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Mrs JSRIII and I were getting ready to leave for the annual Halloween party last night when the phone rang. It was a robo call from the local police department announcing that there was to be a gun buy back program held in town on Saturday with no questions asked. They asked that the guns be unloaded and in a bag or case and that the donor would receive a gift card in exchange.

My question is, Do you think the cops would get PO'd if I set up at the opening to the driveway with a card table and a sign that said $$$$$ for guns here!!!"? :confused:
 
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JSR III said:
Mrs JSRIII and I were getting ready to leave for the annual Halloween party last night when the phone rang. It was a robo call from the local police department announcing that there was to be a gun buy back program held in town on Saturday with no questions asked. They asked that the guns be unloaded and in a bag or case and that the donor would receive a gift card in exchange.



My question is, Do you think the cops would get PO'd if I set up at the opening to the driveway with a card table and a sign that said $$$$$ for guns here!!!"? :confused:
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As we say down here, "I admire your spirit, but it ain't gonna happen." I would love for you to do that! Maybe if you move up the street a few blocks. Or in front of the mall.
 
I love it. Set up out of your car so you're not "obstructing the sidewalk" or some such. Frame a copy of your FFL if you have one. And make sure you don't get robbed for the guns or the money you'll be bringing as payment. Bring friends, lots of friends. Armed. Rifles. Or SBR's. Or some of those Sig 223 pistols. I see I'm setting off topic a bit, sorry... but I love the idea...
 
In KC, Mo. several years back, some guys set up a table in the parking lot of where the buy back was taking place & bought, with a good bill of sale, every good firearm that came through... If the seller refused to give a bill of sale or if it wasn't worth fixing... they let the police buy it. It was & still remains legal to do it here in Missouri.. as long as you intend to keep the guns bought in your collection... but if you say you are buying them to sell or trade... you just admitted that you are in business & need an FFL.

The BATF stopped a private auction here (last year)of several hundred modern guns... because the individual admitted buying several guns in the months before the sale just so he could put them in the sale... I do not know if he ever got any or all of his guns back yet.
 
As a post on the internet it's a nice joke. In real life, I would not want to do anything that provocative. LEOs have enough to deal with already.
These cash for guns, no questions asked programs are pretty much just political window dressing. I'm sure they accomplish little or nothing to prevent crime and may even cause crimes, with ne'er do well grandkids sneaking into granny's closet and making off with dear departed grampy's WWII Luger or the like. Hey, they can get $25 no questions asked!
 
As mentioned, besides being seen as provocative and drawing the attention of law enforcement to yourself and your involvement with guns (even if that particular set-up might not be illegal), the biggest concern would be the questionable legal background of a lot of the guns that get turned in at those events. They advertise these buy-backs as "no questions asked" for a good reason. You don't want to end up with a bunch of stolen guns.
 
I did a stunt like that inside the Policestation :p

An older woman came in with a Husqvarna m96 to the police and wanted it scrapped.
Here husband had died and she wanted nothing to do with his guns
(an old rubbish .22 rifle and a Belgian scrap shotgun beside the m96)
I told the woman that she could get money for the m96, she said "You want it? It's yours"
Thank you very much, i filed for the license right there and then.
The clerc had no problem with the deal :D
 
I've been waiting for one. I've got a nickel Iver Johnson .32 top break that's missing a lot of nickel and shoots about 30% of the lead along side the barrel instead of inside the barrel. A 1905 "Saturday Night Special".
 
In Tennessee, anti-gun kook police chiefs and mayors can still have gun buybacks, but our boys in Nashville put a crimp in their style as far as destroying them.

Prior to the disposal of any firearm that has been forfeited or abandoned to the state or a political subdivision of the state, the agency with custody or possession of the firearm must use best efforts to determine if the firearm has been lost by or stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained from an innocent owner, and if so, must return the firearm to the owner, if ascertainable, unless that person is ineligible to possess, receive, or purchase a firearm under state or federal law.

