Comments on: Gun buybacks are an incentive for criminals http://brillianter.com/2008/12/gun-buybacks-are-an-incentive-for-criminals/ Like your ideas, only brilliant...er Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:46:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Pete http://brillianter.com/2008/12/gun-buybacks-are-an-incentive-for-criminals/comment-page-1/#comment-3738 Pete Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:21:13 +0000 http://brillianter.com/?p=519#comment-3738 We had a similar program locally. Top of the list was a live Surface to Air Missle. The guy claimed that he had some shady dealings with some out-of-towners who owed him several thousand dollars. They gave him the SAM instead. I can't believe he accepted possession pretty sure he was facing some hefty fines and jail time. Would have been nice to investigate that one. We had a similar program locally. Top of the list was a live Surface to Air Missle. The guy claimed that he had some shady dealings with some out-of-towners who owed him several thousand dollars. They gave him the SAM instead. I can't believe he accepted possession pretty sure he was facing some hefty fines and jail time. Would have been nice to investigate that one.

]]> By: Pete http://brillianter.com/2008/12/gun-buybacks-are-an-incentive-for-criminals/comment-page-1/#comment-3723 Pete Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:21:13 +0000 http://brillianter.com/?p=519#comment-3723 We had a similar program locally. Top of the list was a live Surface to Air Missle. The guy claimed that he had some shady dealings with some out-of-towners who owed him several thousand dollars. They gave him the SAM instead. I can't believe he accepted possession pretty sure he was facing some hefty fines and jail time. Would have been nice to investigate that one. We had a similar program locally. Top of the list was a live Surface to Air Missle. The guy claimed that he had some shady dealings with some out-of-towners who owed him several thousand dollars. They gave him the SAM instead. I can't believe he accepted possession pretty sure he was facing some hefty fines and jail time. Would have been nice to investigate that one.

]]> By: DirtCrashr http://brillianter.com/2008/12/gun-buybacks-are-an-incentive-for-criminals/comment-page-1/#comment-384 DirtCrashr Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:12:56 +0000 http://brillianter.com/?p=519#comment-384 How much can I get for a road-flare with a bit of fuse stuck in one end? How much can I get for a road-flare with a bit of fuse stuck in one end?

]]> By: Ride Fast http://brillianter.com/2008/12/gun-buybacks-are-an-incentive-for-criminals/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Ride Fast Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:39:52 +0000 http://brillianter.com/?p=519#comment-381 [...] Dummy money [...] [...] Dummy money [...]

]]> By: Ride Fast http://brillianter.com/2008/12/gun-buybacks-are-an-incentive-for-criminals/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Ride Fast Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:34:45 +0000 http://brillianter.com/?p=519#comment-380 A $1000 for inert grenades? I know I have two around here someplace. One is empty (paper weight) and the other is a RPG training round (window stay). I also have two dummy artillery training shells (door stops). Those must be worth $2000 each. Hell, for a $1000 I'm willing to start manufacturing them. A $1000 for inert grenades? I know I have two around here someplace. One is empty (paper weight) and the other is a RPG training round (window stay). I also have two dummy artillery training shells (door stops). Those must be worth $2000 each.

Hell, for a $1000 I’m willing to start manufacturing them.

]]> By: GunPundit » Blog Archive » Maybe if the city wasn’t fencing stolen property for greater than market value http://brillianter.com/2008/12/gun-buybacks-are-an-incentive-for-criminals/comment-page-1/#comment-344 GunPundit » Blog Archive » Maybe if the city wasn’t fencing stolen property for greater than market value Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:35:51 +0000 http://brillianter.com/?p=519#comment-344 [...] …there wouldn’t be so much demand for stolen firearms. Creating an incentive for criminals to steal guns, use them in crimes, and then dispose of the evidence at a profit is just stupid. [...] [...] …there wouldn’t be so much demand for stolen firearms. Creating an incentive for criminals to steal guns, use them in crimes, and then dispose of the evidence at a profit is just stupid. [...]

]]> By: MostlyGenius http://brillianter.com/2008/12/gun-buybacks-are-an-incentive-for-criminals/comment-page-1/#comment-334 MostlyGenius Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:40:02 +0000 http://brillianter.com/?p=519#comment-334 If you can get $1000 for crayon pictures of guns I am going to adopt. I don't believe that the "grenades" were any sort of anti-personnel weapons. And if they were it's not like they were coming from any sort of legal source. I am mostly disturbed by the "...and two grenades, here's your gift card..." or "How many gift cards do you get for a tanker-truck full of sarin gas?" aspect of it. If you can get $1000 for crayon pictures of guns I am going to adopt.

I don’t believe that the “grenades” were any sort of anti-personnel weapons. And if they were it’s not like they were coming from any sort of legal source. I am mostly disturbed by the “…and two grenades, here’s your gift card…” or “How many gift cards do you get for a tanker-truck full of sarin gas?” aspect of it.

]]> By: Words Twice http://brillianter.com/2008/12/gun-buybacks-are-an-incentive-for-criminals/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Words Twice Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:16:04 +0000 http://brillianter.com/?p=519#comment-330 "Grenades? Doesn’t somebody want to track down the source of those?" They do mention it rather casually, don't they? You would think there would be a news story about them calling EOD to dispose of the alleged grenades. The whole point in mentioning them is to reinforce the notion that dangerous military grade weapons are being "taken off the streets". I am willing to bet that those are dummy grenades, the type you see in novelty shops. In this day and age, when the average person can't tell the difference between a bullet and a cartridge or a rifle versus a machine gun, it's no surprise that anything even resembling a weapon is being turned in. I fully expect to hear about them turning in a child's crayon drawing of a gun, eventually. “Grenades? Doesn’t somebody want to track down the source of those?”

They do mention it rather casually, don’t they? You would think there would be a news story about them calling EOD to dispose of the alleged grenades. The whole point in mentioning them is to reinforce the notion that dangerous military grade weapons are being “taken off the streets”.

I am willing to bet that those are dummy grenades, the type you see in novelty shops. In this day and age, when the average person can’t tell the difference between a bullet and a cartridge or a rifle versus a machine gun, it’s no surprise that anything even resembling a weapon is being turned in. I fully expect to hear about them turning in a child’s crayon drawing of a gun, eventually.

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