Guns turned in at the event.
Posted on 10/05/2021 6:43:22 AM PDT by marktwain
On September 16, 2021, the Government of New York State hosted a gun turn-in event in New Rochelle, New York. Monetary rewards were offered for guns turned in. These events are typically labeled with the Orwellian phrase “buyback”, but the government cannot “buy back” items it never owned. From lohud.com:
Guns can be turned in for money in New Rochelle Friday with no questions asked.
The state Attorney General’s Office, New Rochelle police and Westchester County District Attorney’s Office are teaming up on the gun buyback program, with assault rifles fetching $250, handguns $150, rifles and shotguns $75, and non-working and antique guns $25.
The event is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bethesda Baptist Church, 71 Lincoln Ave., New Rochelle.
Payment will be made in the form of prepaid debit cards. Each person who turns in an operable handgun or assault rifle will also receive a free iPad.
From the image, there appear to be 22 pistols (7 revolvers, 15 semi-autos), 26 ordinary long guns, including 2 collectible military bolt action rifles, and two HK91 or similar clones, perhaps made from kits. The picture may have been taken before the event was finished.
There have been numerous academic studies showing these events do not decrease crime or suicides. The most rigorous and largest study showed a slight increase in crime committed with guns in the two months after these events. From a previous article:
Moreover, during the first two months following the gun buyback, we find that a GBP is associated with an increase in incidents of firearm-related crime. The 7.7 percent increase in gun crime we detect in column (4) is relatively modest, suggesting at most, two additional gun crimes.24
The press release by Attorney General Leticia James’ office shows numerous false assumptions.
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
These events are for propaganda purposes.
Guns turned in at the event.
On the bright side, there are 57 less idiots with guns.
Lets just give thieves more incentives to steal cause it’s easier to unload stolen merchandise. I wonder what this will do to street prices?
How do we know that? For all we know they staged those as well.
Those look scary. They could shoot someone.
It has been known to happen.
Some police have added “assault weapons” to displays for a greater propaganda effect, as I recall.
Bethesda Baptist Church? The guns may very well have come from church members wanting some extra personal cash.
Who in their right mind would sell collectable military arms for a fraction of their value? And it looks like a revolver in good condition in one of the pictures. A Smith and Wesson? A Colt? $150? The only person who would part with a nice rifle or revolver for this price would be some bleeding heart liberal who inherited it.
Pax New York begins.
You are close to the truth. A great many come from people who inherited the guns, know nothing about them, are vaguely worried they may not sell them because of legal "problems" and see these events as a safe way to get rid of a "problem" they know nothing about.
Others are purely ideological. There was a person who insisted on turning in a very desirable and collectible Colt Python, to be sure it was destroyed, instead of selling it for thousands of dollars.
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57 guns. Probably one guy.
Or a great way to get rid of the evidence.
Wipe it clean. Hand it to the cops. Collect your money. Now weapon to link to a crime.
Genius. Pure genius I tell ya.
It is a television fable.
It happens, but it is rare.
Because they don’t know what they’re worth or do not care.
No different than just tossing a tv that works.
Thankfully that didn’t happen in this case and the Hartford cops were very helpful to her.
CT Woman Turns in WWII German Rifle at Gun Buyback
https://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/gun-nuts/2012/12/ct-woman-turns-antique-rifle-gun-buyback/
“Who in their right mind would sell collectable military arms for a fraction of their value?”
A thief who stole them. “No questions asked...’
And from how many years in law enforcement do you learn that?
These "buy-back" go to cheap to accomplish what they want or to benefit gun owners.
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