Posted: 12/4/2004 9:10:34 AM EDT
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Some mighty fine looking handguns on their way to the smelter   Weapons taken out of firing line Published in the Asbury Park Press 12/04/04 By JANE ZHANG COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU ASBURY PARK -- Watching Det. George Noble clean and process their old weapons, people who voluntarily turned in their guns yesterday had stories to tell. Sometimes, the firearms belonged to family members who had passed away. Sometimes, rifle owners thought they could no longer safely operate or secure them. And sometimes, the constant worry of criminals stealing the weapons or children unintentionally firing them was just too much. "Most people have told us that they feel safer to turn it in to us," said Lt. Peter Short, Monmouth County's supervising firearms instructor. "It also removes the possibility that somebody who's not familiar with the firearms could be harmed by them." The Guns for Cash program, which pays cash to anonymous residents turning in unwanted weapons, purchased 80 guns yesterday from 39 people for a total of $3,500: $25 for rifles and shotguns, $50 for handguns and $100 for assault weapons, Short said. The program will continue today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Asbury Park branch of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, Main and Asbury avenues. Established in 1999, the Guns for Cash program is operated by the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, the Monmouth County Chiefs of Police Association, the Sheriff's Office and the county Prosecutor's Office, Short said. The first event this year, held in October in Red Bank, collected six weapons. The second, held last month Freehold, received 163 weapons from 75 people, said Det. Robert C. Hostrup. The last time the program came to Asbury Park was in 2000, when 116 weapons were collected, he said. At the event yesterday, Sheriff's Officer Benjamin Rivera made sure at the door that the weapons were not loaded. Short also works with colleagues from the prosecutor's office: Det. Noble, who does inventory, and Detectives Hostrup and John Dyott, who keeps records. Three people showed up from 1 to 1:40 p.m. yesterday afternoon, but none wanted to provide a name to a reporter. A Bradley Beach couple turned in a 22-caliber bolt-action rifle that they had owned for 50 years. www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,1132529,00.html |
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I wish one of those would come through here. I'd think DC / MD would do them more often. I've got an old .22LR revolver I've inhereted that I don't deem safe. It's a non-brand name that was probably bought new for less than the $50 they're offering. I'd use the $ for AR parts or ammo!! rvb |
This is America. Now you might get harrassed if you loiter outside the PD, but if you get the word out through advertising, I suspect theres nothing they can do to stop you. With that said, i don't think you'd get much business. The people selling these guns likely know they can get much more money for them by selling them to collectors or dealers. Thats not the point. The people selling their guns are doing so because they don't like guns and they don't want anyone else to have guns either. Because guns are evil. |
I wonder if they shafted the seller by paying them the "rifle" rate instead of the "assault weapon" rate? (IIRC, an M-1 carbine is considered an "AW" in NJ). |
a very sad topic, tells alot of the state of the minds of people in this country, as well as so called leaders.
M1 Carbine is BANNED in NJ, period. I had a thought, do you think the folks running these programs would get pissed if we set up a table in front of the building offering double what the police are offering to buy people's firearms before they turned them in? Shit, $50 handguns and $200 "assault weapons"???? I'd volunteer to man the table! |
| They had a "gun buy-back" in Norfolk years ago and the local gun shop (Bob's Gun & Tackle) scrounged up some old junk that was laying around -guns that were scrap but could still qualify as guns for the buyback. They received a bunch of $25 grocery store gift certificates in return. They then sold the $25 gift certificates to customers dollar for dollar and the cash then was donated to the NRA. Pretty cool. |
So is a SHARPENED STICK! 
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| The police department here in Wilmington, NC was putting on one of those gun buy backs a few years ago. I decided to go out and see what it was all about and what the people were like that were turning in their guns. They were holding the buy back at the national guard armory, of all places and there were a few uniformed sheriffs around. The line had maybe 30 people in it when I arrived. I saw a guy standing in line that I knew so I went up to him to ask why he was getting rid of his guns. He told me his wife was making him do it. What the F*&%, you got to be kidding me!!! Anyway I started telling my friend what was wrong with the buy back program and to look at the people in the line, NO CRIMINALS. Now I was giving my best 2nd amendment speech and informing my friend that many of the guns I was seeing in peoples hands were probably worth more than what the police were going to pay. I was saying all this lowed enough that the whole line could here me. People were starting to look at the guns in their hands and then look up at the entrance to the armory and second guessing their decision to sell. Next thing you know I have a plain clothes police officer grab me by my shoulder and ask me to leave in a direct manner. So I start talking to him about the 2nd amendment in front of all the people. He then tells me I have to leave or he will have me arrested. Finally I start to walk away and he follows talking to me. I asked him about the guns that are collectors items. He says that there is an appraiser in the building and any guns found to have a historical value will be sent to a museum. I have to call BULL$#!% on that. Those cops have nice full gun safes by now. Anyway I left and have been pissed about it ever since. The police have not had a buy back since that day, but I can tell you if I hear about another one I will be there preaching from the side walk as folks come to sell their freedom. |
| I have known several guys that were forced by their wives to give up something that they really liked, like their guns, or get divorced. The only problem is that they ended up getting divorced anyway and the items that they got rid of cannot be replaced. They would have been better off to stand their ground. |