Guns for gifts...

[monk3y]

*Link*

Gun toters surrender weapons for gifts

Sunday, December 25, 2005; Posted: 8:15 a.m. EST (13:15 GMT)

COMPTON, California (AP) -- "Big Daddy" Willis came to Compton to turn an illegal homemade pistol into Christmas dinner.

Charlene Watt planned to turn three shotguns into a plasma TV.

The two were among dozens of gun-toting residents who converged on a shopping center parking lot Saturday to anonymously swap firearms for gift certificates as part of a program aimed at reducing violence in this crime-plagued city.

Each was rewarded with a $100 gift card for Circuit City or the Ralphs supermarket chain, the program's co-sponsors.

In a line that snaked across a parking lot, participants from across Los Angeles County carried guns in cardboard boxes, plastic grocery bags and fancy leather cases.

 

[Pliablemoose]

If I lived in Compton, I would never give up my gun🙁

Isn't Compton the town "The Shield" is loosly based on?

Home to:
the Compton Barrio Tortilla Flats
Compton Barrio 70's
Compton Barrio Largo 36
Compton Barrio Alondra
Crips
Bloods

Go SC LA😛

Originally posted by: monk3y

Charlene Watt planned to turn three shotguns into a plasma TV.

She's gonna turn $300 in gift cards into a plasma TV? LOL

 

[StevenYoo]

whoa, that's an interesting idea!

too bad us new yorkers don't have nearly as many guns

 

[classy]

I like those types programs. It gets a few illegal guns off the streets. A $100 is small price to pay to avoid a possible crime or accident being committed.

 

[Nick5324]

A friend of mine got a gun for Christmas/Graduation last year. His dad got him this

The thing weighs a ton.

Disclaimer: I realize the OP was about trading in guns, but I thought of this when I saw "guns for gifts".

 

[Cooler]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
If I lived in Compton, I would never give up my gun🙁

Isn't Compton the town "The Shield" is loosly based on?

Home to:
the Compton Barrio Tortilla Flats
Compton Barrio 70's
Compton Barrio Largo 36
Compton Barrio Alondra
Crips
Bloods

Go SC LA😛

Originally posted by: monk3y

Charlene Watt planned to turn three shotguns into a plasma TV.

She's gonna turn $300 in gift cards into a plasma TV? LOL

5 inch one.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

this should be filed under hot deals.
1) buy a raven 25 for $50 dollars
2)trade in for $100 gift certificate
3) ebay gift certificate for $90
4) make $40
5) repeat to hearts content.

 

[Trikat]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos
this should be filed under hot deals.
1) buy a raven 25 for $50 dollars
2)trade in for $100 gift certificate
3) ebay gift certificate for $90
4) make $40
5) repeat to hearts content.

You can even sell it on the AN:FS/T forums and boost heat instead of eBay ratings. 🙂

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
If I lived in Compton, I would never give up my gun🙁

QFT