Letter Outbursts
I would bet that maybe 1 (at most) of the 400 guns turned in would be worthy of counter bidding. I find it hard to believe that people are turning in things of considerable value, barring the rare instance of a widow not knowing what she's got.
One of those articles said about 80% of the weapons were inoperable. That cuts the field down dramatically.
Don't get me wrong-- I'm not saying that the guys outbidding the police were doing it all for charity. I'm sure there's plenty of room to make 50% or more profit on some of the things they're picking up, and there's plenty of room for self-serving behavior in a situation like this. I just highly doubt they're fighting tooth-and-nail over many (if any) of the guns that show up at these buy backs.
general mills
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most people in Austin no longer represent your average Texan. I think most Texans are shamed by your averge Austinian and your average Austinian is ashamed to be a Texan.
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