Tue Jan 24, 2012, 10:08 AM

NYPD Offering $200 for Guns in Buyback Program

http://fortgreene.patch.com/articles/nypd-offering-200-for-guns-in-buyback-program-549d59cd

The NYPD and District Attorney’s office will hold a gun buyback program on January 28, at Bedford Central Presbyterian Church (1200 Dean Street at the corner of Nostrand Ave.), from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Participants will receive a $200 bank card for operable handguns, and a $20 bank card for operable rifles and shotguns. Current or retired law enforcement guns will not be accepted.

(more at link)

I just want to know why this sort of thing isn't being done in my neck of the woods. Sell them a few $40 Raven .25s at $200 each, and my next suppressor is paid for!

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12 replies	Author	Time	Post
NYPD Offering $200 for Guns in Buyback Program (Original post)	Jean V. Dubois	Jan 2012	OP
Holy crap!	Glassunion	Jan 2012	#1
For that price, I'd bring in a bunch of old Iver Johnson revolvers.	TheWraith	Jan 2012	#7
How did she liek the LCR... I'm considering one for my wife. HowMuchUwant?	OneTenthofOnePercent	Jan 2012	#11
Hate it.	Glassunion	Jan 2012	#12
Crminals, here's your chance to dump your crime guns!	DonP	Jan 2012	#2
I went to a gun buy-back a few years ago.	GreenStormCloud	Jan 2012	#3
Has anyone ever done research	rrneck	Jan 2012	#4
Given how much Bloomberg hates guns	Lurks Often	Jan 2012	#5
I'm buy the rifles and shotguns for 25.	ileus	Jan 2012	#6
If you don't pay market value, only two kinds of people will respond to these programs:	Atypical Liberal	Jan 2012	#8
That's me.	Glassunion	Jan 2012	#9
High Point & Nagant handguns are $100 new. Investment Opportunity!	OneTenthofOnePercent	Jan 2012	#10

Response to Jean V. Dubois (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:04 AM

Glassunion (5,054 posts)

1. Holy crap!

I've been looking to offload my wife's LCR. This is more than I would get in trade from the gun shop.

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Response to Glassunion (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 03:50 PM

TheWraith (24,331 posts)

7. For that price, I'd bring in a bunch of old Iver Johnson revolvers.

Or those $80 .45 derringers you see online.

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Response to Glassunion (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 05:11 PM

OneTenthofOnePercent (6,268 posts)

11. How did she liek the LCR... I'm considering one for my wife. HowMuchUwant?

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Response to OneTenthofOnePercent (Reply #11)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 05:29 PM

Glassunion (5,054 posts)

12. Hate it.

Too small. Recoil is terrible and it is difficult to aim accurately.

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Response to Jean V. Dubois (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:20 AM

DonP (3,719 posts)

2. Crminals, here's your chance to dump your crime guns!

These are always no questions asked.

Get that gun you shot that clerk or rival drug dealer with and turn it in for a $200 gift card from Bloomie with no chance of it ever being traced back to you and uses in court to convict you!

Better yet, turn in all those cheap beat to shit revolvers and you'll have enough gift cards to get a nice new 9mm Beretta with a 20 round magazine for your next gig.

Smart work Bloomie.

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Response to Jean V. Dubois (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:06 PM

GreenStormCloud (10,170 posts)

3. I went to a gun buy-back a few years ago.

I sometimes do some free-lance reporting for a small town newspaper. Once one of my pictures was picked up nationally and was even on CNN. I got some nice $$ for that one. So I used my Press card to stand around and watch what was turned in. About 200 guns were turned in, and only a handful were quality guns. Most were pieces of junk.

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Response to Jean V. Dubois (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 01:37 PM

rrneck (13,728 posts)