If it saves even one [strike]child's[/strike] gun's life!
Check the F'burg PD Facebook page for their assertion that not even one teeny tiny gun escaped. Not counting the guys who sold them there were seven (7) eyewitnesses to the fact that some guns escaped the smelter. Some little child/children are going to have a better Xmas thanks to their daddys realizing that some actual cash in hand beats giving up guns so some rich lady can donate money to charity. And yes, those guns were immediately found loving homes where they will be cared for.
Do check the FB page to see some of the ones that were not saved. It's pitiful, I tell you. Absolutely pitiful what is going to be done to them.
We had a decent crowd assembled on the street right before the turn into the PD's parking lot. You'll have to ask someone else if a formal headcount was made - I was too busy trying to give people money.
Most of the folks coming to turn in their guns kept their heads rigidly straight ahead as they went past our little gathering, but they did see the signs we had trying to entice them. I heard a few of them ask the cop that was stationed at the end of the driveway leading to where the guns were being trned in if it was legal for us to buy guns there on the street. That cop deserves some little credit for giving a short and true answer - "Yes, it's legal."
Not counting the Pres. and V.P. of VCDL who stopped by on their way home from Alexandria there were maybe 4 folks who stopped to thank us for being out there. Sadly, they were not interested in selling their guns, either.
The F'burg PD parking enforcement licence plate scanner vehicle must have gone up and down the road past us at least half a dozen times I hope I can get a couple of 8x10 glossies as well as some wallet-sized prints from them later on this week.:uhoh:
stay safe.