RE: THE Gun Thread
August 1, 2022 at 1:34 pm
(This post was last modified: August 1, 2022 at 1:40 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Law enforcement buyback programs are common, because they work. No where near the scale of a federal (or federally funded) program, ofc - one foot in front of the other. The mechanism is simple. The vast majority of the guns that show up in trace data are older handguns and revolvers. Firearms that people have shown themselves willing to part with for a 50$ gift card - for example...and yes, the kind of people who would sell a guy who just got out for armed robbery are often the same kinds of people who would sell a gun for small amounts of drugs. Every gift card they give away (most of which are not acquired at full price) is a 50$ handgun that some asshole will never get the opportunity to buy. When the tools of the trade become less available, the work product decreases.
Can you offer more? Yep. Works even better for a wider range of firearms. Can you offer less? Sure can. You can give them nothing. They'll still bring them in - disposal. I honestly can't figure out why nuts hate this solution. It's not a ban, or added restrictions. It's not a confiscation. You might even get some chick fil a out of the deal. Hell, even the anti-gun crowd get's pissy about this...but it doesn't take any filibuster proof legislation to do...so.......
: shrugs :
Can you offer more? Yep. Works even better for a wider range of firearms. Can you offer less? Sure can. You can give them nothing. They'll still bring them in - disposal. I honestly can't figure out why nuts hate this solution. It's not a ban, or added restrictions. It's not a confiscation. You might even get some chick fil a out of the deal. Hell, even the anti-gun crowd get's pissy about this...but it doesn't take any filibuster proof legislation to do...so.......
: shrugs :
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