Chicagoans turn in some 6,800 guns

[JcJ]

Chicagoans turn in some 6,800 guns


CHICAGO (AP) Chicago police say they received about 6,800 firearms during the city's annual gun turn-in program.
The program is in its fourth year and has brought in a total of more than 11,000 illegal guns, but authorities say more guns were collected during Saturday's than last year but the number fell short of the goal set by Police Superintentdent Jody Weis (WEES).
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's office said 6,700 guns were collected last year, and Weis had said this year's goal was to collect twice as many.
Participants received prepaid $100 debit cards for real weapons and $10 cards for BB guns, air guns and replica guns.
Enough people came out that organizers ran out of the $100 prepaid cards. Organizers said those participants would receive rain checks for the money.

cbs2chicago.com - Illinois Wire

 

[RonPaulSupporter]

So I'm guessing people just turned in a bunch of cheap junk guns. I wouldn't turn in any gun I own for a measly $100.

 

[ashylarry]

And then they go and re sell the guns and make how much ?

I cant believe they would rather turn them in then go sell them outright.

 

[Paul]

basically chicago is gay

 

[turnandshoot4]

If you look at the firearms that were turned in there really isn't anything of value there. Revolvers missing cylinders, break action shotguns from who knows when, and hi-points. Not to knock hi-points but they aren't really the height of engineering. The biggest thing that they harp on is that they don't want the guns stolen from homes. Bull$hizen.

 

[BloodEclipse]

The biggest thing that they harp on is that they don't want the guns stolen from homes. Bull.

Yeah if they want that maybe the need to focus on getting criminals off the street instead of having worthless buyback programs.

 

[Paul]

with 6,800 guns collected at $100 a pop...chicago taxpayers just bought $680,000 worth of guns...

 

[ar15junkie]

I sure hope they checked the numbers on each of them and returned the stolen ones to their rightfull owners. Buying stolen property is still a crime.

 

[Crystalship1]

Hopefully a large number of these were worthless junkers that were "turned-in" by gun-savvy individuals and/or dealers!!!

I remember reading were several dealers "turned-in" all their junk and non-functioning trade-ins on one of these deals. What a way to use a stupid government scam to get some $$$ for your gun funds!!!

 

[Bill of Rights]

basically chicago is gay

Don't insult gays. I'm not one of them, but I recognize that they're far higher on the evolutionary ladder than Chicago politicians are.

Blessings,
B

 

[haldir]

I don't know about the Chicago deal, but in a lot of these programs they twist the arms of local merchants and even some national companies to kick in to the pay off fund.

I heard from a Chicago detective 8 or 10 years ago about a theft recovery. He said that they would be getting the gun back to me soon... I am still waiting.

 

[AFA1CY]

I can't wait for Indy to have their next one. I have a POS .25 I want to get rid of, and I will OC my Glock when I do it

 

[Crystalship1]

I can't wait for Indy to have their next one. I have a POS .25 I want to get rid of, and I will OC my Glock when I do it

That's what I'm talkin' about!!!

 

[retgarr]

I would have bought a bunch of $70 mosins specifically for this if it didn't make me feel dirty turning in a perfectly good rifle to be destroyed.

ETA: Has Indy ever had a gun buyback?

 

[4sarge]

I would have bought a bunch of $70 mosins specifically for this if it didn't make me feel dirty turning in a perfectly good rifle to be destroyed.

ETA: Has Indy ever had a gun buyback?

I believe that they have in the past but nothing on this scale and cannot remember if it was city sponsored or sponsored by a group. It wasn't very successful.

 

[Bill of Rights]

I would have bought a bunch of $70 mosins specifically for this if it didn't make me feel dirty turning in a perfectly good rifle to be destroyed.

ETA: Has Indy ever had a gun buyback?

If you ever have a Mosin you want to just get rid of, send it my way. I'll give it a good home. "Gun buyups" (not buybacks, since they never owned them in the first place) are places you go in cities you don't live in to get paid something of value for something of no value, like (as written above) revolvers with no cylinders, or perhaps a rifle with a bulged barrel due to too-hot ammo.

That's my .

Blessings,
B

 

[4sarge]

Gun Buyback Misfires​

Imagine that instead of guns, the Oakland police decided, for whatever​

strange reason, to buy back sneakers. The idea of a gun buyback is to reduce the​

supply of guns in Oakland. Do you think that a sneaker buyback program would​

reduce the number of people wearing sneakers in Oakland? Of course not.​

All that would happen is that people would reach into the back of their​

closet and sell the police a bunch of old, tired, stinky sneakers.​

Gun buybacks won't reduce the number of guns in Oakland. In fact, buybacks​

may increase the number of guns in Oakland.​

Oakland's recent gun buyback was especially ridiculous. The police offered​

up to $250 for a gun "no questions​

asked, no ID required." The first people in line? Two gun dealers​

from Reno with 60 cheap handguns. Fortunately the buyback did manage to​

get some guns off the street, too bad they were turned in by a bunch of senior​

citizens from an assisted living facility.​

 

[AFA1CY]

I believe that they have in the past but nothing on this scale and cannot remember if it was city sponsored or sponsored by a group. It wasn't very successful.

There have been some in Indy sponsored by non-government groups. The last one I remember was sponsered by some church on the near East side.

 

[AFA1CY]

I would have bought a bunch of $70 mosins specifically for this if it didn't make me feel dirty turning in a perfectly good rifle to be destroyed.

ETA: Has Indy ever had a gun buyback?

Where can I get a $70 mosin locally?

 

[blue2golf]

I can't wait for Indy to have their next one. I have a POS .25 I want to get rid of, and I will OC my Glock when I do it

I've held out the same hope for Evansville. I could make a little money turning in some old junk.