Dallas: Your gun for groceries

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Your gun for groceries.

That's the goal of a gun buyback from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Reunion Arena, during which each unloaded, operational firearm surrendered will fetch a $50 Kroger grocery gift card.

People trading in their guns must present identification, city officials say.

"It would be a failure on our part if we do not take an initiative," said Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, who is helping lead the effort.

Event sponsors include Dallas Police, KBFB-FM 97.9 "The Beat," and KSOC-FM 94.5, One-Dallas, Univision 23, Schepps Dairy and Better Dallas Safer Dallas.

Dallas is not using public money to purchase the gift cards, which Kroger is providing at a 30 percent discount to event sponsors, Dallas spokesman Frank Librio said.

Meanwhile, Dallas writer and gun rights advocate Trey Garrison says he may conduct an alternative gun buyback of his own -- with better prices for sellers. He says he'll pay in cash, too.

How much might Garrison spend?

"Depends on what the hardware is," he tells us.
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[kirock7]

$50? $50? Who are they kidding????

[jorge]

Meanwhile, Dallas writer and gun rights advocate Trey Garrison says he may conduct an alternative gun buyback of his own -- with better prices for sellers. He says he'll pay in cash, too.

[longhorn_92]

Meanwhile, Dallas writer and gun rights advocate Trey Garrison says he may conduct an alternative gun buyback of his own -- with better prices for sellers. He says he'll pay in cash, too.

I'll give $60....

[Captain Matt]

I hope he goes through with it and rescues some good guns.

[bpet]

I've got a set of 1911 grips I might trade for $50.

I wonder if they will broaden the offer to ammunition? I'll give them 25 rounds of 380 and throw in a non-functional mag.

The Bersa pistol is still functional but I'm holding out for the $100 offer before I part with it.

[KRM45]

We talked about this not to long ago. Trey Garrison says he will be down there with envelopes containing $65 cash with which he will buy the better guns. I think that is a great idea. Anyone have any thoughts on it?

How much do you think the DPD would harrass us if we joined him?

[wheelgun1958]

Sounds like I'll be at Reunion Saturday with cash!

Here's a link

http://www.945ksoul.com/Article.asp?id=1184687

[Morgan]

Dear lord, that is tempting....

[longtooth]

One of the CHL instructors here has a standing offer of $50.00 for any gun that wont run on his firing line. I only know of one that he has bought.

[Medino]

Now what you do is you set up a booth next to it and offer $60 per gun and rescue all those poor guns, if the gun doesn't work it can be gunsmith practice. You might get a bad deal but odds are you may find a few gems among them. Works even better if you have an FFL you can clean them up and sell the working ones.

[Morgan]

Why would you need an FFL? BHO hasn't closed the "gunshow loop hole" yet.

[AEA]

Correct.

It would be interesting to see a report here from anyone that goes down and looks around.

[Medino]

Yeah i forgot about that, i was just imagining someone who owns a gun store could pick up some cheap merchandise and afford to spend some for some iffy guns.