Seattle gun buyback

zach1990 · January 16, 2013

A reformed islamist?

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^ this

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DoMDrty · January 17, 2013

what type of person has an RPG sitting around in the first place, then gives it to the state to melt down

that person probably bought it only to chicken out and not use it. dont blame him/her. can you imagine the amount of effort lawenforcement would put into trying to find the person that fired an RPG?

tanked_darren · January 17, 2013

that person probably bought it only to chicken out and not use it. dont blame him/her. can you imagine the amount of effort lawenforcement would put into trying to find the person that fired an RPG?

I wonder if there has ever been a RPG fired in a city in North America, you'd think that would make news for sure hahaha

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Matte454 · January 18, 2013

I may be opposing the majority here but I don't think the target audience of these is people who want or need their guns. Probably just old ladies who have them lying around, who don't have anybody to give them to. Now if it were forced then my opinion would be different. Also I don't think it's taxpayer funding, it said the gift cards were donated By amazon.com wich is funny cuz they sell rifle parts and ammo online.

MikeNH · January 18, 2013

I may be opposing the majority here but I don't think the target audience of these is people who want or need their guns. Probably just old ladies who have them lying around, who don't have anybody to give them to. Now if it were forced then my opinion would be different. Also I don't think it's taxpayer funding, it said the gift cards were donated By amazon.com wich is funny cuz they sell rifle parts and ammo online.

I don't know that all buybacks are donation-funded. And you are likely right that few criminals will give up the tools of their trade so it has zero impact on crime reduction.

Squirrely · January 18, 2013

From the Mayor letter....

Seattle and King County to launch gun buyback program

On Tuesday, Mayor McGinn, King County Executive Dow Constantine, Seattle Police Deputy Chief Nick Metz, Dr. David Fleming of Public Health – Seattle & King County, Renee Hopkins of the Seattle Police Foundation, and Reverend Aaron Williams of Seattle’s Mount Zion Baptist Church announced a new Gun Safety Initiative, including a gun buyback program. Former Seattle mayors Greg Nickels, Norm Rice, Charles Royer and Wes Uhlman are serving as co-chairs of the program. Within a few hours, donations surpassed the $100,000 goal.

The countywide gun buyback initiative will provide a monetary incentive to individuals who turn in firearms, while engaging our communities toward a common goal of reducing gun violence. The first gun buyback will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2013, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, in downtown Seattle in the parking lot underneath Interstate 5 between Cherry and James Streets.

“This gun buyback program can help us protect public health and safety and reduce gun violence in our communities,” said McGinn. “We will continue working with the police department and other organizations and agencies on a broad range of solutions to the epidemic of gun violence. I want to thank all the sponsors who are making this program possible.”

brantjs · January 19, 2013

I wish they would run one around me. I have a broke down westernfield pump shotgun that is so broke that it isn't even worth trying to fix, and was a super cheap in even when it was new. Virginia passed a law a year or two ago that forces law enforcement to sell the guns to dealers for resale as long as the gun is physically legal to own. I don't think they have run a buy back program since then. Most of that is because of reduced budgets, and the rest is because they've pretty much proven to themselves that it does noting to affect crime.

j-ten-ner · January 19, 2013

http://www.kuow.org/...uyback-20-years

Quote:

'A 1992 gun buyback in Seattle netted 1,172 guns. But a study two years later found the buyback had not led to a significant decrease in gun violence. Still, at a news conference at Mount Zion Baptist Church today, King County Executive Dow Constantine dismissed criticism of the effectiveness of gun buybacks. "We’re talking about a $100,000 program that, if it prevents one shooting, will easily pay for itself," Constantine said. "So I reject the cynicism saying this is not a universal solution, that this doesn’t get to the fundamental problem of the unlimited supply of guns. It gets to the problem [that] a particular gun can accidentally or intentionally be used to kill someone. And that’s good." '

I think it is a good start.

so long

j-ten-ner

Squirrely · January 21, 2013

Quote:

I think it is a good start.

so long

j-ten-ner

So it's the idea that if even one life was saved then it was successful. I'd like to see where the one life was saved because of a ban or buyback. From my side I always read how these things save lives but I see no numbers. Empirical data goes a long way. McGinn doesn't have any.... so it's just speculatory. I would hate to live my life base on fear mongering and speculation.

Again, if we are trying to save children then why do we produce objects that can be choking hazards or allow homes with children to have lethal chemicals? I'm guessing that you pick guns as your crusade because you see no practical purpose for them? And I'm not talking just semi autos but all guns, correct?

Do you have any firearms experience or knowledge? I'm just curious where all this stems from.

BlackZ71Silverado · January 21, 2013

^^^^

Stems from far left liberal anti-gun belief due to brainwashing!

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j-ten-ner · January 22, 2013

Do you have any firearms experience or knowledge?

I was in the army.

so long

j-ten-ner

Squirrely · January 27, 2013

From KOMO news

"Most of the weapons turned in Saturday were rifles - although some were old or no longer operational"

hahahahahaha

I feel safer already.

Linky: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Hundreds-turn-out-for-Seattles-first-gun-buy-back-in-20-years-188491771.html?tab=video&c=y

Squirrely · January 27, 2013

The whole idea was to get weapons off the streets...

I didn't know thugs were into old rifles. Ha! You should see the pics of what they got. This is so damn ridiculous that I don't even know what to say.

Way to go McGinn. Way to get muzzle loaders and broken revolvers off the street.

kstruckcountry · January 27, 2013

LOL "these two rifles".... those were shotguns dumbass. Stupid newspeople.

Love to have a "streetsweeper" though, would be awesome for shooting clays

tanked_darren · January 28, 2013

Lol a surface to air launcher that was already fired got turned in.

Man this is just a way for criminals to turn in stolen weapons and smart people to turn in broken weapons. No one with a brain would turn in a weapon worth more than the certificate.

Just a waste of money really, and a source of amusement hearing about unique weapons like launchers coming in. LOL

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