Gun Control & RKBA

CokeMachine

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50. Yep -- that one and a couple of others are just here to disrupt.

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Wed Apr 17, 2013, 03:50 PM

Apr 2013

I'm careful in the other group and try to respect their echo chamber.

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Arizona lawmakers want cities to sell guns from buyback programs [View all] Eugene Apr 2013 OP

Republicans are INSANE tridim Apr 2013 #1

That kind of defeats the purpose... Bay Boy Apr 2013 #2

Not really. The purpose of a gun buyback is to give people who have guns they don't want... slackmaster Apr 2013 #4

Is that the stated, official purpose? tridim Apr 2013 #6

Let's assume that the purpose is to get unwanted guns off the street. slackmaster Apr 2013 #7

Because the second they're resold, they're back on the street. tridim Apr 2013 #9

Do you consider every gun that someone owns to be "on the street?" slackmaster Apr 2013 #11

Taking it as a figure of speech. Yes. tridim Apr 2013 #13

It's a pejorative, not just a figure of speech. It implies that every gun that people own... slackmaster Apr 2013 #14

I don't think it's responsible to buy a weapon that the former owner assumed would be destroyed. tridim Apr 2013 #20

That would kind of depend if... Bay Boy Apr 2013 #22

If the bill under discussion here is enacted, people who turn in guns at buy-backs... slackmaster Apr 2013 #24

I'm a person, and will eventually turn my dad's guns in to be destroyed, not for money. tridim Apr 2013 #26

remove the stocks gejohnston Apr 2013 #28

Do you own a hacksaw or a sledge hammer, or could you borrow one or the other? slackmaster Apr 2013 #32

wow, you claim to support freedom but you oppose letting people do what they want with their own gun CreekDog Apr 2013 #29

Right back at ya. I believe the highlighted part of your post is your position -- yes/no. CokeMachine Apr 2013 #36

And at that point, they are no longer "unwanted". krispos42 Apr 2013 #27

why do you oppose letting gun owners do what they want with their guns? CreekDog Apr 2013 #30

When they transfer the gun to the police... krispos42 Apr 2013 #34

I'm realizing that you are expressing major hypocrisy to deny owners a way to destroy guns CreekDog Apr 2013 #35

Try again, I'm sure you can be sound more shrill and desperate DonP Apr 2013 #39

plenty of people who would pass a background check will use a gun in a way that will endanger people CreekDog Apr 2013 #40

Animated firearms? Too many cartoons? DonP Apr 2013 #41

Yeah, that's reality. krispos42 Apr 2013 #54

you can't trust them without a gun? CreekDog Apr 2013 #55

I don't carry. krispos42 Apr 2013 #56

Nothing is stopping owners from destroying their guns krispos42 Apr 2013 #42

you are against gun buybacks, period. you are against the very reason they exist. CreekDog Apr 2013 #43

You really need to chill the fuck out DonP Apr 2013 #44

Gone off the rails much? krispos42 Apr 2013 #53

My brother is a police officer. Jenoch Apr 2013 #52

I think your posts CokeMachine Apr 2013 #37

Well, as long as what they want is to destroy the gun DonP Apr 2013 #45

I don't think that poster actually thinks before posting. CokeMachine Apr 2013 #47

I find it ironic that he/she can premium Apr 2013 #48

Yep -- that one and a couple of others are just here to disrupt. CokeMachine Apr 2013 #50

Who are these people who keep their guns 'on the street'? Bay Boy Apr 2013 #10

Concealed carry people carry their weapons on the street and other public places. tridim Apr 2013 #12

Yes they do but... Bay Boy Apr 2013 #18

Semantics aside, unwanted guns in closets end up stolen and on the street all the time. tridim Apr 2013 #19

Not surprised age old source of Police confiscated firearms Pukes want a cut of the action. gordianot Apr 2013 #3

A waste of money when you think about it socialindependocrat Apr 2013 #5

Do you really believe that unwanted guns in a closet "won't be used"? tridim Apr 2013 #8

99.99999 percent of the time gejohnston Apr 2013 #15

The gun buy backs often pay a pittance of what they are worth ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #17

Make no mistake some do cash in on firearms buy backs. gordianot Apr 2013 #16

Are they using funds from the state, or from their own tax base? gejohnston Apr 2013 #21

That probably works. gordianot Apr 2013 #23

That was my first thought - I really don't think that any public money should petronius Apr 2013 #33

Good. Recycling. krispos42 Apr 2013 #25

you oppose the right of gun owners to dispose of their guns --you oppose gun rights CreekDog Apr 2013 #31

Lather, rinse, repeat. CokeMachine Apr 2013 #38

there should be an option lars1701a Apr 2013 #46

I think that's a fine idea. slackmaster Apr 2013 #49

Yes. Straw Man Apr 2013 #51