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They held a buyback, and a gun show broke out

BY Dave Ross  on January 28, 2013 @ 5:34 am (Updated: 12:56 pm - 1/28/13 )

There was a gun buyback over the weekend in Seattle - hundreds of weapons turned in, including three street-sweeper shotguns- which impressed the mayor.

"I think just looking at the name, 'Street-Sweeper,' says it all. That's not used for hunting deer," said Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn.

And in return the police handed out Amazon.com gift cards but it wasn't just the police that were buying.

Private buyers showed up too - tempting the citizenry with cash.

"I'm going to sell to whoever gives me the most money, wouldn't you?" asked one citizen.

For the guntrepreneurs, buyback programs are a great opportunity: A large gathering of law abiding gun owners ready to dump their weapons and probably having no idea what their guns are worth on the open market.

The same thing has happened over the years at buybacks in Detroit, Cleveland, Tucson, Dallas, Austin - private buyers turning police buybacks into a demonstration of the gun show loophole.

In fact, at an Austin gun buyback two years ago, a group called Texans for Accountable Government took it a step further.

"And rather than destroy them, like the Austin Police Department plans to do - we might have put them in the hands of peaceful, law-abiding citizens who are in need of firearms and potentially can't afford them themselves," explained a TAG spokesman.

They would give the guns to poor people! Because they think buybacks are ridiculous.

"It makes about as much sense as turning in your beer to reduce DWI," said one Austin citizen.

Hmm - which would mean that a better way to reduce drunk driving would be to hand out free beer?

I'll have to think that one through.

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  • dori monson fan wrote...
    dave you are correct handing out free beer would reduce drunk driving
    January 28, 2013 10:26 am
    especially if you gave drunks LOTS of free beer. then they wouldn't ever have to drive to the store to buy more beer.
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  • monkeyal wrote...
    Just wondering if the meltdown of all the guns
    January 28, 2013 10:27 am
    collected in the buyback will be a public event. I want to see evidence of the 3 never used shotguns called streetsweepers not ending up in someone's personal collection and not in the hands of any police.
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  • irony wrote...
    hahahaha
    January 28, 2013 10:40 am
    payback is such a bi0tch. more people should have guns so the criminals can get shot instead of the good people. police can't be everywhere and can't be there within seconds so you need to learn to properly defend yourself. otherwise you will be a statistic called victim, or in otherwords dead.
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  • adiru wrote...
    Creapy guys like Aesthetically Yours
    January 28, 2013 10:41 am
    want body counts to go up to get his/her way with gun control. "If it saves just one life" it's okay to wish others who disagree with you to be killed. People like you make me sick.
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  • jdeoro wrote...
    Really. . .learn your laws before talking. . .
    January 28, 2013 10:47 am
    I'm so tired of seeing the anti-gun side use the line about 'maybe we should let people have tanks too'. A tank is nothing more than an engine attached to a bunch of metal. It is legal to own. It cannot be made street legal in Washington state, but in other states, so long as you have rubber tracks or rubber track blocks, you can even make it road legal. That would be a demilled tank, no active weapons. However, the cannon would be considered a DD (destructive device). In Washington state, DD's are legal, provided you do all your federal background checks, paperwork, and pay your federal tax stamp on it. Granted, each round for that cannon would be considered a DD as well, meaning paperwork and taxes paid for each round. So yes, with proper paperwork and taxes paid, you can legally own a functional tank in the state of Washington. And heavens knows we've seen soooo many uses of tanks for comitting crimes. Get a grip. I have two armored scout vehicles. People who collect these them spend a lot of money on their collectables and are not about to go out and do anything stupid with it. But before you keep throwing that tired old line about owning tanks out there, read what the laws are and do some research to find out what is actually not only perfectly legal to own, but what is currently owned and collected by people.
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  • Cbrew wrote...
    To Calapete and all the other idiots
    January 28, 2013 10:49 am
    The fact that you publicly use your 1st amendment right to attack your second amendment right, makes everyone else on this blog look at you like the most foolish people on the planet. It's like using your left hand to cut off your right... what sense does it make to give up a right that has long guaranteed your freedoms? The problem with people like you is, you don't understand that freedom requires responsibility, you don't get to just pick and choose... give up your second amendment right and you just took your first step towards giving up all of the rest.
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  • Ron_Spins wrote...
    The only way to prevent this is to have everyone register their weapons.
    January 28, 2013 10:57 am
    And that ain't gonna happen.BTW I am all for N.I.C.S checks for everyone.
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  • Cbrew wrote...
    Here's an idea for people that are anti-gun
    January 28, 2013 10:57 am
    Why don't you put really big signs in your front lawn that says, this house is GUN FREE!!!! .... lets see how you make out... lets see how many of you become victims of robberies and violent crimes... lets truly see how smart it is to take guns away from law abiding citizens... because i'm pretty sure criminals would be thrilled to know you and your family are unprotected and unarmed... i'm sure nobody will take advantage of it... go ahead Calapete, atheistically yours... put a big sign that says that in front of your house... i would love to hear you come back with updates about how you're doing...
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  • adiru wrote...
    And here's something worth reading
    January 28, 2013 11:16 am
    for those who are liberal and stand by their ideology that everyone has to think like they do. http://liberaltaria.com/?p=7 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/07/04/881431/-Why-liberals-should-love-the-Second-Amendment
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  • Michael Shouse wrote...
    Gun Buy back
    January 28, 2013 11:34 am
    How comforting to know that while the bad guys (and gals) are hanging onto their guns, the good guys (and gals) are turning in their guns! The criminals must be greatly encouraged.
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  • BeenThere wrote...
    Mr. Shouse.... The good guys were being compensated for their old, worthless guns...
    January 28, 2013 2:46 pm
    while keeping their newer, valuable and more ACCURATE firearms. I don't think criminals will be benefiting from this.
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