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Madison Gun “Buyback”: 483 Firearms Turned Over
AmmoLand ^ | August 22, 2022 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 09/03/2022 6:12:58 AM PDT by marktwain

Video and numbers from the gun turn-in event organized by the Dane County Sheriff’s office in Madison, Wisconsin, on August 13, 2022, have been released. The Orwellian term “buyback” was used, although the guns had never been owned by the police. You cannot “buyback” something you never owned.

There is a video released by the Sheriff’s Office of the guns turned in, shown at NBC15.com.

The haphazard and careless display of jumbled long guns makes identification most problematic.  There appeared to be at least one M1 Carbine, one of the Lee Enfield Service rifles, and, likely, a Springfield 03 or 03A3 service rifle.

Included in the jumble of long guns were a smattering of air guns. There were numerous shotguns and .22 rifles.

As reported by wkow.com:

The Dane County Sheriff’s Office shared the following details about the event:

The Sheriff’s Office stated $43,380 in gift cards were handed out.

From the numbers reported by the Sheriff’s Office, there were 483 firearms of all types turned in at the event.

Over eleven percent of the firearms turned in were homemade (ghost) guns.

There was no information about how much was handed out for the homemade firearms. The advertising for the event stated $200 would be paid for “ghost guns”.

(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: banglist; buyback; madison; secondamendment
Eleven percent homemade guns. The Sheriff's Department very carefully does not say how much they paid out for homemade guns.
1 posted on 09/03/2022 6:12:58 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

“The Orwellian term “buyback” was used, although the guns had never been owned by the police. You cannot “buyback” something you never owned.”

Very good point by the author.
Maybe the True Taxpayers/Citizens of this Nation should buyback their Congress and their Senate?

My statement is not Orwellian FWIW.


2 posted on 09/03/2022 6:18:17 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

To the leftists out there:

There are no such things as “ghost guns” just like there were no “gun show loopholes.”

Owner-purchased and finished firearms from items LEGALLY sold were neither “ghost” nor illegal.

They only became such AFTER leftists and the ATF declared them so, contradictory to the Constitution. Show me a musket that had a serial number on it.


3 posted on 09/03/2022 6:23:44 AM PDT by Gaffer (Infidel, and proud of it!)
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To: marktwain

Ex partners turn over their ex’s guns to the po po as revenge, and a way to get quick cash.


4 posted on 09/03/2022 6:26:15 AM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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To: marktwain

What a bunch of dopes. Don’t they know we’re going to need every single gun to fight the inevitable confiscation and crackdown of this tyrannical government? It’s coming folks. I don’t know when but it’s coming. I never in my dreams/nightmares it would accelerate as fast as I’ve seen it.


5 posted on 09/03/2022 6:26:54 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: marktwain

How many took that money, and used it toward the purchase of a new gun? I would.


6 posted on 09/03/2022 6:37:56 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: marktwain

I’m curious, did they check the serial numbers to see if any of them were stolen? Are the firearms that were stolen going to be returned to the rightful owners? Will there be ballistics tests for each of the firearms to determine whether they may have been used in any crimes? How many of the firearms were non-functional?

We probably know the answers to those questions. The end result of the buy back, is that a whole lot money got paid out to bunch of thieves and a whole bunch of liberals feel better about themselves . . . and this will have absolutely no affect on gun violence . . .


7 posted on 09/03/2022 6:40:59 AM PDT by MCSETots
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To: marktwain

Reminds me of a sterilization program in India in the 60’s. Transistor radios were the big thing back then and males could get a free portable transistor radio if they would get a vasectomy. The gov’t ended up giving away millions of radios only to find not even the smallest dent in the birth rate. The gov’t then launched a study to figure out what went wrong. They learned they had sterilized almost 100% of males over the age of 60. Typical gov’t program with no forethought.


8 posted on 09/03/2022 6:43:35 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy. I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: marktwain

Things I’m curious about (this is rhetorical; I’m not expecting anyone to know):
how many were turned in by the same person who legally bought or somehow “made” them.
how many were turned in by biological males.

Suspicion: Most were stolen property, many others inherited property (and some stolen, then inherited). Most were turned in by women, left behind, by a dying father, brother, son, or spouse. Others abandoned by a husband, son, or boyfriend that took off, went to prison, just disappeared, etc.


9 posted on 09/03/2022 6:44:04 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: marktwain

By the way, does anybody know what happened to the Hunter Biden, illegally purchased, gun?


10 posted on 09/03/2022 6:45:16 AM PDT by MCSETots
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To: Chewbarkah
Most were turned in by women, left behind, by a dying father, brother, son, or spouse. Others abandoned by a husband, son, or boyfriend that took off, went to prison, just disappeared, etc.

And how many of those women traded them in because they wanted to get rid of the scary guns before they could sneak up and shoot them? Can’t be too careful.

11 posted on 09/03/2022 6:55:25 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: MCSETots

“By the way, does anybody know what happened to the Hunter Biden, illegally purchased, gun”?

The FBI must have it in their “Lost and found” department.


12 posted on 09/03/2022 7:16:40 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: marktwain

Everyone should have an old rusted broken Bryco around in case of a buyback. Then you can go out and buy a decent AR or Glock!


13 posted on 09/03/2022 7:25:07 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: HighSierra5

It won’t be long and these dopes will be sorry, About November 15, they will realize they made a mistake.


14 posted on 09/03/2022 7:55:37 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: econjack

LOL! I remember that!


15 posted on 09/03/2022 8:39:02 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: marktwain

“The Orwellian term “buyback” was used, although the guns had never been owned by the police. You cannot “buyback” something you never owned.”

Yes, just like “giving back to the community”, as though you stole what you earned through your hard work.


16 posted on 09/03/2022 9:05:32 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Gaffer

Have You priced a
‘Brown Bess’ lately?
.
Even a Kit is a Grand!


17 posted on 09/03/2022 7:58:23 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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To: Big Red Badger

That really wasn’t the point of my comment. :0)


18 posted on 09/04/2022 12:20:35 AM PDT by Gaffer (Infidel, and proud of it!)
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To: Gaffer

Explaining the Constitution
To a Leftist is like playing chess with a Pigeon
.
They jump on the Table mess up all the pieces, crap on
the board and Declare themselves the WINNER !
.
Still love Me?


19 posted on 09/04/2022 5:19:17 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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