SoCalDep
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Stolen guns are returned to the owner.
I think this guy lost on the deal...
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Stolen guns are returned to the owner.
nicky4968
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Somewhere there is a busted up, not worth anything to a collector, Fanner Fifty from my youth. As I recall, it will still make a cap go "bang". Maybe these guys can't tell the difference.
tom turner
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In the attached link above to the LA Times story, photo #3 on their site tells it all. These are NOT real AR-15 weapons!
It is quite obvious!
It is quite obvious!
sigarms229
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awesome pic!
Wheelgunner840
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My favorite "feel good" line that they always use is. "Well, at least that's another 5300 (or whatever number) guns that are off the street!" The reality is that it is X amount of unusable pieces of crap taken out of circulation. I would venture to guess that 99.9% of the guns turned in are guns that were owned legally. I know gunsmiths who just throw together worn out parts with a cracked or otherwise useless frame and get $50 a pop for them whenever one of these ridiculous buy-backs comes around.
It's all about how it is presented to the public. If the idiots are made to feel that this charade makes the public safer, they have accomplished their goal.
WG840
It's all about how it is presented to the public. If the idiots are made to feel that this charade makes the public safer, they have accomplished their goal.
WG840
"How would you like to be the officer collecting weapons at a buy-back? From folks who have no idea of safe gun handling, and don't even know if it's loaded?"
The UN police in Kosovo did that. They also registered hunting guns.
Yeah, it was scary at times, like the day the old guy came to the police station with a hand grenade wrapped up in a rag.
The UN police in Kosovo did that. They also registered hunting guns.
Yeah, it was scary at times, like the day the old guy came to the police station with a hand grenade wrapped up in a rag.
J. Galt
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Unfortunately, that depends on the area. In mine stolen guns are destroyed without the owner ever being notified.
westcoast362
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Those are obviously POS guns, and broken POS guns at that.
johornp228
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The sad part is they do not test the guns to see if they where used in a crime. This means that muder case with no gun found = someone may go free. This should be a crime. I do not fault all of the LASD just the people who have come up with this dumb idea.
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sipowicz
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In the attached link above to the LA Times story, photo #3 on their site tells it all. These are NOT real AR-15 weapons!
It is quite obvious!
Got this from a Sgt. friend..
OK. Here is what they are .22 long rifle caliber AR-15 clones. They resemble the "Armi Jager Loano Italy Model AP74" Notice the large knob above the lower receiver where it mates to the upper receiver. You can also see how one of the magazines has a cut out on it.
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Maybe not real ARs, but I'm sure they suffice to meet the media defintion of 'assault rifle'.
It doesn't matter what their actual capabilities are, as long as they make a good photo op.
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It doesn't matter what their actual capabilities are, as long as they make a good photo op.
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jag312
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When there was a gun buy-back in Oakland, California in February, 2008, the Oakland PD set out a bunch of high quality S&Ws, Colts, Berettas, Sigs, etc for the press to photograph before the buy-back started. The pictures of these guns showed up on TV as the guns that were turned in. The reality was that they spent over a quarter million dollars and all they really got was a big pile of junk guns. The whole thing was a big joke, and I went laughing all the way to the bank with $1,500 in cold hard cash from turning in junk.
Well, I'll certainly sleep better tonight knowing that all these guns are now "off the street."
