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Columbia to give $50-$100 for guns
The State ^ | Dec. 15, 2004 | SHALAMA C. JACKSON and LAUREN LEACH

Posted on 12/15/2004 8:14:35 AM PST by looscnnn

Columbia is hoping to reduce crime by reducing the number of guns in the city.

The city will be offering $50 to $100 per firearm to those who turn in their weapons from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Capital City Stadium.

“When you take guns off the streets you save lives,” City Councilman E.W. Cromartiesaid at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. “Make our streets, homes and neighborhoods safe.”

The idea for “Gun Amnesty Day” came from the Unity 2004 summit in October, which focused on improving services and programs to decrease youth violence.

Unity 2004 leaders gathered Tuesday morning for a follow-up session and were told by City Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine that a Teen Hot Line will be available in January. By dialing 311, teens can talk to specially trained operators who will offer guidance regarding violence issues.

Teens who are in gangs can call if they want to know how to get out. If they have information they want to share, they can do so anonymously, Devine said.

Saturday, people will have the opportunity to turn in guns with no questions asked, Cromartie said.

Individuals will receive $50 to $100 per firearm, depending on the type of gun and whether it is operational. The guns will be destroyed.

For safety reasons, organizers ask for all guns to be unloaded before exchange.

Similar programs have been tried in the country’s major metropolitan areas, including 10 years ago in Columbia.

In April 1994, more than 350 weapons were swapped for gift certificates. The department collected a variety of guns including rifles, .22s, .38s, semiautomatic weapons and sawed-off shotguns.

City Manager Charles Austin, then police chief, recalled one man who turned in a gun and refused the incentive. He said the man was prone to domestic violence and wanted the gun out of his home to prevent him from using it on his wife.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: amnesty; banglist; columbiasc; guns
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To: PistolPaknMama
Operational? How are they going to know that? Are they going to ask me to prove it?

I should send my 9 year old daughter up there with a squirt gun, a starters pistol and a prop shotgun and see how much money she comes back with.

Maybe I'll tack a trigger on to a broomstick and see how much they give her for that.

41 posted on 12/15/2004 6:53:29 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult; uncleshag; SC Swamp Fox
Great advertising as the crooks now know that many of the people leaving will be unarmed and carrying cash.

Oh great idea! We should all wear red berets and call ourselves the Columbia Angels and tell the media we're there to escort these unarmed people back to their vehicles so that their new-found fortune {cough} isn't taken from them by armed thugs.

42 posted on 12/15/2004 8:43:10 PM PST by PistolPaknMama (And unto us a Child is born! Merry Christmas, dear FReepers!)
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To: PistolPaknMama

Since Capital City Stadium is government property, would it be technically a legal violation to carry a gun onto that property? I believe nearly all government facilities are off limits except for state parks, but not in the buildings.


43 posted on 12/16/2004 3:09:39 AM PST by doosee
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To: doosee

So, they probably wouldnt give me squat for these two broken Raven 25 autos I bought at a yard sale for 5 bucks?


44 posted on 12/16/2004 4:41:34 AM PST by Armedanddangerous (Yep, ya caught me, ya caught the tater)
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To: PistolPaknMama
Per the article, The guns will be destroyed.
45 posted on 12/16/2004 10:33:51 AM PST by looscnnn ("Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils" Gen. John Stark 1809)
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To: doosee

Nothing will happen, after all they are not going to ask any questions of anyone that turns them in (ie. no felon/criminal will be arrested).


46 posted on 12/16/2004 10:36:54 AM PST by looscnnn ("Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils" Gen. John Stark 1809)
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To: Armedanddangerous

Nope, they would gladly take them off your hands for free though.


47 posted on 12/16/2004 10:37:31 AM PST by looscnnn ("Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils" Gen. John Stark 1809)
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To: .38sw

I don't think they will give you anything if it is non-operational/rusted crap. They will be glad to take them off your hands for free though.


