Some of the guns purchased by private individuals at the Fort Worth "buyback".
Most of the guns turned in to the police at the Fort Worth gun "buyback", for $100 gift cards.
Posted on 07/05/2022 5:21:54 AM PDT by marktwain
A few days ago, this correspondent wrote about the upcoming gun turn in event scheduled for Fort Worth, Texas. Police were offering $100 gift cards to people who turned in working firearms. As predicted, the police quickly ran out of gift cards. The event, scheduled for four days, ended in three and a half hours.
The private buyers did not run out of cash. They got some pretty good deals. C.J. Grisham, who founded Open Carry Texas spoke to a reporter.
“So we wanted to come out here and get some good deals,” Open Carry Texas President and Founder, CJ Grisham said.
Right outside of the event there was a group of people who were able to offer cash and buy guns themselves.
“We offered them $100 in cash, instead of one hundred in gift cards,” Grisham said. “And if they were just going to take it in there we might increase it a little bit but I think the average price we paid was maybe $150 today.”
Grisham said majority of the people they approached accepted his offer. CBS 11 asked Fort Worth police about guns they hoped would be taken off the street, remaining in the community.
The police said the private buyers were within their rights to make offers and purchase guns themselves. The private buyers purchased about 30 guns, according to Grisham, at an average of about $150.
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Some of the guns purchased by private individuals at the Fort Worth "buyback".
Most of the guns turned in to the police at the Fort Worth gun "buyback", for $100 gift cards.
Lots of wooden furniture there… probably some decent pieces mixed in …
No ARs....which I would assume is what they were after.
An AR for $100 gift card? Ha
I see a nice 1100 straight grip, likely a 29ga, SP I think it was called. A nice hill country quail gun. If in good working order, likely worth closer to $500-800....
That can’t be easy to find anything worth owning at a gun buy back. You would have to be very patient and invest a lot of time. Most of it is rusted, broken junk in .22 LR. Finding a gem in that mess would take a lot of work and patience.
In our area, they took the money and bought better guns.
A crappy solution to a crappy problem.
“The private buyers purchased about 30 guns,”
I’m surprised it wasn’t at least 10 times that many.
$150. 😏
What does the phrase "put them back out on the streets" mean to you.
I am pretty sure they did not take them out to the nearest street, and lay them in the gutter, so, please explain, if you will.
Probably most of the guns were not working and were garbage anyway. Also, most people coming to such an event would question the legality of selling a gun to someone on the street for cash.
Right up front there is an 1100 and a model 12.
Easily worth a grand for the pair
I think the private buyers were more selective about their purchases.
Hopefully each one was checked to see if they’re connected to any crimes...and were then officially certified to be free of any suspicion. Anyone who bought a weapon that *hadn’t* been researched and certified is a fool.
In other pictures I saw what looked to be a model 39 Marlin .22 in nice shape.
They go for $500-$600 or more.
“No ARs....which I would assume is what they were after.”
ROFL that made me laugh.
How so?
The legal risk of buying a stolen gun is quite small in most places, especially Texas.
I notice a lot of shotguns. Isn’t that what Xiden was telling everyone to buy for self defense?
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