Gun Control & RKBA

slackmaster

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20. Criminals rejoice. Selling them to the LAPD is safer than throwing them into MacArthur Park Lake.

Reply to Johnny Rico (Original post)

Sun May 13, 2012, 09:50 AM

May 2012

And you get a fabulous prize.

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4th annual LA gun buyback offers firearm owners gift cards for guns [View all] Johnny Rico May 2012 OP

Great way to ditch evidence and trash guns worth less than the gift cards Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #1

It looks like something that would normally be packaged with a G.I. Joe action figure petronius May 2012 #2

It looks a bit like a toy of an M249 SAW. They can feed from a top-mounted M16 magazine. Johnny Rico May 2012 #4

I'm thinking Lego or Playmobil slackmaster May 2012 #21

How many of the guns they Meiko May 2012 #3

Another article discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #5

Good deal. TheCowsCameHome May 2012 #6

Looks like a marketer's preliminary mockup of a weapon designed to appeal to today's gun culture. Hoyt May 2012 #7

Yeah, because nobody needs to be able to aim the fucking thing. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #32

I see lots of gun culture youtube videos of fools blasting away without aiming. Hoyt May 2012 #60

a top feeder? Tuesday Afternoon May 2012 #8

a couple of top feeders that I know of gejohnston May 2012 #9

Also, the Stoner 63 LMG, Lewis Gun and the Russian DP Johnny Rico May 2012 #10

Designed for people who don't like aiming—at least aiming using sights! n/t TPaine7 May 2012 #11

The sights on a Bren gun were offset to the left oneshooter May 2012 #12

That gun contains all the evil aspects grabbers are afraid of. ileus May 2012 #13

and the most important one????? Meiko May 2012 #14

Not just black: black magic-scary undetectable *plastic* petronius May 2012 #15

I was thinking licorice, myself Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #16

Yeah, Licorice BiggJawn May 2012 #17

Black licorice...blech. Johnny Rico May 2012 #24

Really... BiggJawn May 2012 #25

Can you "legally own" a firearm in LA? BiggJawn May 2012 #18

California state law preempts local ordinances on firearms slackmaster May 2012 #19

That may be changing ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #28

They tried to break preemption here, too Glaug-Eldare May 2012 #29

San Francisco has tried several times, and gotten smacked down in the courts slackmaster May 2012 #31

Criminals rejoice. Selling them to the LAPD is safer than throwing them into MacArthur Park Lake. slackmaster May 2012 #20

I always wonder how sucessful these are. Travis_0004 May 2012 #22

I guess in some places... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #23

a very strange choice by whoever picks pics for articles iverglas May 2012 #26

Well, it kinda-sorta reminds me of a Bren gun... Johnny Rico May 2012 #27

Proud of my city... ellisonz May 2012 #30

...or entered as evidence in a court of law, or sold on the legal market to raise revenue. slackmaster May 2012 #34

Or screened for crime involvement DonP May 2012 #35

Why are you more concerned with punishment than trying to reduce further crime? ellisonz May 2012 #36

We've had all of that happen at gun "Buy Backs" in Chicago DonP May 2012 #37

Incidents happen, that doesn't mean it's predominant. ellisonz May 2012 #38

problem is, how many are illegal at these turn ins? gejohnston May 2012 #39

*le sigh* ellisonz May 2012 #40

one thing gejohnston May 2012 #41

"We also have a serious organized crime problem." ellisonz May 2012 #43

choke off their arms supply? gejohnston May 2012 #47

"Many gangs still use community guns like the 19th century NYC and Boston gangs." ellisonz May 2012 #48

how so? gejohnston May 2012 #53

That's an interesting point. NewMoonTherian May 2012 #44

Exactly. ellisonz May 2012 #46

since there is no evidence gejohnston May 2012 #50

Jamaica? ellisonz May 2012 #52

If your logic follows that gejohnston May 2012 #55

... ellisonz May 2012 #57

in other words gejohnston May 2012 #58

I think you skipped a couple of zeros: 6,000 guns at $200 each is $1.2 million petronius May 2012 #59

I just about posted the $600,00 to $1,200,000 CokeMachine May 2012 #61

Dang! My mistake. NewMoonTherian May 2012 #62

So finding the people that actually commit crimes with guns isn't that big a deal to you? DonP May 2012 #42

Is that spittle running down your chin? n/t ellisonz May 2012 #45

Not hardly DonP May 2012 #54

Yeah that's spittle... ellisonz May 2012 #56

So what are you trying to say about DonP? ileus May 2012 #67

He clearly has anger issues. n/t ellisonz May 2012 #68

If you have any evidence that these events in any way "reduce further crime"... PavePusher May 2012 #49

Do you have any evidence that reducing the amount of illegally owned guns hurts our society? n/t ellisonz May 2012 #51

Wrong question to ask. Simo 1939_1940 May 2012 #63

Controlling guns is protecting the public. ellisonz May 2012 #64

There are only a few states that require registration of firearms. oneshooter May 2012 #65

Ahhh........here we go.............. Simo 1939_1940 May 2012 #66

Yeah I went to college... ellisonz May 2012 #69

so did I gejohnston May 2012 #70

Yeah - that's exactly what I implied....... Simo 1939_1940 May 2012 #71

Looks like some sort of mutant remington shotgun, merged with a bren gun. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #33