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Mxrdad wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:

Syntyr wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:

G.A. Heath wrote:

maverick2076 wrote:

G.A. Heath wrote:They do list the buyback on facebook .... for now. I reported it for 'buying or selling drugs, guns..."

That's awesome!

Facebook decided it did not violate their guidelines. In feedback I explained why I thought it did.

Cool. So I am free to post an ad offering to buy guns?

Sounds like a plan to me. Call it the soccerdad gun buyback and crime prevention program. Its 100% not tax payer funded...

I'll make sure to set up the program just like the one that FWPD is doing so as to avoid any issues with Facebook. Something along the lines of "Hey there, if anyone has guns they want to sell, I'm buying. I will pay a flat rate of $50 per gun, no questions asked, no need for ID, and don't worry, I won't check to see whether they are stolen. I will be at the corner of X and Y from 9 AM to Noon on Saturday."

And we will bring ya some reading material and maybe some cookies if they allow those things where that will land ya.

Syntyr wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:

G.A. Heath wrote:

maverick2076 wrote:

G.A. Heath wrote:They do list the buyback on facebook .... for now. I reported it for 'buying or selling drugs, guns..."

That's awesome!

Facebook decided it did not violate their guidelines. In feedback I explained why I thought it did.

Cool. So I am free to post an ad offering to buy guns?

Sounds like a plan to me. Call it the soccerdad gun buyback and crime prevention program. Its 100% not tax payer funded...

G.A. Heath wrote:

maverick2076 wrote:

G.A. Heath wrote:They do list the buyback on facebook .... for now. I reported it for 'buying or selling drugs, guns..."

That's awesome!

Facebook decided it did not violate their guidelines. In feedback I explained why I thought it did.

Hey Everyone... Just wanted to try and clarify on some of your concerns regarding this program. The last time we had a buyback was in 2009 and it got over 130 guns off the street. At the time of this posting, I don't know what kind of guns they were...illegal guns, old guns...don't know. But we certainly do not expect a huge turnout of law abiding, gun owning citizens wanting to give us their guns for a 50 dollar gift card. Nor do we expect any lifelong criminals that use a gun as they commit crimes, to turn in their guns either. But this program was NOT funded by any taxpayers. This is a program that is funded by federally granted seized assets. This money was provided for us to continue the buyback program in an attempt to get more guns off the streets. And as cliche as it may sound...even if we get just one gun off the streets, we're going to continue this program. We certainly hope it helps. But thank you for voicing your concerns. We do hear you.

bblhd672 wrote:

Soccerdad1995 wrote:I wonder how the police would react if you set up a table right next to them with a large sign that said "gun buyback $60 cash"?

While an interesting idea, I would be a bit worried about inadvertently buying stolen guns.

While we are on the subject, doesn't the term "buyback" imply that these guns were once owned by the police?

If this was any kind of serious effort to combat crime the police would run every gun's serial number prior payment to see if it was stolen. If stolen, arrest person for possession of stolen property and then return the gun to rightful owner.
I know, it won't happen. However, at minimum, every gun should be checked to see if it is stolen and returned to rightful owner rather than being destroyed (or given to ATF for shipment to Mexico ).