guns for store coupons picks up momentum

[butters]

what do more of your average citizens value over having guns in their homes? seempuls - coupons to buy goodies!

this has been happening in the states for a while now, but the annual May 'buyback for vouchers' has moved forward to now due to the Connecticut slayings.

no questions asked, hand in your gun for a $100 store card, $200 if it's an assault weapon.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/state&id=8932572

http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/vi...30/364-guns-traded-grocery-vouchers-San-Diego

looking through the other links, it seems to me that maybe Conn's tragic events have proven to be some kind of tipping point and the authorities should be promoting this hand-in as vigorously as possible.

if your local town's not offering some programme, and you wish to cash in on handing back guns you don't use, why not get onto them and ask about them starting one up as now's a great time to instigate one?


and not just in the states - mexico city's running a similar scheme for voluntary disarmament.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/national_world&id=8930937

 

[blobfish]

Yeah, I'll get right on that. I'm sure the cartels will all be cashing in their Uzis for an Outback Bloomin' Onion coupon.

 

[unregistered]

 

[butters]

Yeah, I'll get right on that. I'm sure the cartels will all be cashing in their Uzis for an Outback Bloomin' Onion coupon.

we're talking about people being shocked enough over the Conn events to get up off their arses and hand in the weapons they have lying around their houses and feel they don't need... the more guns in civilian households, the more likely for them to fall into the wrong hands via burglary, curious children, frothing teenagers...

you wanna hang onto yours, whatever.

personally, it sounds like a great idea to me - over here, the only people you see running around brandishing guns is either a cop or a target for a cop. makes things simpler, somehow.

 

[Sean Renaud]

You know President Obama's insidious plan is all coming together. Wreck the economy, then feed people if they disarm and let them starve if they don't. Next step when we're all tired, hungry and unarmed he'll open those FEMA camps we've heard so much about.

 

[blobfish]

we're talking about people being shocked enough over the Conn events to get up off their arses and hand in the weapons they have lying around their houses and feel they don't need... the more guns in civilian households, the more likely for them to fall into the wrong hands via burglary, curious children, frothing teenagers...

you wanna hang onto yours, whatever.

personally, it sounds like a great idea to me - over here, the only people you see running around brandishing guns is either a cop or a target for a cop. makes things simpler, somehow.

Well, very few are going to do that. There aren't many guns that cost $100. I have a single action revolver that cost $250, and it's a pretty low end gun. A cheap assault rifle costs more than $700. If the people have their guns locked up the way they should be (as the NRA would instruct its members), they're not going to fall into the wrong hands.

 

[butters]

Well, very few are going to do that. There aren't many guns that cost $100. I have a single action revolver that cost $250, and it's a pretty low end gun. A cheap assault rifle costs more than $700. If the people have their guns locked up the way they should be (as the NRA would instruct its members), they're not going to fall into the wrong hands.

well it's been going on in your country for years, and now more and more urban (in particular) civilians are deciding they don't wish to run the risks involved in having firearms in their homes when the likelihood of them ever having need to reach for one is minimal. a gun they've had for years and never used v store cards with dosh on to spend? i can see the appeal

 

[blobfish]

well it's been going on in your country for years, and now more and more urban (in particular) civilians are deciding they don't wish to run the risks involved in having firearms in their homes when the likelihood of them ever having need to reach for one is minimal. a gun they've had for years and never used v store cards with dosh on to spend? i can see the appeal

Yeah, but most people will just sell the guns. In big cities, there are pawn shops on every corner that will pay probably 2/3 of retail value for guns. You'll always get people that go in for these gun destroying deals, but most won't.

 

[BotanyBoy]

200 for an 1700 dollar assault rifle? 100 for a 600-1200 dollar pistol?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'll get 4x as much from the guy wheeling and dealing out of the trunk of his 87 deville or even a pawn shop....I can't believe those fucking morons went for that shit.

 

[butters]

Yeah, but most people will just sell the guns. In big cities, there are pawn shops on every corner that will pay probably 2/3 of retail value for guns. You'll always get people that go in for these gun destroying deals, but most won't.

demographics will always affect uptake; for some, the financial reward from a pawn shop, being able to spend where they like, will outstrip the concerns about guns being sold on for further profit by those shops - for others, the concern to get more guns out of the hands of the general populace will carry more weight. if you're single, young, probably male (not exclusively), you're more likely to want raw cash - if you're a parent, or older, more concerned with gifts or groceries for your kids and easing the moral niggle then the buy-back schemes are a good bet.

 

[butters]

200 for an 1700 dollar assault rifle? 100 for a 600-1200 dollar pistol?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'll get 4x as much from the guy wheeling and dealing out of the trunk of his 87 deville or even a pawn shop....I can't believe those fucking morons went for that shit.

^rest my case

some people want the guns out of the houses and off the streets, and plenty want them out of the hands of people who get stoned or drunk who then start firing them in a not so responsible fashion.

 

[BotanyBoy]

^rest my case

some people want the guns out of the houses and off the streets, and plenty want them out of the hands of people who get stoned or drunk who then start firing them in a not so responsible fashion.

Hey man I'm just saying that's bad business......not very many who bought their own gun is going to hock it for pennies on the dollar to get a warm fuzzy.

As for getting fucked up and unloading a few thousand grains into an old TV set or other appliance/furniture/vehicles....

 

[renard_ruse]

You know President Obama's insidious plan is all coming together. Wreck the economy, then feed people if they disarm and let them starve if they don't. Next step when we're all tired, hungry and unarmed he'll open those FEMA camps we've heard so much about.

Its been planned long before Obama.

 

[renard_ruse]

Only a dumb fuck would turn in a $900 "assault weapon" for $200.

It is bizarre. Why not take it to a gun store and sell it.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Its been planned long before Obama.

Who started it? I need to know so I can be on the winning team at the end of the day.

 

[phrodeau]

No questions asked. A great way to recover stolen goods. And if more guns get stolen in order to cash them in, that's all the better.

 

[blobfish]

Who started it? I need to know so I can be on the winning team at the end of the day.

He wore glasses, smoked a cigarette stem and is the world's most beloved fascist.

I'll give you three guesses.

 

[renard_ruse]

Who started it? I need to know so I can be on the winning team at the end of the day.

You're just a peon. They won't let you join.

 

[phrodeau]

He wore glasses, smoked a cigarette stem and is the world's most beloved fascist.

I'll give you three guesses.

Bill Murray?

 

[bra_man69]

No questions asked. A great way to recover stolen goods. And if more guns get stolen in order to cash them in, that's all the better.

OK then I'll go steal a gun then do a home invasion at your house with the gun you might are might not get shot you already said many times that you don't own a gun then I'll go get two hundred for it perfect way to ditch a gun.

 

[blobfish]

Bill Murray?

I was actually talking about Hunter S. Thompson.

 

[phrodeau]

OK then I'll go steal a gun then do a home invasion at your house with the gun you might are might not get shot you already said many times that you don't own a gun then I'll go get two hundred for it perfect way to ditch a gun.

A gun only gets you $100. For $200 you'll need an assault weapon, so according to Botany Boy it would have to be a rifle with lots of molded plastic on it.

 

[phrodeau]

I was actually talking about Hunter S. Thompson.

OK.

 

[bra_man69]

A gun only gets you $100. For $200 you'll need an assault weapon, so according to Botany Boy it would have to be a rifle with lots of molded plastic on it.

Fine with me it's you that's going to have the problem I'll have whatever of value in your house sold on the streets plus 100 are 200 dollars they don't check id of people turn in the guns are I'll just burn melt the gun you'll be shot are dead perfect crime.
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