Posted on 06/19/2012 11:36:19 AM PDT by Whenifhow
Using the lure of $100 gift cards, the Chicago Police Department is encouraging people to get guns out of their homes and turn them in this Saturday, during the annual gun turn-in program.
As WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports, the Police Department is partnering with 20 churches..
First Deputy Supt. Alfonza Wysinger says anyone who turns in a real gun will get a $100 gift card. Replicas and BB guns are worth $10.
“No questions asked,” Wysinger said. “Just show up at the church, and hand over the weapons to the CPD officer that will be there, and get your $100 gift card. So we strongly suggest that people come out that have weapons lying around the house, or weapons, maybe, that they don’t necessarily want in their house. This is a chance to get some money for their weapon, and get another dangerous weapon on the street.”
The gun turn-in event, dubbed “Don’t Kill a Dream, Save a Life,” is on from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the following locations:
An elderly friend tried to get rid of his father’s firearms by turning them in; thankfully, I intercepted the two shotguns: a 12 Ga. Winchester pump with a Polichoke and a 12 Ga. Savage semi-auto humpback (Browning A5 copy) with a Cutt’s Compensator. Neither gun is worth much since the modifications were after-market.
Wish they were around here. I have a couple non-functional old long guns that I paid in the $50 for new; I’d gladly take $100 each for them.
Couldn't you claim that you "found the gun," perhaps lying on the sidewalk, tossed into some bushes in the park, or abandoned in a field?
Not necessarily.
I know several gun store owners that save up their junk and “Saturday Night Specials” (Rossi, RG, Lorcin etc. that they either can’t legally sell, or will buy for a few bucks to get ‘em out of circulation), then when one of these “buy backs” is announced they’ll send a couple of their guys with boxes full of junkers to turn in.
Chicago PD and the city of Chicago does not have an FFL. They are doing business as an FFL by purchasing firearms. There is no exemption in Federal law for this.
Why isn’t BATFE intervening?
Sure you can. But: Are/were you in a gang? do you have a criminal record? does it include violence? do you look like a thug? can you prove where you were on a cold winter’s night 7 months ago?
Will a jury believe you?
For everything else, the burden of proof is not on the person handing in the weapon.
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