Guns for groceries
Your gun for groceries.
That's the goal of a gun buyback from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Reunion Arena. Each unloaded, operational firearm surrendered will fetch a $50 Kroger grocery gift card. People trading in their guns must present identification, city officials say.
"It would be a failure on our part if we do not take an initiative," said Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, who is helping lead the effort.
Dallas is not using public money to purchase the gift cards. Kroger is providing them at a 30 percent discount to several event sponsors, Dallas spokesman Frank Librio said.
Meanwhile, Dallas writer and gun rights advocate Trey Garrison says he may conduct an alternative gun buyback of his own -- with better prices for sellers. He says he'll pay in cash, too.
How much might Garrison spend?
"Depends on what the hardware is," he said Wednesday. |