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It turns out that last weekend's big Oakland-San Francisco gun buyback - which took more than 600 firearms off the streets - was bankrolled in large part by a $100,000 donation from a medical pot club. Read more:
The Oakland buyback was especially absurd because of the high price offered: $250.
Did no one running the program think to look at the price of a new gun? In act, the first two people in line at one of the three buyback locations were gun dealers with 60 firearms packed in the trunk of their car.
"Two cars in front of me when we pulled in, four guys got out and starting unloading literally boxes filled with guns," said Kerns. "At one point, a guy was walking up and down the line of cars saying 'If anyone has an assault rifle, I'll give you $300 for it. Don't take $250, I'll give you $300.'"
Oakland is often criticized for its gun violence, then not recognized when it tries to do something about it.
On Saturday, the Oakland Police Department set up the city’s first ever gun buyback in a Caltrans lot in Fruitvale.
The net recovery? 12 guns.
Stephenson, 44, a former airline mechanic who turned to marijuana to help deal with his arthritis, put up $50,000 cash. The plan was to pay $200 per gun, no questions asked.
No sooner did the twin events get under way Dec. 15 - one day after the Connecticut elementary school massacre - than it became clear the cash was going fast.
"The cars were stretched longer than the fan line to a Raiders game," Joyner said.
A call was to made to Stephenson, and within 45 minutes another $50,000 arrived.
Originally posted by TKDRL
reply to post by NotAnAspie
Wait what? Praytell how does a gun create a criminal?
City money did not fund the Saturday buyback. The program was funded by nonprofit groups and a $100,000 donation from Keith Stephenson, who runs Purple Heart Patient Center, a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland.
Originally posted by TKDRL
reply to post by NotAnAspie
Are you sure you are not an aspie? Talk about blowing a gasket......