Guns for Groceries

[cougartex]

 

[willygene]

you can bet the theft and burglary rate will rise because of it.

 

[zembonez]

This site was started by two people that were raised in Austin.

Even more reason to build the wall!

 

[JSDinTexas]

Austin and the people there have absolutely NOTHING to do with the real Texas

 

[RetArmySgt]

I guess i need to go back up to Austin for a few days with a pocket full of cash and find one of those drop off sites.

 

[Wolfwood]

hmm not a bad idea, crusie the lines and offer cash instead of grocery money. could probably make out liek a bandit.

an impromtu gunshow with people that are pre-lowballed, ripe and ready fro the picking.
best close i can think off "cant buy beer and smokes with grocery coupons!"

 

[West Texas]

maybe some of us West Texas boys need to offer our own "guns for groceries" program...

 

[hellmouth]

i wish i would have known about this sooner, i have a hipoing 9mm that i'd be willing to get rid of. $100 is probably the most i'll get for it if i wanted to sell.

 

[TheDan]

Well just sell it for the $100 then. Don't give it to APD where it'll just be destroyed.

 

[RetArmySgt]

i wish i would have known about this sooner, i have a hipoing 9mm that i'd be willing to get rid of. $100 is probably the most i'll get for it if i wanted to sell.

If you were in Houston i would have a buyer for you.

 

[Burt Gummer]

The organizers considered it a success.
Overwhelming response to gun buyback | KXAN.com

Austin residents elect judges who are very lenient and love to let offenders off with probation or below minimum sentences.
Austin chooses police chiefs from liberal areas because the City Council wants to be "little San Francisco".
Austin residents are a mix of "regular" folks like here on TGT and some out of touch hippies. The problem is that the hippies are louder than the regular folks.
Austin PD is regular folks who follow the liberal department policies set up by the Chief and the City Council/manager.

If it tells you anything, on my shift of 10 officers, 1 of them lives in Austin. Hes a rookie so he does not know any better.We just do not want to live with some of these hippie toolbelts and get taxed to death.

Rest assured, there are some good APD officers out there but we must follow idiotic policy or we lose our jobs.

 

[Army 1911]

Can we hang out in front of wherever this buy-back is occurring, and offer to buy the guns ourselves with cash? There may not only be some sweet deals, but it would really burn the APD's ass as there is nothing they could do about it!

They would hassle you and try to drive you off.

 

[RetArmySgt]

They would hassle you and try to drive you off.

Let them you arent breaking any law that i know of.

 

[TheDan]

lol, ridiculous... I like how the guy they quoted in the article was there to get money for his broken gun.

we must follow idiotic policy or we lose our jobs.

sounds like any other job, lol

 

[cazador1022]

How is the city a safer place now that we gave tax dollars away to buy broken guns? That is plain dumb! i love out dollars getting burned away to give the illusion of safety. Like putting blinders on a horse. Must be a lot of stables in Austin

 

[West Texas]

How is the city a safer place now that we gave tax dollars away to buy broken guns? That is plain dumb! i love out dollars getting burned away to give the illusion of safety. Like putting blinders on a horse. Must be a lot of stables in Austin

More like a bunck of jackasses...

 

[R.Ph. 380]

Some enterprising young man should set up shop just down the street from them, offering 12.00 for BBQ guns, 110 for hand guns and rifles and 250 for "assault" rifles. What say the APD gets swept and someone gets good trade value for the next gunshow?

Bill

 

[R.Ph. 380]

I need a sign on my truck that states I am a "gun buy back program home pick up agent".

May-be a sign in front of the garage. "Drop off location for the Gun Buy Back Program. If box unattended leave business card with firearm."

Bill

 

[Member2]

"Rest assured, there are some good APD officers out there but we must follow idiotic policy or we lose our jobs."

From an old fart.
Take it for what it's worth.
"To thine own self be true"
When you look back on life, you don't want "what you did to keep a job" to haunt you.

 

[Member2]

I have no doubt you'd have some firearms in that box with illegibly-scrawled makeshift business cards containing buy-as-you-go cell phone numbers. Some would be loaded.