Whoa, you're using common sense and if you don't all ready know it, let me explain it to you. The people running our government for the most part know nothing and could care a less about any firearm ever manufactured. They believe that guns kill people, they see firearms as evil and those who own them as "sick". Am I getting through to you?I am a little confused on this, couldn't we sell them at auction and make a whole lot more money then paying to have them melted down and making rebar?
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One mans trash is another mans treasure. I bought an old Baker 16 gauge, the blueing was worn off, the stock scuffed, scratched and beat all to heck and I'll never shoot it, but it was what I wanted. It sits in my safe wrapped up in a sock and every once in a while I'll just take it out to look at it. I also bought a Colt Cobra that some fool was selling, it was full of hair line cracks and when I pointed these out to the guy he grabbed the pistol back and started to walk away. I offered him $100 bucks because I didn't want that gun to kill or injure someone. It too sits in the safe until I have the guts to cut it apart, but it will never leave this house. Guns might not mean anything to many but many of us collect them the way people collect coins or stamps or dolls. I believe what the LASD is doing is wrong but . . . I don't live in that rat hole.I do agree that much weaponry is pure junk and should be melted down. But what type of effort would be needed to call a local gunsmith and give him a few minutes to select the nice pieces out of the trash pile and set them aside for a later bid? How many fine antiques were melted just so Sheriff Baca could get him name in the newspaper?
What makes you think the nice ones weren't already added to someones private collection?I do agree that much weaponry is pure junk and should be melted down. But what type of effort would be needed to call a local gunsmith and give him a few minutes to select the nice pieces out of the trash pile and set them aside for a later bid? How many fine antiques were melted just so Sheriff Baca could get him name in the newspaper?
Trust me, I tried. My department also had these melt away programs after a few gun buy backs, and it was our policy to get rid of all of them, regardless of its collector's value.What makes you think the nice ones weren't already added to someones private collection?
In England, yes, they are doing just that.Guns are a tool. Just like a shovel or an ax. Are people required to do away with all of their knives simply because people have used them to kill with?
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According to Statistics, Facts and Quotes there were [SIZE=-1]30,694 gun-related deaths in the US in 2005 vs Fatal Car Accident, Crash Statistics: Stats Auto, Traffic, Car, Collision, Traffic showing 43,443 vehicular fatalties that same year. So guns overall are about 71% as deadly as vehicles in the US.When you look at how many firearms are in the US and compare that number to autos, now compare auto related deaths to firearm related deaths, wonder how that number works out? I really don't know, just curious.