WOT: Gun Buy Outs

Charlie Self · 2009-05-11T10:51:29+00:00

A week or so ago, a few Lynchburg churches got together with the cops,and decided to buy any illegal guns that were brought in, no questionsasked, amnesty offered and all that truck. The stated and heavilypublicized idea is to get illegal guns off the streets, thus reducingcrime.It was well publicized and praised, while I sat back and pondered,coming to the conclusion, "WTF?"In the end, they got one gun, with the follow-up article going on tosay that it was a great start, but ONLY a start.That brought another question to mind: "WTF?"Is there something wrong with my thinking, or with theirs, in that Ido not believe the people who use legal or illegal guns in criminalacts are going to show up at these buyouts? About the only personliable to turn in a weapon at one of these affairs is the person whoaccidentally urns up great-great-aunt Lucy's derringer with a crackedbarrel, IMO. Grab $100 for a $1 curio.Too, in this state, about the only way to have an illegal gun is to bea convicted felon with one in your possession.I'm also thinking of starting a group called Liberals for Firearms.That should frost a few noses on both sides of the aisle, includingthe local butt wipe who write the paper implying that Obama supporterswho don't have patriotic bumper stickers are unpatriotic.Semper fi!

May 11, 2009 124 Replies

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basilisk 17 years ago

As a permanent resident of Alabama, I have to agree, the summers are hell most years. Typical July and August is 98 degrees, 90 percent humidity, with no wind.

By the end of August everyones tired and tempers are short, and to stay somewhat with the thread, gun related murders are at their highest.

Fall, Winter and Spring are generally nice, it's rare to have a winter day that doesn't get above freezing and very limited snow, had about 2" one day this winter and it was gone in a few hours.

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Jack Stein 17 years ago

When I was a kid, and the neighborhood was much more rural, I never saw a deer, dead or alive. Today, despite hunting, there are deer everywhere, herds of them even. Most of them are killed by $30,000 cars rather than $100 guns.:-) Less than 10 years ago I used to bitch about the 30 mph speed limit on Fox Chapel Road, and about everyone averaged the correct speed, closer to 50mph, hoping the tax collector didn't nab them. Now, it really isn't safe to go over 30mph because of the deer running in front of you. We are polluted with deer. I still don't hunt because I get no joy out of killing, but I'm glad a few people are left that have not been femanized with this line of crap... Problem is I don't cook much either... don't hunt, don't cook, damned near useless...

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Jack Stein 17 years ago

What, you never heard of plastic wood?

Wait, they don't like oil much either, or exhaling...

Come to think of it, they don't seem to like much of anything...

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krw 17 years ago

We're just up the road from Montgomery, in the Auburn area (Opelika). Of course we've only been here about nine months, but that included August. Having been a Vermonter for 15 years, the weather here is

*fabulous*. The past winter was no big deal at all, with a perfect[*] 5" snowfall.

The thing that surprised me here was that they don't use frost-free sillcocks, even though it does get well below freezing. Since there is no ground frost, most houses are built on slabs. It would be a real mess replacing the sillcocks in my house.

[*] perfect snowfall == only snows on living things; no shoveling. ;-)

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LD 17 years ago

I did spend Christmas eve on the beach near Pensacola that winter .. :)

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