Posted on 09/11/2014 4:34:29 AM PDT by marktwain
At the recent Cleveland gun turn in event, "buy back", the public turned in 270 guns to the police. Second amendment supporters were there in force, and purchased about 100 guns, some of the most valuable of those brought to the event, for cash. From guns.com:
“Overall we saved about 100 guns. Anything worth saving was saved. I would say less than 10 guns of actual value made it through us to get turned in to police. If the guns weren’t worth anything, we directed them over to the police to at least get something for them. And we did encounter a couple with scratched off serial numbers that we immediately directed to the police,” said Pucillio.There were at least two local groups of second amendment supporters present, Ohio Carry, whose president was quoted above, and OhioCCW.org, who paid for the billboard truck shown in the photograph. Some local news organizations downplayed the private purchasers.
The gun rights advocate stressed that all of the guns were bought in individual transactions and included several collectable firearms and antiques. The cache included a Colt 1911 and M1 Garand of World War II vintage, a Ruger Blackhawk and a Dan Wesson .357 Magnum that went into the hands of gun lovers rather than into the furnace door of a smelter.
It was all fairly well organized and most every buyer had a change to approach any vehicle. If it was something they really wanted, nobody was there keeping them from paying a fair price for it. Many sellers received well over their expected $100/$200 in value, and I wouldn't have it any other way. If people want to be completely "fair" about things they should hold an open auction for every item that shows up instead of handing out numbers to take advantage of the sellers. All in all it was a very good showing from well-meaning and respectably dressed firearms rights supporters. Many innocent firearms were saved from a fiery demiseAt least one firearm, a Ruger Redhawk, was bid up form $100 to $400.
I’d like to buy back my Dan Wesson .357 with multiple barrels and I sold years ago.
The thought just crossed my mind that these events could be turned into kind of a faux “antiques road show”. That is, bring in some “ringer” guns and sell them to their owners at high prices, to whet the appetite of the crowd to get money for their guns.
Of course, this is duplicitous, but could work when police demand the private gun buyers go a long way away from the police event. “They sort-of cheat, so we sort-of cheat.”
Personally, I doubt gun owners and buyers would go for this, as they tend to be upright types, who shun even the appearance of cheating.
‘Guns Save Life’ Uses Chicago Buyback to Send Kids to NRA Gun Camp
Wouldn’t be a bad place to try to score a Winchester mod. 70 at a reasonable price.
A Winchester model 510 would be a more likely find.
I would gladly give $75 for a working Winchester 510, and easily a $100 for one in nice condition.
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