About seven years ago a small town in the Valley here had a gun buy back project one day. They weren’t paying cash but rather a $50 gift certificate for sports footwear equipment redeemable at a local sporting goods store. My brother and I slung our AR’s over our shoulders. He had a piece of shit Lorcin and I had a chrome Raven not worth $10 stashed in our pockets.
I’ll never forget Sheriff Joe’s finest from the MCSO watching us with jaws dropped as we approached the table where the transactions were taking place.
When it was our turn to process out we reached into our pockets and plunked down the POS pistols. The sheriffs approached us and asked about the AR’s we told them we were on our way out to target practice and we weren’t trading them. They were visibly pissed being that we were in front of the media. So then they trumped up questions about the cheap pistols concealed on our persons.
Things really went to Hell for them when we both produced our CCW (they had just become available then).
I’ll never forget that day.
The icing on the cake was at the very end of the whole deal when the town manager, news paper weenies, sheriffs and all were gathered around watching the commotion when my brother hollered out “Thanks, but I don't need any tennis shoes now so I’m transferring the store gift certificate to my brother here”
So I replied “Thanks! $50 worth of ammo from (STORE X) was a nice gesture little brother, here have my certificate for the same”
… Oh man if looks could kill. Funny thing, that town has never conducted a buy back program since.