Chicago cop tries to remove "killer" .22s with a hammer

[XC700116]

I wonder how many homes were burglarized to stock up for the gun buy back. Aka police sanctioned fencing operation.

[DD977GM2]

I feel the same way... I only have the pathetic 45 which just make a big hole as it goes through you, not the killer 22 that bounces around in you and causes a lot of internal bleeding........

I thought that a 45 bullet if it hit you in the hand or arm would knock you to the ground and kill you instantly????

[Monky]

I thought that a 45 bullet if it hit you in the hand or arm would knock you to the ground and kill you instantly????

Only when you're on 'Hardcore' mode..

[TS12000]

People criticize, sometimes, these events. They say we don’t get the right guns off the street, but the likelihood of these guns being turned in by somebody’s parent is much greater than being turned in by one of the gang-bangers

"Hey mom, where'd you put my gat?"

[Goodburbon]

and there's no gun registry....

“The gun that shot our officer Del Pearson a couple of months ago . . . was bought in 1972 by a 52-year-old woman who died in 2006 in Little Rock, Ark.,” McCarthy said.


eta:morons abound in this article

[CO Hugh]

Hee is a way to scam the gun buybacks: http://moonbattery.com/?p=12864

Jun 14 2012: How to Make a Profit in Manufacturing in New York City

New York City’s rule by moonbats has not quite driven all industry out of the city. From the Wikipedia entry for artist Tom Sachs:

His first major solo show, “Cultural Prosthetics,” opened at New York’s Morris-Healy Gallery in 1995. Many works from the show conflated fashion and violence, as with HG (Hermés Hand Grenade) (1995) and Tiffany Glock (Model 19) (1995), both of which were models made with Hermes or Tiffany packaging. Although these sculptures were non-functional, another piece — Hecho in Switzerland (1995) — was an actual working homemade gun. Sachs and his assistants would make similar guns and sell them back to the city as part of New York’s gun buyback program (for up to $300 each).

$300 for making something like this?


Not a bad profit margin.

On a tip from Artfldgr. Hat tips: Boing Boing, Coco’s Variety Store.

[Sharpienads]

This article makes me want to vomit. Everybody involved is the epitomy of ignorant. Military-grade machine guns, killer .22s, trying to hammer out bullets...

If you don't know how to use the gun, how do you know the safety doesn't work?!?!

[sniper7]

i have some broken BB guns they can buy back...then I can get some REAL ammo!

this is seriously like the beginning stages of gun confiscation. First it starts off voluntary. then the program loses steam so measures are taken to get more guns off the streets to make the program see viable and useful.
You can almost be certain that some of the nicer guns will not be destroyed. and I wouldn't be against it. That means those people still value the gun and it's worth and history....and hopefully that gun will make it's way into the hands of a collector or someone who will cherish it and use it properly.

[BlasterBob]

I'd bet those weapons are going right back out the back door eventually. Therefore not being taken "off the streets".

I hate (and I don't use that word often) Chicago. Moved away - glad I did, filthy city...

Those guns are probably taken off the street for a couple/few days and maybe some will then be used as "drop guns".
We lived in Naperville for over 25 years and for that length of time, commuted into the Chicago Loop on a daily basis and I had seen way more than my share of the BS that goes on in the entire area. Cannot believe anyone would stay in that area by CHOICE.

[sniper7]

I need to buy a holster for my p22 now. It is apparently more effective than anything else I own.. All these years debating 9mm v. .45acp.. and we were all just wrong.

plus...the rounds are sooo strong you can't even hammer them out of the gun!