Another gun buy back destroying valuable firearms

[paraord86]

http://www.northjersey.com/news/083010_Bergen_County_gun_buyback_yields_700_weapons.html

Bergen County officers collected more than 700 firearms, including a couple of World War II era weapons, during the county’s first Gun Buy Back program, Sheriff Leo McGuire said Monday.

The collection also included combat pistols taken from a Nazi soldier and another that once belonged to a Japanese fighter, McGuire said.

Unbelievable.

 

[Mustad]

In unrelated news the corpses of several WWII war heros rolled over in their graves

 

[Larry Legend]

"Hey take a look at this cool pistol grandpa owned that I found in the attic."

"Wow, looks ancient. I wonder where it came from."

"I bet it's something he brought back home from WWII with him."

"Ooooo, look at those markings. I bet some general owned this."

"Wow, I wonder if Grandpa killed the general who owned this and took it as a souvenir."

"I bet it was an important general. His death might have even changed the course of the war!"

"Yeah, probably. This thing must be worth a fortune."

"I bet.........lets go trade it in for a $50 Wal-Mart gift card."

"Yeah, Grandpa would have wanted it that way."




AT LEAST DONATE THEM TO A MUSEUM IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM!

 

[radioman]

"Hey take a look at this cool pistol grandpa owned that I found in the attic."

"Wow, looks ancient. I wonder where it came from."

"I bet it's something he brought back home from WWII with him."

"Ooooo, look at those markings. I bet some general owned this."

"Wow, I wonder if Grandpa killed the general who owned this and took it as a souvenir."

"I bet it was an important general. His death might have even changed the course of the war!"

"Yeah, probably. This thing must be worth a fortune."

"I bet.........lets go trade it in for a $50 Wal-Mart gift card."

"Yeah, Grandpa would have wanted it that way."




AT LEAST DONATE THEM TO A MUSEUM IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM!

This is enough to make a grown man cry!

 

[MisterHappy]

ALL guns are evil.

Guns that were in a war are more evil

Guns owned by Nazis are even more evil.

History is yesterday's news, and there's no app for it, so get rid of it.

see....now the mindset makes sense.....

 

[Palladin]

At least they realize the significance of these items:

McGuire said he’s already reached out to the military to tell them about the historical weapons. He said they could likely be displayed in a museum.

But goes to show, most people are idiots.

 

[Sibb]

I don't blame a city or town that has a buy back program, but for the love of god call the damn NRA or local gun groups to come and help out. That way and they buy the good stuff and keep it in the firearms community.

The perks here are:
1. History is not destroyed.
2. The guns are still being taken off the streets.
3. The town\city spends 50 bucks for the gun and then makes a profit on selling it to a collector.

It should be WIN WIN, too bad its stupid is as stupid does.

 

[Another_David]

high-powered air pistols

add that one to the list of media sensationalized superlatives

 

[MaroonedinMA]

add that one to the list of media sensationalized superlatives

High-Powered Air Pistol = Turbo-Charged Push Mower.

 

[Boghog1]

Cities and states are broke, do the buy back, then sell them to people legally, I bet they will cover all of the cost of the buy back and them some.

 

[one-eyed Jack]

What in hell is a "combat pistol"? Jack.

 

[Pilgrim]

what in hell is a buyback? Did the city sell them in the first place?

 

[Another_David]

what in hell is a buyback? Did the city sell them in the first place?

I think you're on to a whopper of a conspiracy there

 

[TomH]

I don't blame a city or town that has a buy back program, but for the love of god call the damn NRA or local gun groups to come and help out. That way and they buy the good stuff and keep it in the firearms community.

The perks here are:
1. History is not destroyed.
2. The guns are still being taken off the streets.
3. The town\city spends 50 bucks for the gun and then makes a profit on selling it to a collector.

It should be WIN WIN, too bad its stupid is as stupid does.

The guns aren't "on the streets", they were in people's homes. Just like yours are. We should get yours off the streets too... you know, they're dangerous!

 

[snwbrdr435]

We should have a New England buy back except we get to keep the guns.

 

[45collector]

What in hell is a "combat pistol"? Jack.

I don't know, but it's in the same weapons class as the shoulder thing that goes up.

 

[snwbrdr435]

The Japanese 32-caliber pistol was surrendered by a man who said his father had taken away the gun from a soldier in Hiroshima, according to county officials.

Yea about that city.....

 

[Zappa]

Cities and states are broke, do the buy back, then sell them to people legally, I bet they will cover all of the cost of the buy back and them some.

That makes too much sense for .gov to understand.
The guns get chopped up and melted down.
Hell, the Boston Police don't even sell or trade-in their own department weapons when they upgrade.
They toss them into the grinder!
More taxpayer money literally thrown away.

[sad2]