Guns for Groceries
Posted by Peter Suciu on December 22, 2009 · 1 Comment
Things have actually gotten so bad that some residents in the San Diego area would trade guns for groceries. The concern we have in these cases remains that history could be lost. As collectors, we see that these are items that can’t easily be replaced. But in nearly all these cases it is – at least according to the media and the police anyway – about getting “guns off the streets.” So it is nice to see that SignOn San Diego reported this interesting turn of events:
“Not everyone was so enthusiastic. About a half-dozen men who said they are advocates of ‘open carry’, the practice of openly and legally wear an unloaded gun, stood at the corner of Market Street. They held signs and handed out fliers that told participants in the exchange they may be getting a bad deal, but none of the men were armed.”
It would be great if other law abiding citizens also let those handing in guns know that these items are worth more than a few bucks or a bag of groceries!
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Hey, I was one of the guys at that buyback. It made me sick to see so many nice and beautiful guns to make rebar. Those of us trying to inform people of the value of the firearms were kicked off the premises and only permitted to be on public property, which was just a small patch of sidewalk. Anyone that stopped to ask for info was threatened with citation and those giving information were given warnings. However, in future events there will be ways for us gun enthusiasts to better appraise firearms for people. Of particular note is that there won’t be any more gun buybacks at the location this one was held at, since there is overwhelming evidence that this event was a legally mismanaged mess.
Several of the guns lost were true pieces of art and history. One gun was a Winchester 1906, another few guns were listed as “Russian military guns” which could have been Mosins, SKSs or SVTs, and there were quite a few WW2 trainer rifles and an assortment of beautiful hunting guns. These were not crime guns. These were guns that any red-blooded American would be proud to own.
On a brighter note, I ended up saving one gun from becoming rebar! I saved a beautiful 1959 Winchester Model 12, my favorite shotgun of all time
http://caopencarry.blogspot.com/2009/12/gun-buyback.html