“It is a win - win for all concerned.”
Yeah, except those who trade guns for a living - they’re being edged out of the business by yet more government interference.
That said, at least the guns don’t get melted down, someone who actually wants them can buy them. If they actually ever had a “buy-back” here in Texas (fat chance), I might go and offer the sellers more money than they’d get at the front of the line.
Of course, the big problem with these programs is that there MUST be a lot of guns that were stolen, or used in crimes, that are sold to the buy-back people, all on the promise of “no questions asked.” Real smart...for a rock.
“Yeah, except those who trade guns for a living - they’re being edged out of the business by yet more government interference.”
The guns are sold to dealers.
“Of course, the big problem with these programs is that there MUST be a lot of guns that were stolen, or used in crimes, that are sold to the buy-back people, all on the promise of “no questions asked.†Real smart...for a rock.”
Stolen guns are less than 1% of the guns in these turn in events, or perhaps I should say that less than 1% of the guns turned in are found to be stolen.
I wrote about one event in Florida, in a high crime area, where the number was up to 3%, but that was very unusual.