February 26, 2008
A fool and his money
Dave Hardy notes more idiocy in the Bay Area.
Oakland offers $250 per gun. So two gun dealers clean out all their old junkers and turn in 60 guns for a cool $15,000. Followed by a bunch of seniors at an assisted living facility nearby, who probably weren't doing much in the way of robbery or crack dealing.
Same thing happened here some years ago. A certain dealer sent his folks to make the rounds of turn in points (they had a limit per person) and turn his pile of junkers into cash. I took an old and broken single shot shotgun down and turned an unsalable and unrepairable gun into a fistful of money. Gun collectors staked out the locations and if they saw someone with something valuable, offered them more than the turn-in price. Since the folks at the turn in locations didn't know one gun from another, they wound up buying dozens of BB guns at a hefty price.
I wonder if Oakland voters think they got good value for their hard-earned tax dollars. They do realize politicians were using public money, right?
What a waste of money -- and the occasional decent weapon.
Posted by Mike Lief at February 26, 2008 06:25 AM
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Actually I hadn't thought about the efficacy of hanging out in front of the turn-in site with a sign saying "I Buy Guns" around my neck. Think of all the interesting people you would meet. Even in California. Especially in Oakland.
Posted by: The Little Coach at February 26, 2008 09:42 AM