Firearms enthusiasts crash gun buyback to hunt bargains

[Arcadiasix]

A recent gun buyback event in Oregon, aimed at curbing the number of weapons on the street, turned into a planned profit making opportunity for a group of firearms enthusiasts.

The Jan. 17 event was co-sponsored by Central Coast Ceasefire Oregon and the Newport Police Department, who offered gift cards to superstore Fred Meyer in return for guns, no questions asked. A sliding scale meant assault rifles fetched $175 gift cards each, and high capacity magazines were worth $25 credits at the store, which ironically sells firearms.

Second Amendment supporters took to OpenCarry.org’s forum to spread the word about the event, and to plan out their attendance to make maximum profit.

“A $25 gift card for "high capacity magazines - like the ones you can buy for $8?” questioned one forum member.


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/01/24/firearms-enthusiasts-crash-gun-buyback-to-hunt-bargains/

[Arcadiasix]

1. $25 gift cards for $8 to $12 AR mags

PROFIT!!!!!!! I've got some old preban beat up Army surplus mag I could cash in.

[braddy]

2. I would like to get in on this and sell off some of my older stuff.

[Arcadiasix]

3. Me too.

[JonLP24]

4. This was an incredibly stupid decision

take the "gun" out of the equation and ad anything being exchanged higher than market value and people will quickly take advantage of the disparity, I don't know about in Oregon but here we have cash for gift cards stores which would give around 60% at-least for a $25 gift card exchanged for an $8 magazine. I have a feeling it is a hell of a lot more than gun enthusiasts who took advantage of this easy profit opportunity once the word of mouth got around.

Fred Meyer should know better or don't care about the costs involved in the exchange.

[petronius]

9. The 74th Rule of Acquisition: Knowledge equals profit.

</Ferengi moralizing>

[jmowreader]

11. This is off topic here, but...

If a Ferengi must check every acquisition he makes to be sure it abides by the 273 Rules of Acquisition, how does he keep from starving to death?

[Tsiyu]

13. ...

[bluestateguy]

5. gun buybacks are stupid feel good events

Plenty of people will sell off their older or junk guns, and then use the money to buy an advanced assault rifle.

[Neon Gods]

6. Maybe it was a stupid idea or maybe it wasn't

After every event like this the supporters and the police evaluate the firearms turned in against the cost and decide if it was worth it. If not they will either make changes or decide not to do it again. The fact that buyback programs are popular tells me some think the program is useful.

[hunter]

7. It ought to be a requirement the guns and accessories are destroyed.

Any big hammer will do.

[Travis_0004]

8. I would have sold about 20 high capacity magazines.

Then bought 20 brand new ones for half the price, and made about 200.00. Plus I think magpul makes better magazines than the USGI mags I have now.

[Arcadiasix]

10. My thoughts exactly

[Tsiyu]

12. There's a song playing in my head