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It's not an assumption and should be common sense that people with guns are going to take advantage of this, many of the guns they buy back are junk or worthless. The ones they do buy back that may have value or usable are often not associated with crime to begin with. People aren't turning in 9MM Glocks.
I think it is a good idea for the folks that have a gun for one reason or another working or not laying around to turn it in.
I know if I was ever held up I wouldn't ask the criminal if the gun actually worked or even if it is loaded. A gun is a gun and can be a scary thing in the hands of an angry someone that is pointing it at you.
As I mentioned in a previous post, most, if not all the people who sell their guns in those buy-back programs are not the type who will most likely commit a crime, so I can't imagine an 80-year-old woman with her deceased husband's hunting bolt-action rifle walking up to you to rob you.
Gun enthusiasts like myself know better than to sell their valuable weapons for dirt cheap in those buy-back programs.
See, it's possible to make an arguable point without simply making things up.
If our insulted me with a 100 dollar bill for a Glock I'd tell you where to go and how to get there. But 100 for a rusty crusty revolver with a broken spring. Cracked/missing grips. A cheap hi point with a fail to feed fail to extract or excessive head space? Sold.
If our insulted me with a 100 dollar bill for a Glock I'd tell you where to go and how to get there. But 100 for a rusty crusty revolver with a broken spring. Cracked/missing grips. A cheap hi point with a fail to feed fail to extract or excessive head space? Sold.
How about an RS. That is the one I was posting about. I think they sold for $65 new in the 1960s. Have seen them go unsold on Gunbrokers for $25.
St Louis Mayor: Give us your guns, we'll give you groceries.
Similar schemes that have been tried in other cities, including those that paid cash for guns, were a waste of tax payer Dollars. In most cases the guns that were turned in were those that didn't work. Do they really expect career criminals to turn in their guns? I doubt it.
St Louis Mayor: Give us your guns, we'll give you groceries.
Similar schemes that have been tried in other cities, including those that paid cash for guns, were a waste of tax payer Dollars. In most cases the guns that were turned in were those that didn't work. Do they really expect career criminals to turn in their guns? I doubt it.
It's still more guns off the streets, which is a good thing in the eyes of people who, you know, actually value human life more than their stupid arsenals. I wouldn't expect everyone to understand that. Too many people are willing to vote away their jobs, healthcare, wealth, and freedom just to protect their hoarder-level gun collection - a pile of weapons that won't do you a damn bit of good in the end.
Just remember - based on how they vote, too many "gun owners" are actually owned BY their guns.
The usual hysterical ranting from the usual paranoid leftist, backed by zero fact or reference.
(yawn)
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