I already made fun of a New York group that was giving out flowers in exchange for guns when they sent out a release that butchered most rules of the English language on 4/20, making me think it could be a joke. It turns out that it’s not a joke – at least in terms of being an intentionally funny event. But, it would seem that their attempt to make a political statement through the guns for flowers program was an even bigger failure than their previous event which was a guns for nothing program. They both did significantly worse than their first attempt at a guns for gift certificates event.
In 2009, the group gave out gift certificates in exchange for weapons and collected 53 firearms. Last year, the group did not have money for gift certificates, and turn-ins dropped to 18 hand guns and long guns, Gilroy said.
On Saturday, the group collected four handguns, four long guns and 15 loads of ammunition, he said.
They have to count the ammunition in order to make it into the double digits.
The peace and justice committee hopes to get funding again next year to spur more turn-ins, Gilroy said.
“If we don’t get the funding, we may look for a different way to express our views through debates or discussions,” he said.
If his goal is to make a statement on his ideas, then perhaps he can start an anti-gun blog. He’ll no doubt garner quite a bit of traffic – from gun owners.
If only there were a place where you could turn in one of those evil devises for cash 24 hours a day/365 days a year. That would keep the children safe! Oh, wait… Its called a pawn shop.
Hey, I’d be willing to take any guns you no longer want too, where do I sign up to accept them?
@ Zermoid – I call first dibs on the ammo!
I would be glad to take all those unwanted guns in Oregon.
I am willing to bet that someone from their group brought those 8 guns specifically to bolster their numbers.
In NJ at least, guns cannot be pawned. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a similar law in NY.