Chicago gun "buyback" this weekend

The impression I got from the article was that the police weren't so much upset with what the sellers did with the money, but rather with the fact that since most (all?) of the turned-in guns were non-functional, they would likely have never been used in an act of violence in the first place. The police may as well have paid $6000 to get 100 toy or prop guns off the street.

Of course, when people come up with these gun buyback programs, they envision the local residents gladly emptying their houses of all firearms in exchange for shiny gift cards or other "prizes". But when almost any functional firearm is worth at least $100 at a pawn shop or in the classifieds, that's a pretty short-sighted goal. Frankly, I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.
 
Interesting quote -

Chicago's gun turn-in program, dubbed "Don't Kill a Dream, Save a Life," was implemented with the goal of removing dangerous weapons from the street. The program claims on its website that a "gun in the home is more likely to be used in a homicide, suicide or unintentional shooting than in self-defense." The initiative cites alarming statistics on its website to bolster its argument -- such as the claim that "States with the highest levels of gun ownership have 114 percent higher firearm homicide rates and 60 percent higher homicide rates than states with the lowest gun ownership."
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Wow, total BS. Not sure what current statistics are, but back when I was researching this kind of information (pre-2000) California was always leading the murder rate and had the largest number of deaths by shooting. Chicago's murder rate ridiculously high today despite all their gun control measures.

The other part they fail to mention is that the buyback program usually gets a bunch of junk in. No one is going to turn in a functioning gun for $100 unless they got it for close to that to begin with. Anyone carrying an illegal weapon can probably get more than that on the street. The whole thing is stupid.

If anything, the group "taking advantage" may have put some tax dollars to good use.
 
History repeats it self and gun antis never learn.

I think it was Baltimore that did a similar program in the 70s. They offered a buyback program. If memory serves, it was $50.00 a gun. A number of dealers emptied their parts bins of all their old clunkers. One dealer even purchased cheap guns and resold them to the city above retail price.

I think it was a waste of money for a city which is deeply in debt. But it also served a really great purpose.
 
We had one of these in Atlanta in the late 1990's. It made the news, and nobody in the footage looked like a repentant gang member.

In fact, the majority of sellers were elderly, and most of the guns looked fairly rough. The worst part? The guns were stored in a truck, which was parked in a lot secured only with a padlock. It got burglarized the following night, and many of the guns were out on the street.
 
wonder if the gift cards are only valid in the police gift shop:)

I had a police errand the same day as a gun amnesti thing here, scary to say the least, people waving guns around, saw some intresting stuff to say the least (bear in mind i am in Sweden)

clearly saw a ww2 type bar

swedish mausers galore

very old double rifle (prolly worth tons of money)


the modern guns I saw were probably replicas or airsoft but not easy to tell from a distance
 
I thought I saw it all, then I see the user name of BRYCO COLLECTOR

Perhaps due to their low survival rate, they will be collector's items someday.

Do you have any pics of your collection to share? I suppose some Brycos are rarer than others.
 
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