2006 Boston gun Buyback

[BillK]

Jon, yup sending your son in with the gimp look would have worked I think

 

[dreppucci007]

I should have sent my 17 year old son in with his baseball hat on crooked and his pants hanging down around his ass

Yup

 

[Moderator]

So, I guess I'll try the gangster approach.

"yo, where it is I bring deez gatz to get a hook up on the bling bling'

 

[dwarven1]

"yo, where it is I bring deez gatz to get a hook up on the bling bling'

Does Target have "bling bling"?

 

[Blue Line]

I thought the ad said no questions asked.

 

[MarkM]

I thought the ad said no questions asked.

They meant "No questions asked (just as long as you look like a criminal)"

 

[Coyote33]

Does Target have "bling bling"?

We found 122 matches for "bling" at Target

 

[Moderator]

I am seriously going to dress my very worst. I don't want to be profiled.

 

[dwarven1]

We found 122 matches for "bling" at Target

Y'know, this is truly alarming.

Trash-talkin' Barbie. What will they think of next?

 

[Moderator]

• It’s Barbie, dripping in faux diamonds and faux jewel-encrusted duds from head to toe
• Blinged out and ready for fun, she comes with a big sparkler on her hand and accessories for ultra-glam occasions
• Includes a chic and funky outfit and all the accessories that glitter, like a fun purse, cell phone and makeup
• For ages 6 yrs. and up
• 12.7H"

What, no ghetto booty?

 

[KMaurer]

Shit! Just what I need. My older granddaughter is probably already pestering my son for one, and since he's got the good sense to say no, she'll be on my case for one this weekend. Happy f*&kin' Fathers' Day.

Ken

 

[tele_mark]

This weekend, I saw a report on the Gun Buyback. The cop they interviewed was very amused, stating that only a small amount of guns being turned in were cheap, and were "worth more than a $200 Target gift card". The report went on to say that a good percentage of the guns being turned in have been sucessfully traced back to owners who lost them in break-ins and other theft. Then they went on to say that they'd all be melted to be turned into manhole covers, "A much better use".

No attempt is going to be made to return these guns to their original owners, who they apparently have been traced to?

 

[Pilgrim]

They didn't sell them to me so they can't buy them back.

 

[Neptune Cat]

No attempt is going to be made to return these guns to their original owners, who they apparently have been traced to?

Isn't it against the law to knowingly accept stolen property?

 

[Lynne]

Isn't it against the law to knowingly accept stolen property?

Not when you're the one it was stolen from.

 

[Arioch]

Am I missing something here? Or does "Hizhonor's" direction to have a presumed unlicensed individual transport a firearm in the fair city of Boston exempt them from the state requirements to be properly licensed.

 

[LoginName]

Boston gun buyback on My Space.



http://www.myspace.com/bostonbuyback



http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=145515

Gun buyback nets allies on MySpace
By Laurel J. Sweet
Monday, June 26, 2006

The hottest new hit on MySpace.com isn’t a wacko with a manifesto, but a teetotaler Gemini who’s into firearms reduction.
As of early last night, 183 “friends” had linked their MySpace profiles and their moral support to Boston Gun Buyback, a peacekeeping police initiative that so far this month has taken 382 firearms off the city’s streets and put Target gift certificates into the hands of those ready to trade, “No questions asked.”
Authorities said they turned to MySpace “because of its enormous popularity with young people and its force in youth culture.” But to reach the inner circle, they had to fill out an online questionnaire.
Thus, Boston Guy Buyback is a single, 20-year-old female from Boston, whose heroes include slain activist Martin Luther King Jr. and Kai Leigh Harriott, a now 6-year-old Dorchester girl paralyzed by a stray bullet in 2003.
A smoker? No. Boozer? No way. Networking? Sign up here.
“Check it, the Boston Gun Buyback is a good step,” writes “Shikiboo” of Roxbury. “All of those guns . . . could have added up as lives taken instead. Big up to Mayor Menino, Target and all the people who turned in the guns.”

 

[Moderator]

I just sent a request to add as a friend. This should be good.

Here's my myspace.
http://www.myspace.com/typeo1313

 

[Coyote33]

http://www.myspace.com/bostonbuyback



http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=145515

Gun buyback nets allies on MySpace
By Laurel J. Sweet
Monday, June 26, 2006

The hottest new hit on MySpace.com isn’t a wacko with a manifesto, but a teetotaler Gemini who’s into firearms reduction.
As of early last night, 183 “friends” had linked their MySpace profiles and their moral support to Boston Gun Buyback, a peacekeeping police initiative that so far this month has taken 382 firearms off the city’s streets and put Target gift certificates into the hands of those ready to trade, “No questions asked.”
Authorities said they turned to MySpace “because of its enormous popularity with young people and its force in youth culture.” But to reach the inner circle, they had to fill out an online questionnaire.
Thus, Boston Guy Buyback is a single, 20-year-old female from Boston, whose heroes include slain activist Martin Luther King Jr. and Kai Leigh Harriott, a now 6-year-old Dorchester girl paralyzed by a stray bullet in 2003.
A smoker? No. Boozer? No way. Networking? Sign up here.
“Check it, the Boston Gun Buyback is a good step,” writes “Shikiboo” of Roxbury. “All of those guns . . . could have added up as lives taken instead. Big up to Mayor Menino, Target and all the people who turned in the guns.”

Hey, this could be a good site for RKBA! type activism. Can you say "Friend of GOAL"? I knew you could.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Words of wisdom from the friends comments list of the Boston Gun Buyback myspace page....

R.I.P G (YA GONE BUT NEVER 4 GOTTEN*O.P)

6/25/2006 8:26 AM

STOP SNITCHIN SNITCHES GET STITCHES AND FOUND IN DITCHES IF NOT TOMARROW OR THE NEXTDAY IT WILL COME YOUR WAY!!!!!!!!

I don't know if I should be or

 

[Moderator]

Here are some pics of the 2006 Boston Gun Buyback

 

[LoginName]

I just sent a request to add as a friend. This should be good.

Here's my myspace.
http://www.myspace.com/typeo1313

Edit: never mind.

 

[Moderator]

I'm one minute ahead of ya.

 

[daceman63]

That revolver in the fourth pic is SWEEEEET!!! Too bad.

 

[Uncle Fester]

There's a frickin $20 BB gun in the second and fourth pick.

 

[Moderator]

Pretty much what I expected, a few nice but mostly junk. I will admit there are a few guns I wouldn't mid taking out for a spin.

 

[SiameseRat]

That Beretta is sweeet (the Inox, not the one with wood grips).

Though, ladies and gentlemen, did ANY of you see a lock of any kind in those pictures? What sort of example are they setting for the children?

 

[SiameseRat]

oh wait- I reviewed the pics again (after wiping some drool off the screen, there are a handful I gladly would have paid $200 for) and it does appear that a few of the guns have ties in/on them. Like the derringer in the last frame. That's the first one I would have tied up, too. Those things are likely to go off by themselves. Guns do that, that's why they're so bad.

 

[daceman63]

Hey....I wonder if any of the guns they bought back ever made it back to the street. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't volunteer that info. but do you think that could be found out?

 

[Chris]

382 firearms illegally purchased (no federal or state transfer paperwork) for $200 each

equals

$76,400 that coould have gone to paying an officer to go arrest the criminals that are causing the crime.

Hope that free TV coverage was a good ROI for that money.