Chicago and a "gun buy back".

[actaeon277]

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/chicago-going-pay-gun-owners-014940082.html

The article at least puts up some of the points against them.
Of course, the people behind the initiative say that the people "gaming the system" are the problem.
They of course do not say anything about evidence being destroyed.

 

[trucker777]

I can imagine some little ol'gramma hitting the buyback booth with all of her late husband's collection of rare and obscure antique firearms that he brought back from ww2. Where do those guns disappear to afterwards?... hmm

 

[actaeon277]

I can imagine some little ol'gramma hitting the buyback booth with all of her late husband's collection of rare and obscure antique firearms that he brought back from ww2. Where do those guns disappear to afterwards?... hmm

They're supposed to go into a furnace. Where I work takes in a lot of guns to be melted.
But I'm sure a few of the nicer ones make there way out.
After all, Chicago found a bunch of guns they were recovering, were logged into a Chicago evidence room.
Someone was selling guns out of the evidence room.

 

[223 Gunner]

They're supposed to go into a furnace. Where I work takes in a lot of guns to be melted.
But I'm sure a few of the nicer ones make there way out.
After all, Chicago found a bunch of guns they were recovering, were logged into a Chicago evidence room.
Someone was selling guns out of the evidence room.

Unfortunately this does not surprise me, Chicago is incredibly corrupt. I'm not surprised at all that someone would take guns from the evidence room and sell them at a buy back.

 

[Expat]

I suppose going over to try to buy some of the better ones before they get to the official table would be too dangerous over there. They would probably have some reason to arrest you and if not simply curb stomp you.

 

[Birds Away]

More liberal lunacy.

 

[Thor]

I suppose going over to try to buy some of the better ones before they get to the official table would be too dangerous over there. They would probably have some reason to arrest you and if not simply curb stomp you.

That's what I was thinking...gun show in the street! But, Chicago, so no.

 

[Thor]

I can imagine some little ol'gramma hitting the buyback booth with all of her late husband's collection of rare and obscure antique firearms that he brought back from ww2. Where do those guns disappear to afterwards?... hmm

Happened in [STRIKE]Boston [/STRIKE]during a buy back. The family of a deceased vet took in a gun for the $50 walmart gift card, something he brought back from Germany,...a StG-44. To their benefit the police refused to take it and told them to go to a local dealer/collector/museum instead. IIRC correctly, they ended up with $20k instead.

Edit: See corrected version below...

 

[EdC]

Happened in Boston during a buy back. The family of a deceased vet took in a gun for the $50 walmart gift card, something he brought back from Germany,...a StG-44. To their benefit the police refused to take it and told them to go to a local dealer/collector/museum instead. IIRC correctly, they ended up with $20k instead.

I think that happened in Hartford, Conn. The story makes the rounds on gun boards, sometimes saying in happened in CA. Could be more than one time, though unlikely. Here's an article with pic. Looked like it was in pretty good shape, too. Not Another New England Sports Blog!: Rare WWII Automatic Rifle Turned In At Connecticut Buyback

 

[Thor]

Hey, thanks for that link. Good to know I had it somewhat right in a sort of squint really hard sort of way.

 

[historian]

I wonder what they are paying for a hi-point...

 

[indykid]

So if I was to be bringing a firearm to the Chicago buy-back, and got stopped by their local constabulary, and they saw my firearm, would the excuse that I was going to the buy-back be good enough to make them say "ok". Somehow I doubt it.

Nope, if I lived in Chicago I would be so afraid that the idea of taking a firearm out of the security of my home and risking driving it to the free the gun zone would be a no-go.

 

[OakRiver]

So given all these buy backs does this mean Chicago PD needs a FFL?

 

[THE BIG SITT]

I know a few places where I can get an AR lower for ~$30. I suppose this would be a good investment then...

 

[OutdoorDad]

So given all these buy backs does this mean Chicago PD needs a FFL?

one would think.
At least a background check for the person receiving.
And what if they receive stolen property?

 

[actaeon277]

one would think.
At least a background check for the person receiving.
And what if they receive stolen property?

Richard Pearson, of the Illinois State Rifle Association, said that "Many of the firearms that they take in are often used in crimes and so, that's a great place to dump firearms," according to ABC 7.

.

 

[88E30M50]

Not that Chicago cares about the law, but I do wonder about the legality of this. How many of the guns they receive are stolen property, and of those, how many are returned to their rightful owners? If I had a gun stolen and that gun was later turned in on a gun buy back program, I would fully expect to get it back from the police. If they kept it and melted it, I would see that as being no different than one felon selling my stolen gun to another felon to be used to further their agenda.

 

[IndyGlockMan]

I wish Indy would do another one.
I've got some old Raven 25acp's I'd love to trade for $50 Wal-mart gift cards.
Then spend the gift cards on ammo.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Be advised: DINNER BELL! Chicago?s dropping a quarter mil on gun buybacks. We?ll be there. | GunsSaveLife.com

 

[Leadeye]

Chicago government is the model for federal government.

Always follow the money.