Gun-buying enthusiasts crash firearms 'turn-in' event at Memorial Coliseum

[HiredHand]

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/08/gun-buying_enthusiasts_crash_f.html

Excerpt from the article:


Portland police officers assisted with paperwork and processing the guns turned in to the foundation. Central Precinct Sgt. Tim Sessions said the police did not have a problem with the buyers on the sidewalk.

"They have a right to buy guns," Sessions said. "That's in the Constitution. So that doesn't bother me a bit."

Sessions dismissed the possibility that the sidewalk buyers would then sell to "undesirables. That's not the case. These people know what they're doing, They know the laws. They know they'd lose that right if they did sell to the undesirables."

Equally unlikely, said Sessions, who assisted the foundation with its guns buyback for nine years, is the notion that gang members would be among those turning in guns.

"They really would like to see the gangs turn in the guns," Sessions said. "And I tell them, 'Keep wishing that.' But it's not going to happen."

Gang members, first of all, want to hold onto their guns because "a gun means power. And two, they see us, the police, and they say 'We don't want to be caught with a gun.'"

 

[AKguy1985]

nothing wrong with a private FTF transaction between individuals.

 

[JB Books]

That would be so awesome! Imagine getting a Luger or Colt for $100 or Winchester model 71 or model 42?

 

[hipshot]

That would be so awesome! Imagine getting a Luger or Colt for $100 or Winchester model 71 or model 42?

Hell Ya ! We should organize an OSA buy back program, Go up to north Tulsa and set up a tent on the corner of cincinnati and 46th st. north !!!
No telling what we would get into??

 

[tntrex]

Hell Ya ! We should organize an OSA buy back program, Go up to north Tulsa and set up a tent on the corner of cincinnati and 46th st. north !!!
No telling what we would get into??

Just don't invite the armslist sellers, we can't afford thier prices.

 

[Shadowrider]

Bruce Cook, among buyers standing on the periphery of a firearms "turn in" at Memorial Coliseum, purchased this wood-handled Colt revolver for $100. The barrel script shows it was once police gun.

It was a Colt Official Police .38!

 

[JB Books]

It was a Colt Official Police .38!

Ha ha ha ha. That guy may have no business buying guns.

 

[been]

That would be so awesome! Imagine getting a Luger or Colt for $100 or Winchester model 71 or model 42?

A model 42 for $100 would be awesome!