With certain exceptions, the agency must dispose of any such firearms it receives by sale at public auction to persons licensed as firearms collectors, dealers, importers, or manufacturers who are authorized to receive such firearms under the terms of such license. The auctions may occur online on a rolling basis or at live events, but in no event may an auction occur less frequently than once every six months during any time the agency has an inventory of saleable firearms.

 
ChattanoogaPhil said:
In Tennessee, anti-gun kook police chiefs and mayors can still have gun buybacks, but our boys in Nashville put a crimp in their style as far as destroying them.

Prior to the disposal of any firearm that has been forfeited or abandoned to the state or a political subdivision of the state, the agency with custody or possession of the firearm must use best efforts to determine if the firearm has been lost by or stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained from an innocent owner, and if so, must return the firearm to the owner, if ascertainable, unless that person is ineligible to possess, receive, or purchase a firearm under state or federal law.

With certain exceptions, the agency must dispose of any such firearms it receives by sale at public auction to persons licensed as firearms collectors, dealers, importers, or manufacturers who are authorized to receive such firearms under the terms of such license. The auctions may occur online on a rolling basis or at live events, but in no event may an auction occur less frequently than once every six months during any time the agency has an inventory of saleable firearms.
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Its great to live in a free state!

Since the NY "Safe Act" was passed and all gun sales have to go through a FFL its totally illegal here. I heard stories that before the "Safe Act" they had plain clothes cops scattered around trying to catch people trying to buy the guns for more money from the people going to surrender them for peanuts!

Mostly they get garbage guns but I have seen some serious collector items go to the blast furnace. :mad:
 
A couple groups I know of have accumulated "junk" firearms, and wait for the buy backs in the up state area, (Downstate IL doesn't do such foolish things). The one time I heard they had around 100 junk guns and got $50 each and took the money and bought new rifles for their club for youth training program.
 
Go to the house next door!

JSR III said:
Mrs JSRIII and I were getting ready to leave for the annual Halloween party last night when the phone rang. It was a robo call from the local police department announcing that there was to be a gun buy back program held in town on Saturday with no questions asked. They asked that the guns be unloaded and in a bag or case and that the donor would receive a gift card in exchange.

My question is, Do you think the cops would get PO'd if I set up at the opening to the driveway with a card table and a sign that said $$$$$ for guns here!!!"? :confused:
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Go to the house next door and "rent" a spot from them for your card table and sign and buy them there before they go in the police buy back...Friend of mine did it a few years back...he got some very nice guns!
 
Let me just state for the record that the above was posted in jest. Besides if I were willing to bring down the possible wrath of the local PD and possibly have them decide to search my home for things like proper storage and record keeping etc. (even though everything is ship shape) I would not want to intentionally run that risk.

Besides, the sign would have to say $$$$$$$ for your S&W guns. :D
 
She at, just set up a table near the front door. You don't need an FFL to buy guns from a private party (at least in my state). It's not like you are going to buy a huge pile of them, and if anyone asks, just say they are for your private collection, and that you will not be re-selling them. I'm sure the majority of the guns are clunkers. Pick out the few good ones that pass by and send the rest to the "buy-backers".

Win-win situation, as I see it.
 
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The last buy back I was at in San Jose, there were only two decent guns brought in. One man brought in his grandfather's Colt New Service. His grandfather was a Canadian Mountie, and this was his issued revolver. It was in almost perfect condition with all the correct markings and included the original holster. We tried to convince him that the gun was very valuable and that he could get a lot of money from a collector. He said he wanted the gun destroyed. He did not want some gang member buying the gun and killing people on the street. How do you deal with someone who is paranoid and delusional?

The second man brought in a pre-17 K-22 Masterpiece from the 1950s. With the original box, wrapping paper, documents, tools, etc. He was the original buyer, had only fired it a few times, and hadn't fired it since about 1960. I told him that he could get a lot more from a collector and I would help him sell it. He listened to me. We put the gun on Gunbroker, and it sold. A collector was very happy with his new gun, and the elderly man was very happy with the money he got. It was a lot more than a $125 gift certificate from Target. See, sometimes a story does have a happy ending.
 
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