OK, I’m going to bite. Currently I don’t own a firearm but will be getting one later this year when I move to my new house. But let me ask anyway...
How can anyone purchase a firearm that someone is bringing in to have “melted” legally, or at least with any pragmatic assurance that they are doing it legally? I do find it absolutely hilarious that we could be giving 2nd Amendment patriots a huge discount by “outbidding” the gift cards the cops are giving out, but I’m curious as to the actual process of how this gun purchase would work, or has worked in the past?
In short, if this is the norm for such events, why do they pursue this idiotic process of buying guns for converting to plowshares?
Obviously the department is run by Liberals. That being the case, logic and/or common sense are not part of the equation.
As long as person to person transfers are legal in your state, the person turning in the firearm is free to sell it to a buyer who offers them a better deal. I would be a bit cautious about who I bought from, as the last thing you want to end up with is a stolen firearm or one that was used in a crime... I think most of these buybacks are "no questions asked", so a scumbag can literally sell stolen guns to police.