Can I get a "Gun rain check" Please
Grocery offer gets 964 guns
Program runs out of vouchers, but some residents still turn in firearms.
There were more guns collected than vouchers distributed in Summit County's Goods for Guns program, but some people still turned in their unwanted guns.
Nearly 1,000 firearms were collected in the two-day drive.
People were turned away Saturday morning at the two campuses of the Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church after the incentive food vouchers ran out.
The church's east campus at 270 E. Wilbeth Road ran out of vouchers 30 minutes after it opened at 10 a.m. Akron police and Summit County sheriff's deputies collected 534 guns.
The vouchers ran out at 11:30 a.m. at the church's west campus at 1225 Vernon Odom Blvd., where 430 guns were turned in.
''When I arrived at the west campus at 9:30 a.m., there were already 50 people in line,'' said Lt. Charles Brown, community relations commander with the Akron Police Department. ''We couldn't collect them all, but some people still wanted to drop them off just to get the guns out of their house for fear of accidents or the guns being stolen.''
Things were just as busy on Friday, with people lining up at both locations at 9:15 a.m. and no reprieve until the church closed its doors at 6 p.m.
''There was every type of weapon imaginable: handguns, shotguns, even German, Chinese and Japanese weapons,'' Brown
said. ''Some had serial numbers; some didn't. Some were still loaded. People dropped off everything from semiautomatic weapons to assault rifles.''
Brown said some guns had a higher value than the $100 Acme food vouchers, but people dropped them off anyway in exchange for the voucher.
Vouchers were limited to three per person.
''People said they were reluctant at first to turn in their guns because they thought it was a trap and didn't want to get arrested for any possible ties to the guns if authorities connected the gun to a crime,'' Brown said.
That's why the guns were turned in at a church location rather than a police station or the sheriff's office, he said.
He said authorities even reduced the number of officers who were outside directing traffic and brought them inside to help with inventory so no one would feel intimidated. No names were required when people dropped off their weapons.
Guns were brought from as far away as Berea and Rittman.
Program runs out of vouchers, but some residents still turn in firearms.
There were more guns collected than vouchers distributed in Summit County's Goods for Guns program, but some people still turned in their unwanted guns.
Nearly 1,000 firearms were collected in the two-day drive.
People were turned away Saturday morning at the two campuses of the Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church after the incentive food vouchers ran out.
The church's east campus at 270 E. Wilbeth Road ran out of vouchers 30 minutes after it opened at 10 a.m. Akron police and Summit County sheriff's deputies collected 534 guns.
The vouchers ran out at 11:30 a.m. at the church's west campus at 1225 Vernon Odom Blvd., where 430 guns were turned in.
''When I arrived at the west campus at 9:30 a.m., there were already 50 people in line,'' said Lt. Charles Brown, community relations commander with the Akron Police Department. ''We couldn't collect them all, but some people still wanted to drop them off just to get the guns out of their house for fear of accidents or the guns being stolen.''
Things were just as busy on Friday, with people lining up at both locations at 9:15 a.m. and no reprieve until the church closed its doors at 6 p.m.
''There was every type of weapon imaginable: handguns, shotguns, even German, Chinese and Japanese weapons,'' Brown
said. ''Some had serial numbers; some didn't. Some were still loaded. People dropped off everything from semiautomatic weapons to assault rifles.''
Brown said some guns had a higher value than the $100 Acme food vouchers, but people dropped them off anyway in exchange for the voucher.
Vouchers were limited to three per person.
''People said they were reluctant at first to turn in their guns because they thought it was a trap and didn't want to get arrested for any possible ties to the guns if authorities connected the gun to a crime,'' Brown said.
That's why the guns were turned in at a church location rather than a police station or the sheriff's office, he said.
He said authorities even reduced the number of officers who were outside directing traffic and brought them inside to help with inventory so no one would feel intimidated. No names were required when people dropped off their weapons.
Guns were brought from as far away as Berea and Rittman.
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And if any were used in the commission of a crime, the evinced is gone with no questions asked.[}:)] 0 -
I need to host one of these things...just think of the inventory I could get!...even after turning in the stolen/used in a crime weapons.
Thing is...no one here in Idaho would fall for crap like that.0 -
NO QUESTIONS ASKED???? WTH??
A criminal was just handed a get out of jail free card. Murder someone...wipe the weapon clean of prints...turn it in for a voucher and the police have no idea who turned it in.
