Church Gun Buyback & Disposal

[Dale00]

Quite a gap separated the two groups - one buying back guns to prevent crime and one trying to save the guns from destruction. Its hard to figure out the mentality of the church. I wonder if anyone tried to bridge the gap and understand why the church thought destroying guns would help prevent crime.

The First Presbyterian Church of Dallas on Young street in downtown Dallas hosted its seventh gun buyback program Saturday. But this time, it was met by a pro-gun rally across the street.

Bright placards directed drivers to a parking lot on Young street Saturday, where gun owners trying to get rid of their guns were selling them.

But a few yards away, the church tried to keep the guns off the street permanently.

“I just decided to get rid of it here and help get rid of some of the older guns that people shouldn't be handing around to someone else,” Liz Ryburn said.

DeSoto resident Liz Ryburn was one of the scores of North Texans who came to the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas. She received 50 dollars for her pistol.

“The money is an incentive but more than that is the service to safely be able to dispose of that weapon,” Reverend Bruce Buchanan, associate pastor with First Presbyterian Church said.

Guns collected at Saturday’s buyback program will end up at a local metal recycling plant where they will be grounded up to shavings. That did not sit well with rally members across the street.

“They want to put them in a safe place which they view as crush and destroy," said Collin Baker, president of The Right Group. "I want to get guns out of an unsafe place and put them into a safe place which I view into the hands of responsible gun owners and collectors."

Gun owners like Rachel Young. “I wanted to carry. If there is someone shooting up a mall, I can protect those people,” Young said.

Despite the rally, the church is calling Saturday’s event a success. They collected 109 guns --achieving their highest number ever. Church members have collected more than 600 guns since starting the gun buyback program in 2001.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Dallas-Church-Holds-Gun-Buyback-Program-187609521.html

 

[ripnbst]

Sheesh, in Texas no less. I've never understood why places wouldn't buy guns for $50/ea and then turn around and sell them to legal citizens via an auction with all bidding on every item starting at $50. Seems to me revenue streams passed over but what do I know.

 

[farmerbyron]

Sheesh, in Texas no less. I've never understood why places wouldn't buy guns for $50/ea and then turn around and sell them to legal citizens via an auction with all bidding on every item starting at $50. Seems to me revenue streams passed over but what do I know.

I don't think liberals are really known for their economic prowess.

 

[Mos Eisley]

Hey! Gives me an idea for the uber-liberal town I live in!

Beebe's South Austin Buy Back Program
-$1 for each complete box of ammo
-$5 for 30 round magazines
-$25 for working handguns
-$50 for ARs

*They will all end up in a safe place, I promise.

 

[bigboy4122]

If they will give up their firearms up for $50, they don't need them anyway, or know how to use them. These buy backs will keep a few of the idiots from shooting them selves or someone else. Just remember that the police can protect them. This wont help crime, other than keeping little Johnny from stealing a gun from some unresponsable gun owner, that prob shouldn't have them anyway.

 

[ultimatesooner]

Note to self, buy metal recycling place in dallas

 

[cmhbob]

I have real legal concerns about a 3rd party doing a buyback like that. If i were on the board of a church trying to do that, I'd do everything in my power to get them to stop.

 

[Werewolf]

Seems like a darn good way for a criminal to get rid of a really hot gun. Buh Bye murder weapon.

Selling it to a church who plans on having they thing ground up seems a lot safer and way more sure than than tossing the thing into a river or a dumpster or however else your average criminal disposes of a hot gun.

And the criminal gets $50 for the gun he was gonna toss anyway. ROFLMAO!

 

[Istandalone]

Hey! Gives me an idea for the uber-liberal town I live in!

Beebe's South Austin Buy Back Program
-$1 for each complete box of ammo
-$5 for 30 round magazines
-$25 for working handguns
-$50 for ARs

*They will all end up in a safe place, I promise.

We should start a Church! we might collect a few gems that aren't stolen.
Would definitely have a hidden cam to catch those turning in hot guns.

 

[808racer]

I thought about setting up under a tent with a table and a sign that says "GIFT CARDS FOR GUNS" and giving away $50 Wal-Mart gift cards in exchange for any firearm, no questions asked. Any fool dumb enough to trade me there guns (or grandfathers' guns passed down) doesn't deserve to have them in the first place!