New Jersey is set to pass a law requiring the Garden State to hold nine “gun buybacks” per year. We’re talking three “turn in your guns, no questions asked” events in North, Central and South Jersey. A quick look at S1154/A2374 reveals that the state expects to spend $2m a year on the program. Well, not exactly … Read more
Gun “buybacks” are security theater. They’re a deeply cynical ploy by politicians — aided and abetted by craven cops and misguided men and women of the cloth — to make it look like they’re “doing something about gun violence.” And that’s just the good bit. These “no questions asked” turn-ins create a black market for … Read more
In the video below, we learn that Boston hospitals are “pooling” $17k to fund a bit of security theater commonly called a “gun buyback.” I’m not saying that diverting money from patient care to buying broken-ass guns is the height of insanity, but it’s certainly stratospherically dumb. The thing that sticks in my craw: Massachusetts … Read more
I get the feeling that the general public is beginning to see that government-sponsored “gun buybacks” are a sham. For one thing, there is no demonstrable, appreciable link between paying taxpayer (or donated) money for crappy-ass guns and a reduction in “gun violence.” No wonder New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino is feeling the heat. … Read more
Another day, another crime-infested urban area, another gun buyback. “Organized by the city, the CPD’s Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy and several faith- and community-based non-violence groups, the Gun Turn-In event will be held simultaneously at 23 churches between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m,” huffingtonpost.com reports. “Firearms can be turned in for a $100 MasterCard gift card, and replica … Read more
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