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In reply to the discussion: 600 weapons surrendered in gun buy-back in San Francisco [View all]Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)9. I turned in a gun for free to the cops and they acted as if I was crazy
My brother had been sent to prison and had left a gun at my mom's house in Texas. She asked me to get rid of it. It was a cheap gun that was worth virtually nothing, but I certainly wasn't going to throw it in the trash. I took it to the police station, left it locked in my trunk and reported it to the cop at the front desk. I got the impression nobody had ever done that before. They treated me like a criminal until they figured out I legitimately wanted to get rid of it. They finally did take it after lengthy questioning. I got kinda soured by the whole thing and decided if anything like that ever happened again I would just throw it off a bridge into a big lake.
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A good response to get rid of unnecessary firearms. Thanks for posting this. Hopeful.
freshwest
Dec 2012
#1
Perhaps she didn't get rid of her guns because THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES IN THE LAW
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#34
Questions: What do they do with them? Are buy-backs always done by police depts?
Justitia
Dec 2012
#12
Gun "buybacks" are a great way to get rid of a weapon that was used in a crime
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#28
How much buyback money is used to subsidize upgrades to more LETHAL,
ProgressiveEconomist
Dec 2012
#36