Despite the lack of any evidence that gun buybacks have any positive impact on crime, the DC government is planning to spend a quarter of a million dollars on yet another buyback.
Dandridge is clueless I believe. The money would be better spent removing "Firearms not allowed signs" where posted and give the BGs something to think about.
WHY do these goofy politicians keep getting re-elected? Even the 'crooked' politicians (encompasses the majority)...the ones who actually get arrested...they too, do not seem to have difficulty in keeping their jobs...
I just don't get it!
We're all in trouble!
Makes me wish I still had the old under $25 Saturday Night Special I got for shooting snake shot on demo ranges about 35 years ago! I'd turn it in for $50!! :biggrin2:
I've got an old junker single barrel, rusted, broken, irrepairable shotgun I'd love to sell them. Wonder if I could get $50 for it if I ship it to them?
Yeah actually they probably will be qued up for it...Right after they run across the border to VA or MD and steal a bunch of guns and then go get in line in DC to get their $50 per gun. These gun buyback programs are really quite funny.
This is the perfect way for some felon in possession of a firearm that has been used in one or more of DC's myriad shootings to get rid of the evidence risk free.
From what I understand, the police almost always check to see if the turned-in firearms were used in a crime. Of course since everything is anonymous and no-questions-asked, all they can tell a victim's family is, "We found the gun that committed the crime." This both reinforces the notion that the firearm is evil while bringing no closure to those who grieve.
I have no idea. To think if the government didn't throw away money here and there on a bunch of useless things they might actually turn a profit every year.
wounder do they do balistics testing on thease firearms like mat said they might be needed to find a murder weapon and if they test em all what dose that cost ? and is this the city budget or dose it come out of federal tax dollars ect
One of the gunwriters a few years ago told about how he took parts of guns left over on his workbench, build new, totally unusable guns, and turned them in. He then used the money to go buy a new gun. The problem is, they think they are doing something constructive, and it is laughable, except the sheep in the flock don't understand that BGs do not turn in guns.
I keep waiting for one of the $100 buybacks to hit my area. I can get my hands on quite a few crappy derringers and .22 rifles for about $20-$60 each with enough incentive.
I'd love to send the buyback sponsors a thank you note with a picture of me holding the AR15 I'd buy with my profits, too.
Yet another realignment of the proportion of "good" firearms to "bad" on the streets. Death of its citizens must be good for the District's coffers. Damn fools, since no criminal worth his salt is going to turn in a firearm ... hence, the very next day there will still be the same $250K of bad firearms on the street, with that many fewer defensive arms out there. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
It's funny how they think that BGs are going to give up tools of the trade for a measly $50 . This has been done before in other places with no effect whatsoever on crime rates or shootings , soooo , maybe put the money into something more useful .
Can anyone provide a link to a story after this buyback occurred? How many were bought back?
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