48 posted on 12/16/2004 10:39:36 AM PST by looscnnn ("Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils" Gen. John Stark 1809)
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To: looscnnn
“When you take guns off the streets you save lives,”

Yeah disarming the population saves the lives of murderers and rapists and others who do not deserve to live.
49 posted on 12/16/2004 10:40:49 AM PST by Paul_Denton
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To: Sender

Only if you promise to destroy the one that were turned in, we don't want them getting back into circulation.


50 posted on 12/16/2004 10:42:26 AM PST by looscnnn ("Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils" Gen. John Stark 1809)
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To: Sender

Only if you promise to destroy the ones that were turned in, we don't want them getting back into circulation.


51 posted on 12/16/2004 10:42:38 AM PST by looscnnn ("Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils" Gen. John Stark 1809)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
The firearms were an almost new Colt 1911 and an almost new Springfield 1903 rifle he had purchased just after the first world war in 1918.

It amazes me what people will throw away (including their own safety, by giving up guns), but also, those are some of the most legendary guns in history! They do not deserve to be made into rzorblades!
52 posted on 12/16/2004 10:42:50 AM PST by Paul_Denton
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To: uncleshag
What: Gun Amnesty Day, where anyone turning in a firearm can receive $50 to $100, depending on the weapon and whether it is operational.

$50 to $100 is a ripoff, especially for rare and valueble guns. But I guess people will fall for it.
53 posted on 12/16/2004 10:45:28 AM PST by Paul_Denton
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To: Sender
Maybe we should have a 'liberal politician buyback program'. Anyone turning in a liberal politician gets a check, and a hazard is taken off the streets.

Thats a great idea! Offer a free gun of any choice to those that turn in a liberal.
54 posted on 12/16/2004 10:47:32 AM PST by Paul_Denton
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To: looscnnn
“When you take guns off the streets you save lives,” City Councilman E.W. Cromartie said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. “Make our streets, homes and neighborhoods safe.”

You just can't make stuff like this up. I know it's hard to believe, but there are lots of other morons (mostly in blue states) who "think" just like this moron.

The idea for “Gun Amnesty Day” came from the Unity 2004 summit in October, which focused on improving services and programs to decrease youth violence.

Hey! I have an idea - lets disarm the victims and spend more taxpayer dollars on hriing more government employess to "improve services" I'm just sure this will decrease violence ha ha ha ha

City Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine that a Teen Hot Line will be available in January. By dialing 311, teens can talk to specially trained operators who will offer guidance regarding violence issues

I can see it now some thug calling a hotline and discussing his need to rob with a city employee. Where do city councilwomen get their brains sucked out, because I gotta say whoever did the job on this moonbat sure knew his business.

55 posted on 12/16/2004 10:52:50 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy, and Bush is no conservative)
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To: Paul_Denton

Thanks Paul.

If I wasn't clear, I'm against the buyback. Period.

You are correct, though.
My great state of South Carolina
isn't known for our "bright light bulbs".

We're in the state of construction.


56 posted on 12/16/2004 10:52:53 AM PST by uncleshag
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To: uncleshag

Me too. Any form of disarmament, voulentary or otherwise is a way of liberals erasing our freedoms. I sure hope such a buyback (or less voulentary) thing does not happen here in Washinton.


57 posted on 12/16/2004 10:57:28 AM PST by Paul_Denton
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To: looscnnn
How about they offer a 'fair market value' for each pistol, like $500.00 to $600.00 dollars per pistol instead $50 to $100 dollars per pistol.

In some places what Columbia is doing could be considered the crime of defrauding someone by offering a much lower price for something than what the market bares.

58 posted on 12/16/2004 11:01:06 AM PST by Paul C. Jesup
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To: Paul C. Jesup

That is what the government does best.


59 posted on 12/16/2004 11:33:05 AM PST by looscnnn ("Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils" Gen. John Stark 1809)
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To: looscnnn

You need to make your statements a little more bit broader.


60 posted on 12/16/2004 11:36:11 AM PST by Paul C. Jesup
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