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Title: Activists outbid cops for turned-in guns (Austin, Texas)
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URL Source: http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=269349#ixzz1FYwpSjK1
Published: Feb 28, 2011
Author: Drew Zahn
Post Date: 2011-03-07 18:45:28 by X-15
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While the Austin, Texas, police were offering grocery cards in exchange for unwanted firearms over the weekend, local activists showed up to outbid the men in uniform, insisting liberty would be better served if the guns were in the hands of law-abiding citizens instead. At the "no-questions-asked" event held at Oak Meadow Baptist Church in South Austin, the Austin Police Department offered, for example, a $100 Visa grocery card for an unwanted handgun. The activists offered $110 in cash. "We don't agree with the 'Guns for Groceries' program, because they're going to destroy most of the firearms," explained John Bush, executive director of the group Texans for Accountable Government. "The firearms that we purchase, we're going to put them in the hands of [Texans] who are in need of firearms to protect their families but they can't afford them." The group's website explains further: "TAG holds strongly to the Second Amendment's right to bear arms and agrees with the countless studies that show that firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens makes for a safer city – not a more dangerous environment, as APD's 'Guns for Groceries' implies." A TAG video of the gun-exchange day can be seen below: According to its website, TAG is a non-partisan political action committee "formed with the ambition of reigning in the intrusive and expanding reach of government … to put the reins of government back into the hands of individual American citizens." The organization criticized the "Guns for Groceries" program as a merely "feel-good" event that costs the taxpayers money and does little to actually safeguard people, as those turning in guns were not likely to be criminals but "grandmas and grandpas." It even blasted the event as "an effort to disarm the economically disadvantaged." Police on site, however, insisted the program is popular, funded in part by the Greater Austin Crime Commission and the Jastrow Family Foundation and does serve a purpose: "People who have weapons in their home, it could be possible their home could be burglarized, and the weapon could get into the arms of a criminal," Lt. Ely Reyes told KVUE-TV, Austin. "It also prevents children from accessing these weapons." Lt. Reyes also explained to TAG that the collected guns would be checked against criminal databases and forensic testing before being destroyed, to see if they had been identified as used in illegal activity. Richard Hill, president of the Greater Austin Crime Commission, told the Austin American-Statesman that in only the first few hours of the event, police had collected about 400 guns and expected to give away $40,000 worth of gift cards. Afterwards, TAG reported that they had exchanged cash for over a dozen firearms, while private purchasers also showed up to buy guns, rather than see them melted down. TAG's executive director insisted that public safety was served far better by his organization's efforts to put firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens than the police program's swap of groceries for guns. "The groceries are going to go bad in a week," Bush said, "the firearm will be there to protect you and your family and your community for life."
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#1. To: X-15, GreyLmist (#0)
Looks like the 'guns for groceries' program is a bust thanks to the local citizens.
"People who have Our goal in Austin is to hire sub-80IQ employees across the board...and to elect the same. We truly suck.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
We truly suck. I see Christine post some things about the Austin PD occasionally that make me shake my head. They're right down there with the Dallas and Houston donut gangs.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
Next-to-none, there's probably a couple who manage to dig up a rusted POS that isn't worth $2 to begin with.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
If you can't screw .gov, you're not much of a screwer.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
What's with the this fellow taxpayer, Kemo Sabe? Those effs pay no taxes, they just take it from us.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
what does one call a lawyer with an IQ of 80?
Your Honor of course. What do you say to a Mexican in a 3 piece suit? Will the defendant please rise.
Will the defendant please rise. OMG, had no idea you're such a racist mo-fo!
Just between you and me my favorite niece is half latina and works as a bilingual.
Yes, comrade...strictly need-to-know only. I love Mexican food and speak decent Spanish, required for restaurant work.
My mother spoke Spanish, since that was her first language, but oddly enough I have never learned it. I know a smattering of words (Taco, frijoles, Chili, leche, Corona, Tequila, ...) but would never say I speak it.
Looks like speaking Chinese will be handy.
Won Ton, Chow Mein, ...
Yes, we could at least get job as bus-boy in Chinese restaurant, and I do enjoy a little General Cho's Chicken from time to time. Know what I mean?
Actually I love Chinese Food. Interestingly, other than Hong Kong, the best Chinese restaurant I've ever been to was one that was set up in a closed down Pizza Rut in Charleston S.C.. The Chef really knew his cookery. I think I ate their 5 or 6 times and it was always good.
well done, John and TAG!
I picked that one because it looks like it has goatee like TAG's John Bush.
------- "They're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time." -- Col. Puller, USMC
"The groceries are going to go bad in a week," Bush said, "the firearm will be there to protect you and your family and your community for life."
#2. To: X-15, 4 (#0)
allow me to restate this moron's quote -
weapons cars in their home, it could be possible their home could be burglarized, and the weapon car could get into the arms hands of a criminal," Lt. Ely Reyes told KVUE-TV, Austin. "It also prevents children from accessing these weapons cars."
#3. To: Lod, christine, *The Donut Gang* (#2)
Our goal in Austin is to hire sub-80IQ employees across the board...and to elect the same.
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#4. To: X-15 (#0)
#5. To: All (#0)
#6. To: Eric Stratton (#5)
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"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#7. To: X-15 (#6)
#8. To: Eric Stratton, 4 (#7)
Oh, I'm sure there are people that get the best of the program for sure.
#9. To: Lod (#8)
#10. To: Eric Stratton (#9)
#11. To: Lod (#10)
#12. To: Lod (#2)
the most factual thing ever posted by buckeroo
I have no freaking' clue. buckeroo posted on 2010-07-24 21:33:00 ET
#13. To: IRTorqued (#12)
#14. To: Original_Intent (#13)
What do you say to a Mexican in a 3 piece suit?
#15. To: CadetD (#14)
#16. To: Original_Intent (#15)
Just between you and me...
#17. To: CadetD (#16)
#18. To: Original_Intent (#17)
would never say I speak it.
#19. To: CadetD (#18)
#20. To: Original_Intent (#19)
Won Ton, Chow Mein, ...
#21. To: CadetD (#20)
#22. To: X-15 (#0)
#23. To: PaulCJ (#1)
Looks like the 'guns for groceries' program is a bust thanks to the local citizens.
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