Why can't Memphis do this?
If you live in Delano, you could make $200 for giving up your handgun.
$200? Geez Louise. Two derringers and an old Iver Johnson could net me $600! I could get another Service Grade CMP Garand with that money!
Oh, and remember, folks:
We're hoping that if we at least get one gun off the street that maybe it'll make a difference,†said Cmdr. Raul Alvizo from the Delano Police Department.
It will make a difference, Commander. For the children. Just one child, even.
Gun Buybacks
Sarasota just had a similarly high-priced gun buyback. I was tempted to go down and trade in my no-particular-value mosin nagant m44 and put the cash towards a decent rifle with some glass.
I'm still tempted as hell to sit outside a buyback with a sign that says "i'll give you $10 more for your gun than they will". I wouldn't take junk, of course, but it would be worth it to save some valuable antiques from the blast furnace.