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Skidmore

(37,364 posts) Wed Dec 19, 2012, 02:31 PM Dec 2012

Camden NJ gun buyback. This is astounding. [View all]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/19/1171901/-Gun-Buyback-in-Camden-NJ-Yields-Huge-Trove-of-Weapons

Forgive me if this has been diaried earlier. I just saw astonishing photos from the recent gun buyback program in Camden, NJ that took place last weekend in the wake of the mass murders in Sandy Hook.

In addition to the developing White House response and the many citizen petitions, we should take advantage of the public's renewed desire to voluntarily give back their guns.

According to Philly.com::

A state-sponsored cash-for-guns program for Camden County residents picked up 1,137 firearms over two days, a record number for the state, officials said Tuesday.

New Jersey's attorney general said some of the gun owners who showed up at two Camden churches Friday and Saturday appeared to be motivated by the mass killings Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut....

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Camden NJ gun buyback. This is astounding. [View all] Skidmore Dec 2012 OP

wow... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #1

The gun crowd will tell you... ellisonz Dec 2012 #2

Andrea Mitchell just reported on this buyback and she said that 90% of these guns Skidmore Dec 2012 #3

It would be my guess... ellisonz Dec 2012 #4

I would think so too. Skidmore Dec 2012 #8

"Have we forgotten how to feel safe?" ellisonz Dec 2012 #10

dumb question: who is Andrea Mitchell? n/t a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #7

She's a reporter/anchor on MSNBC Squinch Dec 2012 #22

oh, that explains it... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #23

"Reporter" lastlib Dec 2012 #24

Many were "community guns" --guns hidden around town for anyone to use CreekDog Dec 2012 #36

sources? n/t a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #5

Not hard to find... ellisonz Dec 2012 #9

thanks a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #13

Or that the gun crowd need to stop sabotaging them! ellisonz Dec 2012 #14

if that's not a rhetorical question, I can only make guesses n/t a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #16

I used to know some coppers who would do just that. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #17

Can't you just be happy and proud of citizens of Camden... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #28

I am glad all those side arms are off the streets nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #31

Yeah but look at that pile. Ganja Ninja Dec 2012 #11

Those guns bongbong Dec 2012 #12

'cuz when you've been hit with a plowshare, you know it... n/t a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #15

looks like garbage guns to me. If they would only offer more $$$ (maybe closer to market value) NightWatcher Dec 2012 #18

Dusty,rusty old guns PD Turk Dec 2012 #19

People who love children more than guns are turning them in. Bravo Dems to Win Dec 2012 #20

People who have no money but do have junk guns are bring them in. oldbanjo Dec 2012 #25

it's been specifically stated in this thread that 90% are in working order KittyWampus Dec 2012 #33

Excellent. Nt xchrom Dec 2012 #21

OF COURSE, not one of the guns belonged to any person resembling the shooter I bet graham4anything Dec 2012 #26

I think I just threw the card out. Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #32

lol graham4anything Dec 2012 #35

So do people take the $ and go to the gun store for something newer, bigger, meaner? Myrina Dec 2012 #27

Yes, of course... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #30

do you have any actual proof of what you just wrote? Any reports on these buybacks? KittyWampus Dec 2012 #34

Nope, I made it up... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #37

NJ has a Republican Governor HockeyMom Dec 2012 #29