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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nA number of readers sent us links to the story<\/a> of the gun buy back in Minneapolis last weekend. The city allocated $25,000 for the event and they went through it within a couple of minutes according to witnesses<\/a>.<\/p>\n I showed up at the E. 38th st. fire station at 12:30. Incompetence is the word of the day. About 15 people with guns in line not moving. The cops said they were out of gift cards and more were on the way. A half dozen guys had been waiting two hours for cards so apparently they only brought enough for a half hour of turn-ins. About 12:45 they said no more cards were coming and we could either sign up to have payment mailed to us or just give up the guns for nothing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I was at the south location. I got there early and was the third person in line. If that stack of 25 dollar cards was all they had I’m not surprised they ran out, it was probably less than five grand.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I stood there for those 2 hrs talking to the officers and they didn’t know the rules so the first few people had no limits enforced. The officers didn’t care about any of this and made plenty of jokes about how silly it was. A guy turned in a homemade slide fire 12 ga. made out of pipe and a 2×4. The officers thought it was hilarious.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yeah, the Minnesota Gun Owner Caucus<\/a> swears that the police bought the thing pictured above for $100. I won’t be surprised if it proven to be false, but it makes for a nice story. At least it wasn’t a rocket launcher (I’m looking at you, Los Angeles).<\/p>\n They took four from me including an “AR” for $300 … a Charter Arms AR-7 parts gun with a stripped barrel nut \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n The cops there did a great job. No issues at all except for a late start.<\/p>\n Every single person in line was one of us<\/p><\/blockquote>\n