(October 26, 2013 at 9:06 pm)pocaracas Wrote:

(October 26, 2013 at 8:55 pm)Chas Wrote: There have been 'gun buy-back' programs in several cities over the years. They have had some success, but it is at tax-payers' expense. Some see that as problematic.

How about all the anti-gunners donate to a non-profit organization to buy guns from gun owners (for destruction)? I think Bloomberg and Soros could easily seed that fund.

I may have missed something on that "Bloomberg and Soros" reference...

Those two are very wealthy men who are actively anti private firearm ownership.

Quote:Yes, it's the taxpayer that has to pay... of course... anything country-wide must be implemented with tax-payers money.... it's the same everywhere.

It was the taxpayer who allowed people to own those guns in the first place.

What does that mean? It was the Constitution that did that.

Quote:It's the taxpayer who finances many gun factories... sounds like a futile waste of money, doesn't it?

The taxpayer funds which gun factories? Do you mean military arms?

Quote:The director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research tells Discovery that research and data like this has been sorely lacking in the field since Congress stopped funding it in the 1990s.

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Of course Congress stopped funding it, or else Americans might want them to do something about all the gun violence in contrast to their being in bed with the NRA.