Missile launcher shows up at Seattle gun buyback

January 26, 2013 @ 1:31 pm

SEATTLE (AP) - A nonfunctional missile launcher was among the weapons that showed up Saturday at a gun buyback event in Seattle.

SeattlePI.com reports ( http://is.gd/LIWxep) say the military weapon was a single-use device that had already been used. Police say a man who was at the event bought the surface to air missile launcher for $100. It was confiscated by police to determine what it was. Then the nonfunctioning device was returned to him.

The gun buyback in a parking lot in downtown Seattle was scheduled to go from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., but ended early because of the large crowd. Police say that after two hours, more than 160 guns had been turned in and $35,000 in gift cards had been distributed. Other buybacks are planned for later this year.

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Information from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, http://www.seattlepi.com/


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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    In Other News................
    January 26, 2013 12:47 pm
    Knucklehead who presented a missile launcher at a gun buyback program suddenly finds himself under constant FBI surveillance as the idiot thought he was doing the "right thing".....and making $100.00 at the same time.......but actually placed his name at the top of a long list of cabbage heads.
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  • Rick W7PSK wrote...
    hmmm weird
    January 26, 2013 12:51 pm
    they had a missile launcher last time too. What are the odds that they would get two in a row.

    or better odds on a staged turn in.

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  • deltta wrote...
    Rick
    January 26, 2013 2:22 pm
    I'm pretty sure that stuff is staged. That said it was pretty common to see them at DRMO auctions. I can't wait to see the pictures of the evil assault rifles...
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