Go figure...lets not punish the criminals...lets blame the gun and offer to just take them off the bad guys hands.0 -
quote:Originally posted by ECC
I need to host one of these things...just think of the inventory I could get!...even after turning in the stolen/used in a crime weapons.
Thing is...no one here in Idaho would fall for crap like that.
Hope you get my point at hand, How many have of them have been used in unsolved gang crimes? or that have been stolen from honest people.
Its hard for me to put it into words, But it's like saying dump your "Crime weapons here" we will give food and you will be forgiven. I am not saying all are like that, But
[:D] Dump the evidence now steal a new one later.0 -
quote:Originally posted by FrancF
quote:Originally posted by ECC
I need to host one of these things...just think of the inventory I could get!...even after turning in the stolen/used in a crime weapons.
Thing is...no one here in Idaho would fall for crap like that.
Hope you get my point at hand, How many have of them have been used in unsolved gang crimes? or that have been stolen from honest people.
Its hard for me to put it into words, But it's like saying dump your "Crime weapons here" we will give food and you will be forgiven. I am not saying all are like that, But
[:D] Dump the evidence now steal a new one later.
I got you...and you have a very good point!0 -
quote:Originally posted by ECC
quote:Originally posted by FrancF
quote:Originally posted by ECC
I need to host one of these things...just think of the inventory I could get!...even after turning in the stolen/used in a crime weapons.
Thing is...no one here in Idaho would fall for crap like that.
Hope you get my point at hand, How many have of them have been used in unsolved gang crimes? or that have been stolen from honest people.
Its hard for me to put it into words, But it's like saying dump your "Crime weapons here" we will give food and you will be forgiven. I am not saying all are like that, But
[:D] Dump the evidence now steal a new one later.
I got you...and you have a very good point!
Same here- if I had that situation where Granny dumps off a 100% GI issue .45 1911 or 03-A3, M1, etc. with no idea where to take it or to give it to.
>[;)] here is your calling YOU HAVE THE FFL![;)]0 -
They have a web site. Tried to get in their site and ask that they pray for forgiveness and wisdom. Wisdom to not do something that stupid again and forgiveness for passing out get out of jail for free cards to criminals. Seems they have their web site locked up. Appears to be a sect of some sort anyway. Go figure. 0 -
Would be kind of senseless here. I mean, how do you think we get half our groceries? We raise our meat right along with the cattle, call 'em whitetails, or mulies. They don't round up so good, so we need something to harvest them with. My current "grocery voucher" is a Ruger. Bet it goes farther than their voucher. 0 -
First let me say that I have no first hand knowledge of this,but I'd bet that even though they have no ID's on who turned in what they got pictures show them being turned in. If my memory is correct the last time they had one of these turn in deals, a couple of robberies were cleared off the books. They do check the guns for connected crimes.
The only bad part of the turn in, is you know that there are collectable weapons turned in that cant be recovered0 -
Well, sometime when I have a few grand free, perhaps I should advertise locally for a gun "buy back" program. Let's see, for $100 each, I could pick up a couple of Garands, maybe a Parker or two some granny has sitting in a closet, the odd WW II vintage 1911A1, Luger, Mauser or Arisaka- and if I worked it right, could take the costs as a tax write off. I am kidding of course........[:p] 0 -
I wonder if they'll go straight to the melt or would they run the numbers first? Would the stolen guns returned to the rightful owners? I suppose disarming for food stamps makes everyones christmas, Chunika, kuwanzaa (how many "A" in that one). 0 -
quote:Well, sometime when I have a few grand free, perhaps I should advertise locally for a gun "buy back" program. Let's see, for $100 each, I could pick up a couple of Garands, maybe a Parker or two some granny has sitting in a closet, the odd WW II vintage 1911A1, Luger, Mauser or Arisaka- and if I worked it right, could take the costs as a tax write off. I am kidding of course
... of course! [;)][;)][;)]0 -
www.co.summit.oh.us/SHERIFF/contact.htm
Somebody email him and ask when his next Buy Back program is.....
Cuz you want to bring in 100 Lorcin pistols worth about $10 each and trade them in for $10,000 in food vouchers.
Ask him if he has a limit one person can carry in.[}:)]0 -
Yosh- don't know about there, but here in VA the Va State Police must be involved, run numbers, stolens go back to owners. 0
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