tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post3864234630881107801..comments2024-03-28T16:53:39.313-05:00Comments on PawPaw's House: I wonderPawpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14959820068377494313noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12389938.post-14290141660705391252008-12-30T02:40:00.000-06:002008-12-30T02:40:00.000-06:00"Cease-Fire Oregon" conducts occasional ..."Cease-Fire Oregon" conducts occasional gun buy-backs here in the Portland area. I've patronized two of them, turning in 2 old .38 S&W top-break revolvers (not S&Ws, some copy of them) that I was left in an estate, and finally an old German .32ACP pocket gun of the 1930's of an obscure brand ("Leonhardt") with a broken firing pin.<BR/><BR/>I did have to present my ID and my data from it was recorded by hand, but there was an understood "King's-X" on checking the actual serial numbers of the firearms turned in. It seems that the gun-ban outfit thinks that such checking stops street punks from turning in guns.<BR/><BR/>I was at both turn-ins for almost an hour each time, and I never saw a street punk turn in a gun.<BR/><BR/>My guess is that the cops were there getting their "community service" creds.Rivrdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685083857476811667noreply@blogger.com