Thousands queue to hand in guns in Los Angeles

[umbertino]

People exchanged their guns for supermarket gift cards at a buyback event in Los Angeles, USA.

12:03PM GMT 27 Dec 2012

Thousands of people took part in a gun amnesty event in Los Angeles on Wednesday, exchanging their guns for supermarket gift cards.

The annual gun buyback is usually held in May, but Los Angeles brought the event forward in response to the recent shootings of 26 people at a primary school in Connecticut and two firemen in New York state.

The program, which allows guns to be turned in with no questions asked saw handguns, rifles and shotguns exchanged for $100 store gift cards while assault weapons earned owners $200.

There have been 8,000 guns of different types collected since the event was introduced in 2009. Meanwhile the crime rate in the city has decreased by a third.

Source: Reuters

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9767134/Thousands-queue-to-hand-in-guns-in-Los-Angeles.html

[Shabibilicious]

People exchanged their guns for supermarket gift cards at a buyback event in Los Angeles, USA.

12:03PM GMT 27 Dec 2012

Thousands of people took part in a gun amnesty event in Los Angeles on Wednesday, exchanging their guns for supermarket gift cards.

The annual gun buyback is usually held in May, but Los Angeles brought the event forward in response to the recent shootings of 26 people at a primary school in Connecticut and two firemen in New York state.

The program, which allows guns to be turned in with no questions asked saw handguns, rifles and shotguns exchanged for $100 store gift cards while assault weapons earned owners $200.

There have been 8,000 guns of different types collected since the event was introduced in 2009. Meanwhile the crime rate in the city has decreased by a third.

Source: Reuters

http://www.telegraph...os-Angeles.html

As soon as the frozen food and beer coolers start running low.......the crime rate will shoot right back up.

GO RV, then BV

[dog53]

Yep most of the weapons collected are stolen and the perps are getting paid for it. Then they will go out and steal more and use them in crimes or just stash them away till the next round of freebies comes in and the whole cycle starts over again. Is a legal gun owner going to hand over a $1000 AR for a few loves of bread. Yeah right.

[one2one]

L.A. is the very place where a person needs personal protection

[sxsess]

Idiots can turn in all there guns. Smart people would never do that in a million years! Liberalism run amuck. Pathetic.

[desimo]

I would go on record as being to take the evil guns off of the hands of anyone who desires to rid their homes of their influences. All you do is pay shipping and I would gladly take them off your hands for free. I would not charge for this service.

[tommy17]

Idiots can turn in all there guns. Smart people would never do that in a million years! Liberalism run amuck. Pathetic.

Well said bro

These are the kind of people who would bring a plastic spoon to a knife fight.

[Sentinel7]

They are just giving up guns that no longer function ( broken firing pins missing clips and ect. )

They are making room for the more modern more powerful weapons that are coming back across the border

You know the ones from Fast and Furious.

No Surrender No Retreat and No Compromise.