Wow, this is the second year they are doing this.
If the price of groceries keeps going up, I may trade in some old rifles.

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Gun owners can swap unwanted firearms for H-E-B gift cards which could collectively reach a balance up to $2,000 on Nov. 24 at the Alamodome.
District 9 Councilman John Courage will host the second annual Voluntary Weapons Xchange aiming to reduce gun violence in the city. The event will run from noon to 5:00 p.m. in the Alamodome parking lot.
Participants will receive one gift card per gun given up, according to KENS 5 TV. Shotgun and hunting rifles will earn its owner a $100 H-E-B gift card. For a pistol or a handgun, owners will get $150 gift card, while assault weapons and AR-15-style automatic rifles will get $200 gift cards, the news station reported. Gun owners cannot trade in more than 10 guns for gift cards.

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https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/heb-voluntary-gun-exchange-alamodome-19904963.php?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3THhQlWRB31LU4g4qk3sgTlGzs_vYkjODeOdkC43Ec1kCmHbwyvTn__Zs_aem_AzqYQA8F6KXNKYm6X5s1fg

You can, just click the X when the pop up appears

I wonder how many staffers and their families will be buying groceries with HEB gift cards over the next month?

EMY92 said:

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I wonder how many staffers and their families will be buying groceries with HEB gift cards over the next month?

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SAPD officer lost his job for doing this in June.

https://www.ksat.com/news/ksat-investigates/2024/06/05/sapd-fires-officer-accused-of-taking-guns-ammo-from-councilmans-gun-buyback-event/

That's my city councilman. He's a ******.

SanAntoneAg said:

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EMY92 said:

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I wonder how many staffers and their families will be buying groceries with HEB gift cards over the next month?

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SAPD officer lost his job for doing this in June.

https://www.ksat.com/news/ksat-investigates/2024/06/05/sapd-fires-officer-accused-of-taking-guns-ammo-from-councilmans-gun-buyback-event/

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I would expect nothing less from my hometown. It was awesome back in the day, but the cuates and crew are trashing it

O.G. said:

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Brandon Herrera made a video about the last one of these that they did. He showed up with a stack of cash & if they had anything that was worth the money, he'd pay more.

"Officials" got pissed off.

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I was just wondering if there's any law/rule against doing this. Can't get an AR for $200 anywhere else!

NIB Uzi into the woodchipper for $200 in groceries.

The only remotely possible effect I think anyone can successfully argue that this would have on gun violence is that I would bet most of these weapons are not locked up and would be easy loot during a burglary.

Otherwise, I don't have any real problem with people who know nothing about firearms wanting to offload some inherited item for a gift card (instead of trying to deal with selling outright), as long as those gift cards aren't funded by public money.

ETA - looks like last years event was funded primarily by the "San Antonio Area Foundation". I know nothing about them, but looking at their board, they are most likely not conservatives.