Everett gun buy back

[Skillet]

I have a family member who is a LEO. He says a lot of these guns dont get destroyed and end up in a LEO home.

As in, it's a formal perk for the LEOs?  Or they are making them disappear before the guns go to the scrapper?

[ghosthunter]

Photo from Facebook

[ghosthunter]

On December 17th, 2022, the Everett Police Department held our first Guns for Gift Cards event at the South Precinct.

This drive through event provided residents of Everett and Snohomish County with an opportunity to relinquish unwanted firearms.  The goal was to reduce the possibility of an unwanted firearm being used in a tragic accident, suicide, or possibly stolen and used in a violent crime.

The results of the event are as follows:

Handguns-123

Long guns-109

ARs / AKs-9

Total-241

The Everett Police Department would like to thank our community for a successful event.

[snake]

I have a family member who is a LEO. He says a lot of these guns dont get destroyed and end up in a LEO home.

As in, it's a formal perk for the LEOs?  Or they are making them disappear before the guns go to the scrapper?

definitely not formal. same thing goes for confiscated goods.

[boneaddict]

Dang, there is a lot of freedom in that pile.   Jreb and I might have been broke if we set up a stand down the street

[fowl smacker]

Dang, there is a lot of freedom in that pile.   Jreb and I might have been broke if we set up a stand down the street

I'm actually suprised there's a few AR's in there. 

[JimmyHoffa]

Dang, there is a lot of freedom in that pile.   Jreb and I might have been broke if we set up a stand down the street

Yeah, some of the sellers would've done better almost anywhere else.  I see an O/U and a couple rifles that could have a little more value.

[CP]

Yeah, there are some nice pieces in that pile.  But mostly it’s a big pile of crap.  I don’t think that they got many guns “off the street”, they mostly got a bunch of rust collectors from the back of people’s closets. 

[ghosthunter]

I think Bone’s sentence said it best, “dang, there is a lot of freedom in that pile”


And thus the problem. Folks willingly giving up freedom.

I sold one gun In my life and have regretted it ever since. In a time of need any gun is more valuable than any amount of cash. I would bury them in a hole before I gave them up.

[CP]

From the looks of the people that I saw in line to turn in guns, I’m betting that a lot of those Visa cards went straight to Cabela’s to buy more reliable and modern guns.

That was my plan anyway, but they ran out of money.   

[hunter399]

Dang, there is a lot of freedom in that pile.   Jreb and I might have been broke if we set up a stand down the street

I'm actually suprised there's a few AR's in there.

Thinking the same.

[Farmer72]

On December 17th, 2022, the Everett Police Department held our first Guns for Gift Cards event at the South Precinct.

This drive through event provided residents of Everett and Snohomish County with an opportunity to relinquish unwanted firearms.  The goal was to reduce the possibility of an unwanted firearm being used in a tragic accident, suicide, or possibly stolen and used in a violent crime.

The results of the event are as follows:

Handguns-123

Long guns-109

ARs / AKs-9

Total-241

The Everett Police Department would like to thank our community for a successful event.

So something is not right between the departments statement and the photo. The statement says 9 AR/AK and there is more than that in that photo.

[fishngamereaper]

I have a family member who is a LEO. He says a lot of these guns dont get destroyed and end up in a LEO home.

What agency...

[boneaddict]

Might be a couple 10/22s there or something.

[buckfvr]

I have a family member who is a LEO. He says a lot of these guns dont get destroyed and end up in a LEO home.

I have also been told this by reliable sources more than a couple times over the years.