"Getting guns off our streets"

Heh.

If I hear Feinstein use that tired old shibboleth again, I'll just have to puke my guts out.

I've been taking my dogs for walks on "our streets" for more years than I can remember.

I've never found a gun. No, not even once.

But, as a good citizen, I have always removed the "Feinsteins" my dogs have deposited.

Doesn't matter what they take in as long as they have numbers they've got their propaganda points.

...You're right, Tom. Gun control is all about, well, guns. It's not about crime, just the physical guns. And selling junk to goofy's is all about our disrespect and ridicule of guncontrol theatre and the phoniness of it. I keep 5 hulks that will never shoot in waiting. Should I get the opportunity, I'll trade 'em in and let everyone know how I fooled them and what dunces they be. I got $50 for something less dangerous than a broken toaster.

There was a "get guns off the street" exercise here in Denver awhile back. I had an old 7mm Mauser that was useless. I turned it in and got tickets to the Broncos, Nuggets, and Avalanche. I sold those for enough money to get a pistol and shotgun. I can hardly wait until they do it again, as another 2-for-1 may turn into a 6-for-3 or 8-for-4

In 2007, there was one of several gun buybacks in Chicago. The premium was $100 apiece. An Illinois State Rifle Association member got organized and took enough guns to the Windy City to take in something like two grand (I forget the exact number). He went from intake point to intake point "selling" a handful of clunkers at each one.
His tales of the uniformed Chicago Police officers working the intakes were humorous as well.
Enough money was taken back downstate to fund a juniors shooting program that lives on today.
Unfortunately, that was the last of the big-buck buybacks and the junker in my safe sits waiting for another.
Since then, the best they've been offering is fifty bucks. Pikers.

Why don't they try a "Turn in a fellow criminal" Day? What would the premiums for that be...?

On,another thing. How 'bout those wooden guns with the duct tape on them in Colorado? Would they buy them?

yeah, I get that Dave. In fact I applauded the chicago effort, and there was a link to the forum discussing it.

Was just feeling cynical. I would rather see folks buying the guns off the widows and idiots for that price then seeing $ guns get trashed.

Maybe when they start pushing "fairness" our message will get out to the ignorant masses.

I have 2 junkers in the closet for the sole purpose of taking to one of these "new gun" subsidy programs.