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Did you ask anybody you bought the guns from why they were brining them in? Just curious. Simple. They're trying to reduce gun violence by getting crime guns off the street. Everyone knows the MAS-36 is the preferred weapon of drug dealers everywhere. My God, don't you realize it's a weapon of war, designed for killing as many people as possible, and has no place in the hands of civilians. |
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City collects 194 weapons at first gun buyback event
They lined up in bitter cold outside the Santa Fe police headquarters on Camino Entrada at 8:20 a.m. Saturday — grandmothers with rifles, young men and women with handguns, and hunters with muzzleloaders. All were there to take the city up on an anonymous, no-questions-asked gun buyback offer. Also, there was a crew from the Japanese-owned Nippon Television Network Corp., who flew to Santa Fe after missing a similar buyback event in Los Angeles. The police opened the doors 20 minutes before the official 9 a.m. start time. By 10:30 a.m., all of the $12,500 in prepaid Visa cards set aside for the first of three buyback events had been used up. But people continued to show up because the event was scheduled until midafternoon. They were told they could give up their anonymity and guns in exchange for picking up the payment next week. “If the buybacks continue like this, I’ll have to ask the City Council for more money,” said Santa Fe Police Chief Ray Rael. By the end of the day, police had bought back 194 weapons. Six were assault weapons, including a couple of AK-47-type rifles and an SKS rifle. Some people with guns to sell never made it through the doors at the police headquarters. Gun buyers outside the building offered some of them a little more cash than the city for their guns. Those deals were legal, according to Rael, but he didn’t like them. One group, whose members declined to give their names, had a table set up with a banner that read “Protect the Second Amendment.” They said they were offering $50 or more over the price the city paid for some weapons. They, too, ran out of cash by 10:30 a.m. “We just don’t think the city should use taxpayer dollars to do this. It’s a waste,” one of the men said. “And we hate to see some of the historical guns melted down.” Want to see the true face of the enemy? Here it is: “I think it is a wonderful program,” said Robert Napier, a Marine who brought in a 1931 Spanish-made Oviedo rifle to sell to the city.
“I have other guns at home. I’ve never fired this one,” said Napier, who said his uncle gave him the rifle. “This seemed like a good way to get rid of it safely.” Hoenig and others at the gun buyback event said they think there needs to be reasonable limits on the types of guns people own. “People don’t need 30-round clips,” said Hoenig, who has friends who own machine guns. Napier agrees. A former National Rifle Association member, he supports concealed carry and the right of people to own guns, but “assault weapons do not belong in public hands,” he said. “For the general public, guns with high-capacity clips should be banned.” City Councilor Patti Bushee has proposed a ban on “large-capacity ammunition feeding devices” within the city limits. Her proposal would cap clips, magazines, drums or belts to 10 rounds. Napier thinks New Mexico should cap it further, at three rounds. He said Georgia used to have such a limit, and he still owns guns that have the extra chambers plugged. A check of Georgia state gun laws showed no such limit on the number of rounds. California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York and Washington, D.C., all limit the sale of magazines to a capacity of 10 rounds. Entire article here: |
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no stg 44??? too bad  Unfortunately no. But there was one short barreled 870 a guy tried to sell me for $150. I passed and suggested he get his $100 visa card from the police for it before they change their mind. the last buyback they had in Austin showed ALOT of sawed off shotties; you did good not touching that one. to take it to another level, you should auction off the really collectable guns & start a fund to keep doing the same thing next time; also, save some of the .22's so you can start taking kids shooting,,,,,just sayin',,,, 
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no stg 44??? too bad Unfortunately no. But there was one short barreled 870 a guy tried to sell me for $150. I passed and suggested he get his $100 visa card from the police for it before they change their mind. the last buyback they had in Austin showed ALOT of sawed off shotties; you did good not touching that one. to take it to another level, you should auction off the really collectable guns & start a fund to keep doing the same thing next time; also, save some of the .22's so you can start taking kids shooting,,,,,just sayin',,,, Depending on the condition of the rest of the gun, you could always pop the barrel off in 30 seconds and toss it away. Buy the remaining receiver, assuming it's in good or better shape. |
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Someone needs to whack Mr Napier about the head a la NCIS to loosen up his brain. He's got a really bad case of the "stupids". NM law forbids any locality from enacting any Firearm ordnance not in alignment with State law. Legislative session begins soon, and will be interesting to see . NM has been traditionally a very good place with regard to 2nd Amendment rights - Vermont, Arizona, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming seem to be the other states that meet or exceed the freedoms we enjoy here. But the demographics have slowly changed over the years as more and more East and West coast people have moved here. Some embrace the Freedom, some are appalled by it. And it's been upsetting to see local and state politicians jump on the "lip-service" "gotta do SOMETHING NOW!" train. For now, guns, cash and ammo are flying back and forth furiously here. Face to face private transactions have no restrictions here, except to follow the laws regarding residency and age, or knowingly transferring to a prohibited person. All that, and we have "Red or Green"! |
| Cool, good on you OP! I've said 100 times that I should be out there offering people twice what the police are offering. The latest one I saw in the news was only offering ppl $50 per gun, and some of the shit I saw in those pics were north of $1000!!!!!! Give the sellers a better deal, and keep Americans armed! |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Now the question for the second buy back February 9th. The city attorney stated they would require a vendor license of anyone buying guns outside the next buy back. The way I see it that makes you a business and requires a FFL. Please tell me I am wrong here. Hopefully he was just blowing smoke trying to discourage for the next one. how can he require a vendors license? Yeah - most cities have "peddlers ordinances," but they typically apply to people attempting to sell merchandise, not buy it. My city has a "no solicitation" ordinance. You can't offer to sell/buy goods/services without a permit. And the city doesn't issue permits. Some shady looking guy came to my house, offering to sell me some "roof inspection services". He didn't even have a ladder. I called the local po-po, and they informed us of the "no solicitation" ordinance. |
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Now the question for the second buy back February 9th. The city attorney stated they would require a vendor license of anyone buying guns outside the next buy back. The way I see it that makes you a business and requires a FFL. Please tell me I am wrong here. Hopefully he was just blowing smoke trying to discourage for the next one. Time to consult with and bring along your own local gun rights attorney. |
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Someone needs to whack Mr Napier about the head a la NCIS to loosen up his brain. He's got a really bad case of the "stupids". Methinks Mr. Napier was a plant and a fake. Clip? 3 round limit? Marine? I doubt it. Dont assume military service equals any kind of real knowledge of firearms and their specifics and certainly not be pro gun. There was a interview up the other day from a retired army general that doesnt think any of us should have AR's. |
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He posted what looked like 100 paragraphs of nonsense. Suicide by mod? Weird. There was another thread earlier today where he did the same thing. Looked like some sort of spam-bot generated of some sort, but I've never seen something that huge posted to a forum. Just via email after the person's account got hijacked. Truly odd. ETA: OP, your buy-back program was brilliant. Not sure how the local po-po didn't get their panties in a bunch over it and try to stop you. At any rate, nice haul. 
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Would've been better if you found an AT-4 like in California. 
Great job though. For cities like Chicago.... I'm thinking perhaps it would be best if you held a sign directing people somewhere. Everyone considering buying firearms is likely avoiding lib/left areas because of the potential trouble, BUT if you actually do manage to get out there to those places, I'm sure you could make a killing. The reward seems to dwarf the risk here. Whats the worst that happens, police get mad at you and ask you to leave? I suppose that depends on your actions after they tell you to pack it up. I'd imagine you'd end up getting to spend the night at their place for "disturbing the peace" or "obstructing a public thoroughfare" or some such nonsense. |
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