Posted on 12/18/2012 3:31:05 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A gun buyback day in San Francisco and Oakland brought out huge crowds Saturday as local residents turned over firearms for cash.
Each person turning in a working firearm to police was given $200 cash. The line was around the block in San Francisco where the group ran out of cash by early afternoon and started handing out I.O.U.'s.
A woman named Jean-Margaret Strauss was one of the first in line. She said the shooting in Newtown helped motivate her to turn in three guns that used to be her father's. She said her guns weren't jeopardizing anyone, but turning them in was a way to honor her family history. She said she kept her dad's holster and plans to put gardening tools in it. "I don't have to keep a hold of the guns," Strauss said.
In Oakland, police said the response was even bigger. They expect to take back 300 guns Saturday. Police spokesperson Johnna Watson said people there turned in assault rifles, AK47s and other weapons that were known to be stolen...
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I just have an unsafe cheap old shotgun that I'd love for the gun banners to pay me for.
Cool, use the cash to buy something that's safe to shoot!
Ha ha, she wasn't even able to beat a Republican candidate for the governorship of the People's Republic of Maryland.
She hasn’t heard the saying “Those who turn their weapons into plows will plow for those who don’t” She needs to really learn to use those gardening tools...
That’s where the guns are heading.
Some of it is 12/21 “planet X” doomers jumping off the Mayan canoe.
Fear sells!
They should do an article on the number of background checks being run the last few days. If 300 is *huge*, I wonder what they’d call THAT number.
Just curious. Do you live with someone who does have a gun? If not, what are your plans to protect yourself if a bad guy breaks down your door?
Calling 911 or screaming doesn't quite cut it, you know.
Oh lol...
Wow, neat story.
This from last night:
Black Gun Buying Frenzy [Vanity] (FR thread)
And then this from Monday:
Colo. background check submissions for guns break all records
We are truly living in bizarro world! These people witness the result of an armed crazy evil doer’s attack on a group of people unable to defend themselves and so what do they do? The voluntarly give up their ability to defend themselves.
Lady Liberty weeps.
Wow! I hope gun shops get rich. That will make up for the wusses like Dick’s and a few others.
I’ve heard that Sen. McCarthy is also Greta van Susteren’s godfather.
Interesting...that rings true as she is from Wisconsin and came from some political lineage as I recall.
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