I didn’t know there was a National Black Law Enforcement Executive or that they had a gun buyback program:
Tallahassee, FL – Today 28 guns are out Tallahassee and in the hands of law enforcement.
It was the result of the National Black Law Enforcement Executive’s gun buy-back program.
“We think that if we can get that one gun off the streets that could be used in the commission of a crime or it could hurt someone accidentally, those are the weapons we want to get out of the household and just take custody of,“ said FSU Chief of Police and NOBLE North Florida Chapter President Chief David Perry.
Each handgun was worth a $25 gift card and every shotgun or rifle a $50 gift card. The guns were taken in with no questions asked. Each person that dropped off a gun was granted amnesty and simply thanked for helping get one more firearm off the street.
“We don’t want to have any excuses for people not to get a gun off the streets we want people to get that gun out of a home or out of a situation where it could be used in the wrong way,” said Perry.
“We had two pistols that were my fathers and they’ve been in drawer forever and we have a new small child so they weren’t necessary to be accessible to her anymore, so we’re getting rid of them,” said Jason Adams of Tallahassee.
Each gun taken in will either be destroyed or if stolen returned to its owner.
There will be another buy-back Saturday August 16, at 1:00 p.m. at the Bethel AME Church on West Orange Avenue.
Source: http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Tallahassee-Law-Enforcement-Buys-Back-28-Guns-271480021.html
In Georgia all guns bought or confiscated by the police must be sold at auction to gun dealers. Florida needs a similar law. Chief David Perry should be ashamed of himself, he insults his community when he says “if we can get that one gun off the streets that could be used in the commission of a crime”. Really? What about cops? Sometimes cops commit crimes with guns, should we have a gun buyback or gun confiscation event for cops? Criminals aren’t selling their guns for $25 and $50 UNLESS don’t guns are so old and damaged that they don’t work anymore. You might as well have a tire iron buyback or a baseball bat buyback, because what you’re actually buying is a useless blunt instrument that should be sold to a gunsmith for parts.
As for Jason Adams, have you ever heard of a gun safe? A gun lock? Putting the gun on top of a cabinet? Just because you have a new small child doesn’t mean you have to get rid of your gun. How will you protect your small child when home invaders break in? What if they’re psychos who want to rape you, your wife, and your child? Too bad Jason’s dad never taught him to respect the 2nd Amendment.
Folks, if you have kids, raise them pro-gun before society turns them into anti-gun fools.