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Boston officials launch gun buyback program

By Suzanne Smalley, Globe Staff

City and police officials and community leaders announced this morning that a gun buyback program is restarting in Boston.

They announced that about $40,000 has been raised for the program, under which people who turn in guns will be given $200 in Target gift cards.

Officials are opting for gift cards instead of cash because criminologists have found that in previous buyback programs, some people used the buyback money to purchase newer guns.

The turned-in guns will be traced to try to connect them to crimes, officials said, but no identification will be required of people who hand in guns, and they will not be charged with possession.

The buyback program is the latest effort to cut gun violence in the city. It reprises a city effort that from 1993 through 1996 collected 2,800 guns by offering $50 cash for each weapon.
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Over at mAss Backwards, I ask:

So, suppose I were set up a table outside the police station on the day of the gun buyback, with a stack of FA-10 forms and a sign that reads:

Are you the legal owner of the gun you're turning in today?

Think it might be worth more than $200?

Let me make you an offer.
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Do you think the city, in the interest of doing what's best "for the children", would applaud my efforts at making this gun buyback more attractive to some folks who might want to rid their homes of unwanted firearms that might otherwise be stumbled upon by curious youngsters?

Yeah...me neither.
 
They don't have money to hire more LEO's, but they have money to give away to felons turning in firearms...
 
Boy do I have a bunch of crap.....er.....deadly firearms in my safe that I would like to turn in for $200 each. 2 Marlin 60's, a Glenfield, worse than a Marlin, at least three shotguns, one a pump....very deadly...should get $400 for that.

Is this handguns only? Do we know yet?
 
Wouldn't that be funny......all the legals get rid of the old useless junk that doesn't work for $200.00 a pop......

Anyway,, the thugs will go get the $200.00 ticket and buy something for $50.00 get $150.00 cash back and then they'll go buy the newer guns like the criminolists (spelling??) mentioned....
 
Sorry guys...

...but, as usual, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is:

Boston Gun Buyback Offers $200 To Target

The city will accept rifles and shotguns in addition to handguns, though no gift certificates will be handed out.
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Guess I'll have to update my sign accordingly:

Are you the legal owner of the gun you're turning in today?

Think it might be worth more than $200?

Handguns: Let me make you an offer.

Working rifles and shotguns: $20 CASH!
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daceman63 said:
Wouldn't that be funny......all the legals get rid of the old useless junk that doesn't work for $200.00 a pop......
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Looks like they wised up to that trick...

PROCEDURE
1. Gun must be delivered unloaded.

2. Gun must be put in a clear plastic bag,
and put into another container (gym
bag, backpack etc.).

3. If depositing ammunition in addition
to a gun, ammunition must be
delivered in a separate bag.

4. If transporting the gun by car, gun
must be transported in the trunk of
the car.

5. After the gun is screened by officers,
and determined to be a working
firearm, a gift card will be given.

6. Rifles and Shotguns will be accepted,
however no incentive will be issued.
 
Looks like I should try to order a case of new $50 Lorcens, a dozen would make me for an easy $1800 "profit"...

Oh but they only want working pistols...there goes that idea[wink]
 
Are there any statistics out there on the types of guns turned in, condition, etc and if any were actually used in a crime? I hear anecdotal stories all the time from these things but have never seen any real data.
 
Oddly enough the store name... Target!
On a side note what pains me is the little old lady who hears the words Target Gift Card and grabs her husbands old bring back Luger from WW2 to turn it in for peanuts comapred to what its worth. [crying]
 
I wonder if the people who possess these weapons, with no license, & transport them in their cars to turn them in, would get in trouble for transporting illegally. [rolleyes]

Too bad they're giving away gift cards to Target. If they were giving away Four Seasons gift cards, I'd clean out some old stuff & upgrade.
 
Ya, I can see the line of homeboys turning in their "two fivers, gats, blams," and whatever else for a $200 gift card for a set of new bed linens.

I think you'd be better off offering 25 cents on the dollar for the cards so they can have the fast cash for their next fix.
 
K-DUB, read MGLs for the exemption:

MGL C 140 S 129C (c)
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/140-129c.htm

MGL C 140 S 131O
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/140-131o.htm

If you are turning in guns to a buyback or surrendering them to a PD, you are exempt from needing a permit or other restrictions on transporting to the buyback/turn-in location. From reading the law, there also has to be a CMR with a more detailed procedure for this, but granny and gangsta are both exempt from the anti-gun laws as they bring their guns to the PD to turn them in.
 
