Has anyone ever sold a gun to a buyback program?
I have a POS pistol that I get rid off even with all its accessories but will get $200 for it at one of these centers.
I can take off all the accessories, spare mags, etc, sell them the bare gun, and then I can sell the rest of the shit on ebay.
Is this a good move? downsides?
No.
can you elaborate
I am absolutely devoid of any words to further describe my non-participation in a gun buyback program.
I understand how you feel, but what if its a $120 Mossberg?
No, I'd sell it for whatever it's worth to a random person or friend.
It'll still look good on their table for the press release calling the buyback a success. Only ever sell them shit like pipes strapped to boards or 3d printed lowers that don't look good laid out on a table.
Its a great way to get rid of a murder weapon no questions asked.
I would have thought they would take your name down and run ballistics on all the firearms recovered to see if they match any crimes.
Most (all?) are "no questions asked" events.
Just wear a wu flu mask when you give it to the cops.
>run ballistics on all the firearms recovered to see if they match any crimes
That's not a real thing. They can tell rifling rate and caliber at most.
Keep thinking that
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/national-integrated-ballistic-information-network-nibin
>inb4 this is just some atf scare tactic
https://www.forensicsciencesimplified.org/firearms/principles.html
>other more specific marks can help identify the make and model of firearm that was used
Wow, it's fricking nothing. Don't kill someone with some one-of-a-kind bullshit and nothing on that page means jack.
>The firearm’s surfaces (firing pin/striker, breach, barrel, etc.) that contact the softer cartridge case and bullet contain random, unique, microscopic irregularities that make it different from other firearms - even those of the exact same model. These differences can be used to identify or eliminate a weapon as being used in a crime, if a cartridge case or bullet is recovered at the crime scene. This is done by comparing the markings made on the cartridge cases or bullets when fired, using the firearms examiner’s key tool: the comparison microscope.
Glanced over this part?
Things on that scale change with literally every shot you take and they even go on to say themselves in the "Individual Characteristics" section that the irregularities they track change with use and corrosion. It's useless for a gun that's been fired or cleaned since the shooting. Or left to sit without cleaning. Or left in any amount of humidity. Maybe you could derive something if you started inspecting it while it was still warm.
it's les "ladies and gentleman, we got him" and more "if we already know a gun is part of a crime, and we have the crime scene as a reference, we cna prove beyond a shadow of a doubt it was used here" Kinda goes out the window if it's an old gun in an older crime, or if it's had any cleaning, or repairs done, as that'll change the profile significantly.
>we can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt it was used here
They can't even do that. The most they can do is prove it is possible that gun was used here because its characteristics aren't incompatible with the recovered bullet(s) and/or casing(s). But another gun of the same make and model could also still fit as long as there's nothing WILDLY out of spec about the one used in the crime. It's the gun equivalent of knowing the suspect drives a red 1998 Chevy Silverado, if you already fit everything else and also drive a red 1998 Chevy Silverado it doesn't look good for you, but there's still a lot of basically interchangeable ones out there.
>when you get a speeding ticket they take tire prints to match to any cold case murders that have tire print evidence
The downside is supporting the program. The only guns ever ok to sell to a buyback are obvious scam 3d printed guns manufactured in bulk specifically to defraud them that can't even be used in pictures to show success since it's obviously a box of rainbow plastic crap.
As far as I know, probably not a bad idea
You can't get in trouble for selling accessories to a gun you no longer have
The cops won't demand you give them everything the gun used to have (they don't know how could they) they don't even know if you bought it like this
You can get cash back for the gun you dumped
Only way I think you could possibly get in trouble is if the gun is registered to you, they had it "fall off the back of a truck" for some quick cash and to incentivize police spending. And then they link the serial to you, and you have no proof you got rid of it. They should give you some kinda reciept showing you handed something in I think, so that shouldn't be an issue.
There was a guy who 3-d printed his own guns and mass brought them to buy backs, and they had to implement laws and restrictions because of that guy iirc, but that's about it.
will they sign a bill of sale?
Do buybacks offer more money than resale to an FFL. The LGS wanted my $250 shitgun for $95
Depends, usually not though.
The highest I've seen was $500 for "machine guns" which is...insane.
If it's junk ignore autists, sell it to the buyback program then spend the money on a good gun made in America by Americans. Net boost to the firearms business from which all blessings flow.
Collecting shit guns removes them from circulation among poorgay filth unworthy of weapons while turning them into money for quality weapons maintains the supply of same. Pure win because poverty reflects distance from God.
Gramps inherited to me a bunch of really shitty subcompacts I'm considering taking to a buyback and upgrading to something nice.
He gave me an LCP, Bodyguard .38spl, and a gen 1 Shield