Why the blurry?

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A little while ago one of the do-gooder groups had a gun buy back.

The camera was panning the table showing off how many of the awful guns they got off the street and soon to be destroyed:eek:. I did see some rather nice long guns (mostly hunting types) and a hodge-podge of other guns. Some where junk quality and some were rather nice new stuff.

I only got a quick look but saw a nice S&W revolver and it had a blurry over part of the gun to cover its manufacture. I watch the news all the time and that is the first time I saw anything like that blurry used. Note it happened fast and I did not see exactly what model it was, but it had one of those fancy ribs on it (Possibly a 686PC)
 
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Either that particular news organization doesn't promote gun brands or they used their Bigfoot lens.

Oh their well know for their view on guns. I have seen many of those buybacks on the tube, but this is the first time I saw anything on the table blurred out. Admittedly I only got a quick look but I think the blur was only used on this one gun. Possibly some sort of a test!
 
Many of the stations feel they are doing good by blurring the bad things of the world so the snowflakes are not triggered by what they have just witnessed on their screens.
However, they will go into overtime showing standoffs, car chases and natural disasters where people may have been killed or be in real danger.
 
Typical feature of "gun buy-back" events is a no questions asked policy. The guns are not checked against stolen property reports, the sellers are not required to identify themselves, no ballistics exams to compare to open crime investigations. Just turn it over and pick up your cash or gift cards. Donors pick up the tab for the event (or tax dollars are funneled into the program), pure "feel good" exercise for everyone involved.
 
I know of a couple groups that always accumulate every rusty junk gun possible in the $5 to $10 range, and when one of these buy backs happen cash out and make quite a bit which is then used to buy new guns and ammo for their youth shooting program.
 
Maybe the gun had a sticker on it with some sort of racial, religious, political or otherwise offensive statement or slur on it..
 
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