Posted on 07/21/2007 9:51:30 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
It is the third such gun-drive that has been put on by the Chicago Police Department's community-based policing section. With a financial incentive and if history is any guide, expect a lot of people to be present at Chicago-area churches Saturday no matter what's being offered for them.
Vance Henry is the civilian head of CAPS, the Chicago alternative policing strategy, and the last time a call for guns to be turned in was made, the police were awash in over 3000 firearms. This will be the third CAPS-sponsored gun drive. Chicago police and community and church leaders are setting up shop at 23 houses of faith to receive the weapons. Depositors will receive a $100 MasterCard gift card in return for each gun with no questions asked. Henry said last time some folks refused to take the money.
"Our aim tomorrow is to get guns off the street," said Henry. "The public has embraced this and it is just a community-based way for the public to work with and support the police dept in an effort to make our neighborhoods."
The temporary depots will be set up in neighborhoods that have seen their share of violence. Reverend Jesse Jackson and former Destiny's Child singer Michelle Williams publicized the event this morning on WGCI, which shunned spinning records for a discussion on what it will take to get guns off Chicago streets
At the People's Church of the Harvest in the east Garfield neighborhood they're preparing for an emotional day. They've seen how people in their neighborhood who take this step are doing something close to spiritual
"The return of one gun means that an individual has decided that I will no longer participate in the downgrading or the degrading of my community," said Carolyn Anderson of the People's Church of the Harvest.
More feel good liberalism.
I got an old air pistol that’s broke.
Can I get a $C-note?
What a scam.
>>More feel good liberalism.
I got an old air pistol that’s broke.
Can I get a $C-note?
What a scam.<<
I was hopeful at first. I thought maybe the churches will subsidizing quality home defense weapons for their parishioners.. sad but not true...
What an excellent way to get rid of "hot" guns. No records and they get melted down.
It amazes me that these people actually believe this is an effective way of combating violence.
“The return of one gun means that an individual has decided that I will no longer participate in the downgrading or the degrading of my community,”
Another ineffective, liberal, feel-good program that will have no impact on crime. Heaven help us if a Democrat gets elected in ‘08.
>>What an excellent way to get rid of “hot” guns. No records and they get melted down.<<
I think its called aiding and abetting after the fact.
SUCKA!
After all, these folks are engaged in the business of buying firearms. I wonder if the Churches FFL is up to date.
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“I was hopeful at first. I thought maybe the churches will subsidizing quality home defense weapons for their parishioners.. sad but not true...”
I know, I thought maybe they were arming their people!
In my city, they had a drive like this. a relative of mine said that everyone dropping off a gun a secretly photographed and the guns were checked to see if they were stolen and tested.
Also,I have heard rumors that war prizes were taken by officers in some depts. But then again, that is a rumor. I hated to see the TV reports of people dropping off Lugars and P38 or a colt 45....
Damn! At first, I had hoped that maybe the churches would be holding a raffle for some nice guns... But if I lived in the area, you can bet that I’d be trying to find any used Jennings pocket pistols to turn in for $100 gift cards!
Mark
You found the crimial’s loop hole. No questions asked.
Chicago does’nt prosecute criminals. We don’t mind felons on
the street but we don’t want guns on the street.
More murders per capita than in Iraq.
We need a timeline or an exit strategy on this gun turn in.
Like you, I’m surprised that anyone thinks that the gun buy-back program will decrease crime.
I live near Chicago, and, in that city, it’s illegal for anyone, other than police officers and city council members, to own guns. During four of the last five years, Chicago had more murders than New York and L.A., although those other cities have more people than Chicago. Gang members buy guns in suburbs and take them to Chicago, knowing that the law-abiding people can’t shoot back and defend themselves.
That's probably the reason so many people turned down the money. The gift cards might be traceable to the person when cashed imo.
You mean the city government would lie and keep records of "anonymously" turned in weapons?
Remember Dorothy "The Hat" Tillman waving her .38 around on TV a few years back? Talk about scary...
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I guess it would depend on the current meaning of "anonymously". It's hard to keep up nowadays as simple words such as "people" are so ambiguous. :>)
I suspect any decent gun goes home with a cop.
GET of your lazy ATF asses and do your jobs !
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