Another succesfull gun buy back day
From the Source:
In total, $19,150 in gift cards were awarded to individuals.
In total, 192 weapons were collected yesterday, September 14.
Among the guns turned in was one assault weapon.
Other guns turned in were 117 pistols, rifles and shotguns and 74 BB or pellet guns.
Some of you will remember when it was discovered that the State Police gun unit had been selling or trading up for other guns to the company that was supposed to be destroying the guns. If I were the reporter, I would have asked the Police, where do the guns go and who verifies they were destroyed? Are any of these weapons tested for a ballistic record before being destroyed? Only one assault rifle. Last year I heard there was a AK 47 turned in. It can't hurt to have these guns out of the homes in this area.
posted by Jim Pillsbury @ 9:11 AM
5 Comments
5 Comments:
I heard they had to stop early because they ran out of giftcards. So what happens to all those guns people were going to turn in but couldn't? Why didn't they take the guns anyway and get them some gift certificate later? Sounds like poor planning on the organizers part. How may gift cards did they give out last year compared to this year?
Looks like most of what the collected was BB guns. Although I support getting guns of the street, not sure turning in a BB gun deserves the same payment as turning on a handgun or rifle. Just seems they could make the money go further if they thought about that.
Any method to get guns off our streets is a good one. I am happy to see Framingham doing this.
I agree on the BB guns... no one is getting killed with BB guns and they don't need a permit to own one.
I agree with Jim. You don't need a permit for the gun, you don't get a gift card for tuning it in. These are old BB guns they bought their kid years ago and now they can get money for turning it in instead of throwing it away, so why not get the gift card? But, should the city be offering them a gift card for a non-permitted gun? I think not.
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