ALERT:  Publix & Burdines proving funds for  anti-gun program

Numerous folks from the Miami area are very upset about Publix supermarkets
and Burdines department stores assisting the anti-gun effort and promoting
crime by providing FREE $50 gift certificates for "gun buy-back" programs in
Florida.

These programs incite street thugs to break into homes and gun shops to steal
guns to turn in -- no questions asked -- for free $50 gift certificates.

The program also provides a "no questions asked" means for criminals to get
rid of guns used in crime -- which destroys evidence needed to help solve
crimes.  So-called gun buy back programs promote and encourage gun crime.

If you are a Publix or Burdines customer and would like to express your views
on their participation in anti-gun programs, the addresses and phone numbers
are listed below.

Charlie Jenkins, Publix CEO: 1-800-242-1227

Publix Super Markets
ATTN: Consumer Relations
P.O. Box 407
Lakeland, FL  33802-0407  

and

James M. Zimmerman, Chairman/CEO
Burdines/Federated Department Stores
7 West Seventh Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

(513)579-7000

Great program!  If I wuz a criminal with a few expensive gats I'd be all over dat!  Why pawn them for $300 when you can get $50 in grocery coupons!  

Here in Florida (or at least in my county), guns that are pawned are entered into a database and cross-referenced with LEO stolen gun reports.  

Getting a $50.00 gift certificate for some of the crap I saw on the news report was not a very fair trade for the police.  All I saw were pieces of junk.  There were a few NFA weapons, like sawed-off shotguns, but I wouldn't trust my life with the crap turned in.