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ANOTHER “BUYBACK” FAILURE

A federally-funded gun “buyback” in Kentucky fell
flat. They pulled in all of 42 guns, most of which
were “old and/or inexpensive guns…of little value.”
While there were a couple of people who expressed
concern about making sure the guns “don’t go into
the wrong hands,” some of the folks simply wanted
to get rid of clunkers sitting around collecting
dust, or so it seems — and get a good deal for
their unwanted dust collectors.

The program used $2,100 of the $10,000 in money
granted by HUD. To date, I have not heard a decent
refutation of the suggestion that the feds exceeded
their authority in allocating HUD funds to purchase
used guns from citizens. The documented proof that
gun “buybacks” do not reduce crime seems irrelevant
to the pipedreaming anti-self-defense crowd.

We enjoy hearing the reports of citizens cashing in
poor quality goods for cash almost as much as we
enjoy hearing when citizens show up and outbid the
government.

FULL REPORT

http://enquirer.com/editions/2000/12/03/loc_traffic_light_at.html

Quotes from the Media on Gun “Buybacks”

http://www.keepandbeararms.com/information/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=1154

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