Gun Buybacks After Newtown: It's a Race to Schedule Them

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http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2012/12/gun-buybacks-after-newtown-its-race-schedule-them/4245/



Bob Seligman of San Diego is a retired 22-year veteran of the U.S. Navy. He believes that guns can be dangerous but only in the wrong hands. He’s willing to admit that he’s not sure what the solution is to gun violence in America.

Still, like hundreds of other San Diego County residents, he lined up on a clear, bright Friday morning to hand his weapons over to San Diego County Sheriff’s officials.

Seligman could be the poster boy for record-setting gun buybacks that have sprung up across the country since the December 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The rifle and 20-gauge shotgun he turned in Friday morning had been in his collection for years. He wasn’t using them anymore and he didn’t plan to. If he was going to get something out of it – those who forfeited weapons received gifts cards – why not turn them in?

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department sees dozens of people like Seligman each year during its annual gun buyback. This year, they came with a total of more than 360 hunting rifles, shotguns, antique weapons they’d forgotten they had, and in some cases, automatic weapons like the two Uzi-style handguns and TEC-9 that were turned in Friday before 10 a.m.

[vaberella]

1. Thanks so much for the post.

I'm so glad there are Americans taking this seriously. Even if they are not sure what is the best answer...they will do something in order to help the situation and doing this is one. This is awesome. I wonder if they have this in NYC. I have to give in my dad's.

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3. NYC has buy back programs for years. Call 311 for info. nt

[vaberella]

5. Thanks. We've been trying to figure out what to do with it since he passed on.

thanks again. I appreciate this information.

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2. I think most Americans with gun don't really care if they give them up.

It's the "gun collectors" who have to have their little arsenal to protect themselves from the government (especially with a Black man in charge).

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4. They are going to have to pay better rates if they want to make a serious dent in the numbers

Sometimes enterprising FFLs will offer more that the buy backs and people are taking them instead.

If the government was forcing the turn in, they would have to pay replacement prices.