Somebody needs to coach the mayor and other city officials on how to run a gun buyback.
The idea of a gun buy back is not a bad one but like all things it gets abused, just like some did in this thread. I would like to see guns that I could end up dealing with on the streets turned in. This includes elderly who have them sitting in their closet because their late husband/wife had it and it’s now just waiting to get stolen. There is no real way to keep anything from being abused other than using a little common sense and the *honor system*. For example, one person in this thread was hoping his stolen firearms were turned in, people abusing the program took up spots that could have made this a reality. Before anyone says *criminals won’t turn them in* I will tell you I know that they do.
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So, Youv'e been able to recover stolen firearms and in the end the owners recovered their property?
We recovered 9 firearms from a house a few weeks ago of which 3 were stolen. A couple were fairly new and were reported in a vehicle burglary. So yes, those guns will go back to their owner. Is that what your asking? That’s just a recent example.
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Well that's good news for someone, No I was asking if any of the buy-back guns turned in that were stolen returned to the owners or does this become property of the city?
If it’s stolen property it almost always goes back to the owner.
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Ok, Good deal, Now is someone like 340six as an example with an police report on his stolen firearms could go in and request that his are in the pile could he recover said firearms on the spot or is more paperwork involved?
I would imagine it would be test fired at the crime lab to see if it was used in a crime first but regardless they will not give it to you on the spot.
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Well that's good news for someone, No I was asking if any of the buy-back guns turned in that were stolen returned to the owners or does this become property of the city?
I’m still wondering what happens to all these guns. I imagine a good portion of the ones not turned in by BayouShooter members are stolen or used in crimes. Some I imagine were stolen just to turn in. As much as I would like to see less guns on the streets potentially getting pointed at any of us, my reservations to the no questions asked policy makes my cynical side enjoy seeing the idiots who set up this stuff get taken for a ride. It’s like asking drug dealers to give up some meth for cash if they give something up it probably is worth far less than what is being offered in return and it certainly wouldn’t be their whole stash.
Were the serials and ID’s recorded or just serials?IDs were checked at the door for residency and serial numbers were recorded on a notebook. It appears that the serial numbers will be run later.