Trade a gun for a rose in SC on Valentine's Day

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

this gives me an idea - go get a couple of dozen cheap roses from wal-mart, and run the same program - run the serial numbers afterward thru the police, the ones that are not hot i can keep

[Scott & Lai 12]

If you have a gun that is illegal, whether purchased illegally, stolen, given etc... why would you turn it in without immunity? If they are going to check the serial numbers, ballistics to see if they were in crimes, address to see if they are stolen then you are asking for legal trouble if you turn that gun in.

Yep. But still - statistically speaking, most accidental shootings come from legal firearms.

I wonder about that....are accidental shootings involving illegal firearms generally reported? If not, wouldn't that skew the statistics?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

....like giving away your freedom.

Exercising your freedom of expression is giving away your freedom now? I pity the people who associate freedom with gun ownership, rather than associate freedom with, amongst other things, the possibility of owning a gun.

The only way you'll get my gun, is from my cold, dead fingers.

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

....like giving away your freedom.

Exercising your freedom of expression is giving away your freedom now? I pity the people who associate freedom with gun ownership, rather than associate freedom with, amongst other things, the possibility of owning a gun.

The only way you'll get my gun, is from my cold, dead fingers.

good pic of gary

[Danno 1,228]

Be kinda fun to go down there with bigger gift cards and started "out bidding" the cops program if you found anyone with a gun worth buying?

Might even get a good deal~!

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Maybe Axel Rose will sue them, isn't this a copywright infringement on Guns n Roses?

[DeadPoolX 9]

I dunno... if the wife likes guns, you could always get some roses and use a shotgun as a vase.

[luckytxn 2,264]

Most handguns are worth more than hundred. My cheapest I would sell to anyone would cost maybe 400.

[slim 1,525]

Where did they get the money for the Best Buy gift cards and roses? Did the tax payers in that state/county just buy $7500 worth of #######?

And why exactly is a gun turn-in program a good thing?

It seems like the media is always making this sort of thing a "feel good" piece when, in fact, they're doing nothing more than making criminals jobs easier.

[NickD 202]

If you have a gun that is illegal, whether purchased illegally, stolen, given etc... why would you turn it in without immunity? If they are going to check the serial numbers, ballistics to see if they were in crimes, address to see if they are stolen then you are asking for legal trouble if you turn that gun in.

Yep. But still - statistically speaking, most accidental shootings come from legal firearms.

Don't know that much about guns, but don't you have to load and lock them, remove the safety, point it at someone and pull the trigger before it goes off? If so, how can that be an accident?

If you have kids around, is it an accident that you didn't properly unload the weapon and remove the firing mechanism locking that up in a safe place?

I don't believe in accidents.

ac·ci·dent (²k“s¹-d…nt, -dµnt”) n. 1.a. An unexpected, undesirable event: car accidents on icy roads. b. An unforeseen incident: went to college in England by happy accident. 2. Lack of intention; chance: ran into an old friend by accident. 3. Logic. A circumstance or an attribute that is not essential to the nature of something. [Middle English, chance event, from Old French, from Latin accid¶ns, accident-, present participle of accidere, to happen : ad-, ad- + cadere, to fall; see kad- below.]

I take exception to "car accidents on icy roads" as being an accident.

[Jasman0717 9]

I decided to not make the trip to SC and keep my gun

[Reba 2]

Wow, had I seen this the other day, I could have cleaned up! I'd have had a dozen or more roses, and enough Best Buy gift cards to buy a big screen TV!

[rebeccajo 14]

I don't understand the purpose unless the police believe that less guns out there means less accidental shootings, which makes less work for them.

Because if your house if broken into, the first thing they are looking for is usually weapons?

[rebeccajo 14]

....like giving away your freedom.

Exercising your freedom of expression is giving away your freedom now? I pity the people who associate freedom with gun ownership, rather than associate freedom with, amongst other things, the possibility of owning a gun.

Right.

Nobody made those people turn in the weapons. And they could turn around and buy another tomorrow if they so choose.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

If you have a gun that is illegal, whether purchased illegally, stolen, given etc... why would you turn it in without immunity? If they are going to check the serial numbers, ballistics to see if they were in crimes, address to see if they are stolen then you are asking for legal trouble if you turn that gun in.

Yep. But still - statistically speaking, most accidental shootings come from legal firearms.

I wonder about that....are accidental shootings involving illegal firearms generally reported? If not, wouldn't that skew the statistics?

The rate of firearm deaths among kids under age 15 is almost 12 times higher in the United States than in 25 other industrialized countries combined. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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American kids are 16 times more likely to be murdered with a gun, 11 times more likely to commit suicide with a gun, and nine times more likely to die from a firearm accident than children in 25 other industrialized countries combined. (Centers for Disease Control)

http://www.neahin.org/programs/schoolsafet.../statistics.htm

Edited February 15, 2009 by Mister Fancypants