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Related: About this forumChurches buying back guns for $50 to keep them off the streets; worth it 'if one life is saved'
Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church and other churches in the Northwest Huntsville area are doing their bit to help reduce gun crime by offering gun owners $50 for their weapons, Al.com reports.
The money to buy the guns back has been raised by members of Union Chapel and other donations.
The promise of $50 was obviously a good enough reason for some to part with their guns as the campaign has already yielded a crop.
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/churches.buying.back.guns.for.50.to.keep.them.off.the.streets.worth.it.if.one.life.is.saved.says.pastor/38653.htm
cbayer
(146,218 posts)Congratulations to them. I hope others follow their lead.
pinto
(106,886 posts)We not only get support from the County, City and Public Health Department but from some local religious groups, as well. A "full service" operation. One to one exchange with other sterile supplies and we pay participants $10 for HIV and/or HCV testing. And we hand out chocolates! (Chocolate blunts opiate craving - the idea being to help folks buy time to get to a safe place before dosing. Plus it's a nice one-on-one gesture.)
Anyway, it's been real satisfying to see some faith based groups "get" the public health and harm reduction aspects of our program. They have no on-site presence nor would we allow that. But their background support is unconditional.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)worked with curio/relic collector/preservation societies for increased funding.
Most of the weapons being turned in are crap, and great to melt down, but there are always a few historical pieces that end up turned in as well.
Htom Sirveaux
(1,242 posts)"too useless to actually be involved in crime"? I would hope that they require the weapons be in working order, at the very least.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)But 'crap' in the sense of worth very little/no historical value, maybe broken, maybe working, but just generally worthless.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)that might be worth something.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)There's some very strange looking firearms that are worth a surprising amount.
(Also need to make sure no class III weapons are kept, because ahahaha 10 years in jail, 100,000$ fine, etc.)
Leontius
(2,270 posts)The cops told her they would take it but she should really take it to a collector or dealer since it was quite rare and valuable.
frylock
(34,825 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)Wayne County, which encompasses all of Detroit, held a compensated gun confiscation program this past weekend, offering $50 in grocery gift cards for operational firearms. Rick Ector, owner of Rick's Firearm Academy, and other Second Amendment advocates held a counter protest, offering better compensation and providing information on legal gun sales. Ector discusses the success of the event. Originally aired on NRA News Cam & Co. 5/20/13.
http://www.nranews.com/a1f/video/michigan-group-holds-protest-to-counter-gun-buyback/list/state-legislation-michigan
frylock
(34,825 posts)It's all over but the signing, now that the Arizona House has passed a bill that makes it illegal for municipalities to melt down guns obtained through voluntary buy-back programs. The Senate will no doubt pass the bill, and Gov. Jan Brewer certainly isn't going to show a backbone to the NRA.
The state House voted Thursday to slam the door on gun buyback programseven when the owners specifically ask that their weapons be destroyed. Rep. Brenda Barton, R-Payson, said HB 2455 simply clarifies existing laws which requires governments to sell any weapons that have been seized. The law also covers "found property,'' which is defined as anything recovered, lost or abandoned that is not needed as evidence. Arizona Tribune
The Republican lawmaker did not expect what happened next: Not only did Kozachick receive threatening emails and phone calls, but Todd Rathner, an Arizona lobbyist and NRA board member, threatened to sue if the weapons were melted down (they were). Rathner cited a section of the Arizona Constitution [ARS 12-945] that requires police departments to resell weapons they obtain. The language was originally intended for guns seized from criminals or in the course of normal police work, but the NRA saw an opening and exploited it.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/12/1193597/-Arizona-to-end-gun-buy-back-programs-that-destroy-weapons#
pinto
(106,886 posts)Reflective of a broad divide, definitely. But not a basis to judge the Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church's program.
frylock
(34,825 posts)with the express purpose of destroying the aforementioned guns? because the precious guns are like babies to them. it's like the PD is aborting the babies errr guns.