re boston gun buy back in article hpfcso fc hp com ron hpfcso fc hp com ron miller writes from urbin interlan interlan com mark urbin rm just a short thought when you ask the question of the authorities or sponsors of buyback programs whether they will check for stolen weapons and they answer no it s total amnesty please note that the given for each firearm in the boston buy back will not be in cash but money orders how much total amnesty can you get if you leave paper trail behind in the latest case in denver they were giving away tickets to a denver nuggets basketball game how traceable is a money order i don t know haven t used one in years money orders operate pretty much like checks with both parties being supposed to sign them i assume you d have to show the buy back people an id and you d then have a money order made out to that id as far as traceable as a practical matter i don t know it would depend on whether they bother to computerize who the recipient s name is on the money order and bother keying that sort of thing in i d say certainly the police and the buyback people would keep a record of who they gave money orders out to is that even an issue if the weapons aren t checked for being stolen there might be some questions asked i suppose if somebody brought in a number of weapons each time over a series of buy back programs david veal univ of tenn div of cont education info services group pa utkvm utk edu i still remember the way you laughed the day your pushed me down the elevator shaft i m beginning to think you don t love me anymore weird al
