I agree that we need to help boost the economy.
I’ll try to do my part: For 2013, I’ll make a commitment to locate and purchase a vintage Colt lightweight Commander chambered in .45 ACP.
Yes it would be like the government to offer you $200 for your personal liberty and freedom.
Here is the unspoken part of the equation.
The government buys the gun from you for $50
They sell it to a Mexican drug cartel for $500
They claim the profit
You then can’t defend yourself from the criminals
You are one less person they have to pay out social security to
I see the Washington Post is now hiring brain surgeons...
Yes, taking away the rights of 300 million people MAY save SOME lives, but doing away with “gun free zones” will definitely save far more.
you first, matt...tell us how it goes fo ya....
Anyone that gives away their gun should put a nice big sign in front of their house saying “This house is no longer armed, robbers welcome, but please wipe your feet before you enter”
This is a twofer idiot. This kind of defict spending will not boost the economy. Never has never will.
Buying back guns, even if 90% of the gun owners sold their guns, which is a huge amount; this would still leave 10%
of the gun owners armed and dangerous. Unilateral disarming does not work. look at the cold war for instance. leaving us once again only with the criminals and the Government (which is the real reason) with guns. citizens are now defensless and easy pickins for either of these two immoral groups.
Use my tax money, stolen from me, to buy back my guns, while pointing government guns at me, also paid for by my tax money...
And this is supposed to boost the economy?
This is criminally stupid.
Here’s a great idea to reduce traffic fatalities - let’s have a car buyback program to get all of those murderous vehicles off of the road.
LOL. $500 a gun is “overpaying”? Maybe for Hi-Points, but any AK or AR-pattern “assault weapon” of the type that makes the author wet his panties is worth more than that, and in many cases quite a bit more. To say nothing of the fact that if they’re not available for sale anymore, most owners wouldn’t sell them at any price.
My two-part plan: first, eliminate “gun-free” victim disarmament zones. Offer to pay for specialized training for any teachers or school employees who want to carry to maximize their safety and effectiveness in an emergency. This could be done in a matter of weeks at a cost of virtually nothing. Second, reform mental health laws so that those few individuals who are obviously seriously disturbed and prone to violence (like every single mass shooter I can think of) can be locked up before they commit mass murder. This will take longer and cost more but will virtually eliminate this type of heinous crime.
The government should buy back the printing presses from propagandists and scandal sheet mongers, thus saving valuable natural resources. Trees.
Boost the economy?
I could pretty much throw a rock and hit Smith and Wesson, and almost hit Savage.....
Not gonna help my economy.