Way to raise the floor of the gun market in the area, Menino. I keep thinking that when my next promotion materializes I'll buy a .22 pistol. Now I'll have little chance of buying a plinker for under $200 until the buyback ends.

Massachusetts: we tax you, and then use your tax money to raise your cost of living.
 
I wish I could remember which day the paper was from, but there was an article in the Globe with a pic of some of the guns they picked up. There was one revolver that had a homemade grip affixed by a long nail and something that looked like tennis racket grip tape all over it.


Now THAT was a carry piece... [laugh]
 
if i lived down there id head down to Sprawl*Mart and grab a bunch of NEF shotguns then sell the gift cards on Ebay(anti gun). you could easily double your money
 
LenS said:
K-DUB, read MGLs for the exemption:

MGL C 140 S 129C (c)
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/140-129c.htm

MGL C 140 S 131O
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/140-131o.htm

If you are turning in guns to a buyback or surrendering them to a PD, you are exempt from needing a permit or other restrictions on transporting to the buyback/turn-in location. From reading the law, there also has to be a CMR with a more detailed procedure for this, but granny and gangsta are both exempt from the anti-gun laws as they bring their guns to the PD to turn them in.
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That's just lovely. [rolleyes] God forbid I should forget my license one day & get caught with my range bag in the trunk, but the gang bangers get the royal treatment from Menin-YO.
 
Quick aggregate of police logs from the C-11 district of Dorchester:
5/14/06 - 5/21/06, courtesy of the Dorchester Reporter
(the numbers mean: # number of incidents reported/# of arrests)

I expect that after this gun buyback finishes up, the fat city fathers will be proven to have taken our money and spent it wisely because the following crimes will no longer be registered in the police logs:
Assault & Battery D/W - Gun: 2/0
Ballistics Evidence/Found: 3/0
Firearm/Weapon - Violation: 3/1
Robbery - Firearm - street: 4/1

On the other hand, we should expect these crimes to continue ticking along at their normal rates:
Assault & Battery: 17/4
Assault & Battery D/W - Knife: 2/1
Assault & Battery D/W - Other: 7/2
Assault & Battery On Police Officer: 1/1
Robbery - Knife - Street: 1/0
Robbery - Unarmed - Miscellaneous: 4/1
Threats to do Bodily Harm: 6/0

I feel safer already.

Notice how people try to kill each other with knives and bats and whatever heavy objects they have on hand ("Other") about 5 times as often as they use guns.
No homicides this week. Move to Dot, it's paradise.
 
LoginName said:
Looks like they wised up to that trick...

PROCEDURE
1. Gun must be delivered unloaded.

2. Gun must be put in a clear plastic bag,
and put into another container (gym
bag, backpack etc.).

3. If depositing ammunition in addition
to a gun, ammunition must be
delivered in a separate bag.

4. If transporting the gun by car, gun
must be transported in the trunk of
the car.

5. After the gun is screened by officers,
and determined to be a working
firearm, a gift card will be given.

6. Rifles and Shotguns will be accepted,
however no incentive will be issued.
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So they wouldn't give me a gift card if I brought in a working AK47? Just handguns?
 
Jeremiah said:
Way to raise the floor of the gun market in the area, Menino. I keep thinking that when my next promotion materializes I'll buy a .22 pistol. Now I'll have little chance of buying a plinker for under $200 until the buyback ends.
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It would still be bad regardless of Dweeb-nino, because of the AG's
harsh regs. Unless its on the roster, or "papered" there are a lot of MA
dealers who simply wont even touch grampas old handguns, and the few
that do end up selling them out of state. And the problem in MA is
granny (or some other unlicensed individual) cannot sell a gun, even to a
licensed individual, without invoking an FFL. (Someone can correct me
if im wrong..... I've heard of people that bought guns from unlicensed
individuals, and even transferred them on FA-10s, (leaving the "sellers" LTC
info blank, cause it dont exist) but my understanding is that such a
transaction is illegal..... yes? Which leads me to... at that point, who
is breaking the law, the buyer, the seller, or both?).

-Mike
 
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