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In response to "There would be a way, if they really wanted to do this." by Kim Pine

I posted a couple of days ago that I wanted to get rid of the guns we have. I called police in two jurisdictions, the ATF and the State police.

Posted by TWuG Dec 21 '12, 09:09

None of them wanted the guns and the only advice I got was to find a gunsmith who might be willing to destroy them if I asked nicely, but probably not.

How fucked up is it that four different law enforcement agencies at 3 different levels of government have no mechanism in place for taking guns out of the system from people willingly giving them up?

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can you post this to the Consumerist? or the govt/gun related equivalent? -- nm - Beaker Dec 21, 09:23 8
- I'm thinking of turning it into a letter to the president, honestly. -- nm - TWuG Dec 21, 09:25 7
  - You should do your best to turn it viral. -- nm - Strongbad Dec 21, 09:27 6
    - The issue I'm having, and ST can confirm, is that I am NOT a good face for this argument. - TWuG Dec 21, 09:31 5
      - Seriously, you are ass-ugly. :P -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 21, 09:31 4
        
        I make up for it with charm. :-) -- nm - TWuG Dec 21, 09:32 3
        
        debateable. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 09:32 2
        
        Is there even a debate? -- nm - Roger More Dec 21, 09:33 1
        
        this is ST, we can debate the shit out of anything. -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 09:34
Makes you wonder what they do with seized guns. Some jurisdictions melt them down. -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 21, 09:15 1
- at lot sell them at auctions...note some of these guns have collector value -- nm - 4droidz a texting Dec 21, 13:55
They'll want them if you turn them into evidence. -- nm - Max Dec 21, 09:14 3
- I spoke to Evidence. "no room, sorry." -- nm - TWuG Dec 21, 09:15 2
  - Not "turn them in to"; "turn them into." -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 21, 09:16 1
    - I think I'll avoid the "use them criminally" scenario for now, thanks. :-) -- nm - TWuG Dec 21, 09:17
yeah, and you think getting unwilling owner's guns if going to happen? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 09:11
Drop it in the salvation army bucket -- nm - oblique Dec 21, 09:11
that's a mess. -- nm - Andie Dec 21, 09:10
Oh, wow. That's crazy. - Kim Pine Dec 21, 09:09 16
- The ATF agent I spoke with had, in 20+ years, never taken a call like mine, so I can see it maybe not being - TWuG Dec 21, 09:13 15
  - you can not sell them to a local gun shop? nm -- nm - groiny Dec 21, 09:18 14
    - Sure, if I wanted to put them back into circulation. I want them destroyed. -- nm - TWuG Dec 21, 09:23 13
      - curious why you think it makes a difference? -- nm - znufrii Dec 21, 09:25 11
        
        Becuse a person wanting less guns will want them destroyed, not sold to someone else? - Will Hunting Dec 21, 09:29
        
        Because 300,000,000 less 3 is smaller than 300,000,000. -- nm - TWuG Dec 21, 09:27 4
        
        *manufactures 3 more guns to make up the difference* - Smith & Wesson Dec 21, 09:29 1
        
        The Unicorns are gonna be so sad that you stopped believing in them. - musubi Dec 21, 09:39
        
        And .99999999... = 1 -- nm - mara christmas, movie house! Dec 21, 09:29 1
        
        Switch doors! (nm) - musubi Dec 21, 09:31
        
        This is perhaps the dumbest question you've ever asked. - musubi Dec 21, 09:27 4
        
        it's a question of substitutability - znufrii Dec 21, 09:31 3
        
        This is like saying "my vote won't matter". It's nonsense. - musubi Dec 21, 09:38
        
        This like saying "one vote doesn't make a difference". It never does, but it doesn't mean no-one should vote. -- nm - Roger More Dec 21, 09:34
        
        Sure, but it won't be one that I once owned, will it? -- nm - TWuG Dec 21, 09:33
      - Get a hacksaw. - Dr.Vermin Dec 21, 09:25

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