Memphis' guns-for-gas giveaway sparks debate

[SecularMotion]

Since the early 1990s, thousands of guns have been swapped or traded for everything from food and gas to concert and sports tickets in Memphis and other cities.

But both gun rights and gun control advocates say they believe the swaps do little to change a city's crime rate.

"If you look at the crime rate before and after, there's hardly even a blip. The numbers stay the same," said Dave Workman, senior editor for theGunMag.com published by the Second Amendment Foundation in Bellevue, Wash.

Memphis and its sponsorship partners will have a gun swap Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Bloomfield Baptist Church, 123 S. Parkway West. A person can turn in an unlimited number of guns for a maximum $150 in gas cards and two free tickets to a preseason for $150 in gas cards and two free tickets to a preseason Grizzlies game.

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/sep/12/memphis-guns-for-gas-giveaway-sparks-debate/

[Missycim]

1. Hey lookie

its google dump day.

[SecularMotion]

2. Please don't disrupt threads

If you have a problem with the OP, please use the alert function and stop disrupting threads

[Missycim]

3. No I will comment if I see fit

if you don't like it you can alert on me

[oneshooter]

19. You are right!! It is circulars dump day!!!

[rl6214]

26. Seems like every day is suckulars dump day

[Remmah2]

6. Considering it's a post with out initial comments it certainly qualifies as a Google dump.

The first response labeled it accordingly. When OP's are made without any type of comment it's subject to interpretation.

[SecularMotion]

8. Please refer to post #2

Thanks for the kick

[rrneck]

7. We're not going to do your job for you.

If you want the thread to stay on topic, give us something of substance to discuss beyond a "Google edict".

[SecularMotion]

9. Please refer to post #2

Thanks for the kick

[Simo 1939_1940]

10. No - thank you for the content-free posting.

It reminds lurkers that you've got NOTHIN.

[rrneck]

17. Please refer to post #7.

If you want to approach the issue like a bargain hunter at Wall Mart that's your business.

Every kick gives us a reason to see how helpless consumer oriented ideology is.

You're welcome.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

11. Please do not post Google dumps

[SecularMotion]

12. Please refer to post #2

Thanks for the kick

[ProgressiveProfessor]

18. Please refer to post #7

[rl6214]

25. If you have a reason for posting a thread, then you should say why

if you don't comment in the OP, then you are just trolling.

[petronius]

4. I'd be utterly gobsmacked if these programs had any sort of general benefit, but

firearms ownership should be an individual choice and if someone is unable or unwilling to safely keep one then I'm fine with whatever disposal avenue they choose. My biggest objection to these events is that (although most guns are likely junk) some people might be encouraged by economic need to turn in something of real value, not knowing any better. I'd have more respect for the organizers if they had an appraiser on hand and gave a fair return, no matter what they ultimately did with the guns...

[Remmah2]

5. It might be a last resort for firearms gun stores don't want to buy.

Especially when programs are inclusive of non-working items.

[petronius]

16. That's a way to look at it, too - an opportunity for those stuck with junk, instead of

a possible pitfall for the unwary...

[rDigital]

13. I see Google Golem has been busy this morning. nt

[SecularMotion]

14. Hi stalker

[Remmah2]

23. Please stay on topic, see post #2.

[gejohnston]

15. If my parents left some junky

Jennings or Clerke in the sock drawer for 40 years until I inherited it, I would dump it for $150 worth of gas or food. Not politics or social statement, just good business.

[Trunk Monkey]

21. Go back and read the article

The most you can get is $150.00, you probably have to turn in 10 guns to get that

[ileus]

20. Unlimited guns for limited cards.....hummm.

wonder what kind of idiots they really hope to pray upon with a "deal" like that?

[Trunk Monkey]

22. I remember reading a post on THR quite some time back

about a gun "buyback" in California(?) that was offering $100.00 per turned in gun. Apparently a THR member who owned a gun shop unloaded his entire supply of $80.00 Jimenez arms pistols on them and ran them out of money.

I have no way to validate the story but it would have been fun to watch

[4th law of robotics]

24. I'm so glad we're spending that money on a program that is proven to fail

while we undercut social services, education, and mental health care.

That is a brilliant plan that will surely eliminate crime.

[MercutioATC]

27. News Flash: Criminals Don't Trade Their Guns For Gas Cards

If the guns being turned in have sat in people's attics for decades, it's probably not going to have a huge effect on crime rates...