City of Gary to pay up to $100 to buy back weapons

[Miketodd]

One of our fearless cronies went down to Indy with a sign advertising he would buy guns. This is the whole thread. https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/the_legislation_of_the_2nd_amendment/223485-gun_buyback.html
Its a good read.

 

[tv1217]

Wow, that's frickin ridiculous.

 

[dansgotguns]

I just got off the phone with him and I said, "If someone were to come to the gun buy back and IF they were to do a legal face to face transaction with someone waiting in line, what would the Gary PD say or do?". His response was "Honestly Mike, I know it is legal to do a face to face transaction, but I wouldn't advise trying to do it. There is the possibility that a lot of stolen guns could show up, and I wouldn't want anyone to get burned.". He said he is not sure what other officers would do, but he is just of the opinion that there is to much of a risk of a law abiding citizen getting a stolen or illegal weapon. I did tell him that if he came across a 1911 ($50) I would give him $100 and I would give him $150 for an AR .

So did he happen to mention if we would be brutally beat or not? Frankly I wouldn't mind if its frowned upon and they don't like it, but anybody that knows GPD knows that they are "above the law" and are on their own agenda.

 

[Miketodd]

He didn't say if HE would beat someone, since he will be at my place. But with them, you never know.

 

[BaseDeltaZero]

Is there an online database to look up stolen firearms on? You could setup a table with laptop and Internet access and check before you buy.

 

[BaseDeltaZero]

I have witnessed LEOs and FBI coming out to the steel mill and dumping firearms, drugs, etc into the pots of molten iron and steel to dispose of them. It is such a waste.

 

[sloughfoot]

How can they "buy back" something that was not owned by them in the first place. Did any of the guns get purchased by an individual from the City of Gary at some point in the past?

The problem I have with these deals is the arrogance shown by the government that they are "buying back" anything.

How about an old car "buy back" program. I could get into that. Oh wait, they did that too.......

 

[Ted]

Wow, that's frickin ridiculous.

I actually witnessed it.

Not only were they ignorant....as well as liars, but the fat cop that walked across the street was beyond rude.

 

[griffin]

Lansing, MI is having a gun buy-back Saturday. A bunch of people are going with signs and cash offering to buy the (good) guns before the police get them.

The mayor wanted to raise $50,000 for this from local businesses. Then he dropped it to $25,000. Then $10,000. I think they ended up with about $8K from someplace. $100 in Meijer cards is the price being paid. We're paying cash.

 

[williamnewman1]

seriously need one of these in bloomington , so i can hang out and pick up old grandpa's evil guns for $100 in cash (im sure people would prefer that over gift cards)

 

[jedi]

Is there an online database to look up stolen firearms on? You could setup a table with laptop and Internet access and check before you buy.

Nope. Only LEOs have access to a database with stolen/used in crime & recoverd by LEO.

BY the gary porgram is
$50 for handgun
$75 fot shotgun
$100 for "assullt rifle"

 

[dansgotguns]

Well ill go and buy if others are, they can't brutalize us all.

 

[Ted]

Well ill go and buy if others are, they can't brutalize us all.

Don't bet on it.

 

[Miketodd]

The biggest problem you will run into in gary is that it is a very high crime area. I am all about going to these and trying to get good deals, but i'm not sure if I would take a chance in gary. Call me chicken or cautious, but it isn't worth the ammount of trouble you might get into if you end up with an illegal weapon.

 

[VN Vet]

I'm sure they would love to give me 50 bucks for a mint Colt Python. They know exactly what they are doing.

 

[BaseDeltaZero]

How do you as a law abiding citizen check to see if a gun is reported stolen?

If there was a quick way to do it, buy the gun and check if it stolen. If it is, walk across the street and sell it to the LEOs for what you have in it.

 

[Jacobm]

Can anyone with a good knowledge of Gary tell me where the farthest south and safest drop off spot would be?

I've got two junk pistols I've been wanting to cut up and throw away for years. These things are off brand hand me downs from my grandfather that are mechanically unsafe and not worth repairing. I'll be taking the cards right to Wal-Mart and buy ammo for an afternoon of shooting fun with my son and grandson.

The gun drop-off locations are: Gary Christian Center, 3673 Broadway; Grace Unity Church of God in Christ, 3435 W. 21st. Ave.; Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 1831 Virginia St.; Victory Overcomers Outreach Ministries, 4400 Delaware St.; Marquette Park United Methodist Church, 215 N. Grand Blvd.; and Beyond 4 Walls Church, 875 S. Lake St.

I know I could look up each location on-line to find the one farthest south but with not being familiar with the area I don't know about the safest.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I've often wondered if standing in the parking lot with a wad of 20s wouldn't get you a great deal.

Just wait until Indianapolis does it again. Indy only offers 50 bucks... you could save some money!

 

[rw496]

3673 Broadway would be my choice. 4400 Delaware is techcnically further south, but Delaware isn't really a main(or nice) street. Get right of I80/94 on Broadway and you are right there.

 

[CTS]

I've got two junk pistols I've been wanting to cut up and throw away for years. These things are off brand hand me downs from my grandfather that are mechanically unsafe and not worth repairing. I'll be taking the cards right to Wal-Mart and buy ammo for an afternoon of shooting fun with my son and grandson.

Heh, that was my very first thought when I heard about this. Find some old broken/worthless guns, get some gift cards, use them to buy a nice rifle or a bunch of ammo. Hell I was up at the Walmart in Plymouth a few days ago and they've started carrying AR's. Good times.