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In reply to the discussion: Churches buying back guns for $50 to keep them off the streets; worth it 'if one life is saved' [View all]

cbayer

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5. The article says they turn them over to ATF, but they may keep and sell the ones
Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #3)
Fri Aug 8, 2014, 01:34 PM
Aug 2014

that might be worth something.

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Churches buying back guns for $50 to keep them off the streets; worth it 'if one life is saved' [View all] SecularMotion Aug 2014 OP
Great program. cbayer Aug 2014 #1
+1. $ incentives work. I'm part of a legal syringe exchange program here in CA. pinto Aug 2014 #2
Could get a lot more money together for this if they AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #3
By "crap" do you mean "of no collectible value" ...or Htom Sirveaux Aug 2014 #4
They generally don't test them when accepting them. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #8
The article says they turn them over to ATF, but they may keep and sell the ones cbayer Aug 2014 #5
Helps to have an expert about. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #9
I think it was in Detroit that a woman turned in an MP-44 for the $100 or so they were offering Leontius Aug 2014 #16
this is like abandoning a child to the NRA frylock Aug 2014 #6
??? pinto Aug 2014 #7
Michigan Group Holds Protest to Counter Gun Buyback frylock Aug 2014 #10
Arizona to end gun buy-back programs that destroy weapons frylock Aug 2014 #11
Gun laws are persistently state-by-state. I don't think these examples are pertinent to this program pinto Aug 2014 #12
why would the NRA take exception to the destruction of guns that were voluntarily given to the PD.. frylock Aug 2014 #13
That is a discussion to be had in another DU group, imo. (nt) pinto Aug 2014 #14
The buy back in the OP is private entity, so they can melt it down for bottle openers if they want. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #17
yep, but the gun humpers can't stand the thought of all those guns going to gun heaven frylock Aug 2014 #18
An Alabama Baptist church with a gun buy-back program. That's pleasantly surprising to me. Jim__ Aug 2014 #15
indeed, particularly in light of the gun giveaways used to attract people to go to church frylock Aug 2014 #19
Agree, it's nice to see this contrasting program. cbayer Aug 2014 #20
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