Guns for gifts
Got an Glock or AK-47 hanging around your house, and you just don't want it anymore? The Compton Sheriff's Department might have the answer you've been waiting for. From City News Service:
A "Guns for Gifts" exchange will be held in Compton Dec. 5-6.
A $100 gift card from Best Buy, Ralphs or Target will be given for each gun surrendered, Sgt. Carmichael Octave of the sheriff's Compton Station said.
The biggest challenge to the program is to ensure residents understand "this is a completely anonymous process, where we will ask no questions of the person surrendering the firearm," Octave said.
The gun exchange will be conducted in the Ralphs parking lot at 280 E. Compton Blvd.
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$100 for a glock? holy cow... i paid $600 for mine brand new.
How about I offer $150 cash for the glock if its in good condition?
The government is trying to disarm the citizens, again!
Great, less thoughtful gift to get a friend. NOT a BF or GF, cuz they will stop talking to you for a while.
I, too, bought a couple of Amazon gift cards for Christmas gifts and the recipients were thrilled. The difference was that i bought them from a gift card kiosk at a local grocery store. The store personnel activated them in front of me so there were no glitches or shipping delays/charges. I just lucked out - it never would have occurred to me to check reviews on gift cards from Amazon. I just stopped to look at the gift card display in the store and was pleasantly surprised to find Amazon cards as one of the choices. It's ironic that the whole joy of the Amazon shipping experience for me is the online ease and fast, efficient delivery and that's the very thing that caused so much frustration for so many people this holiday. Now, I'm inclined to wonder about some of their electronic systems. I hope they work out their problems..