One woman’s junk is another’s treasure. There are many people who would jump at the chance to own many of those firearms that you disdain.
“The only guns that get turned in are ones that people put little value on anyway.” (from the article)
That’s my point. Its not like anybody is turning in their good weapons. If somebody wants to buy one fine but these buyback programs are not achieving anything except collecting inferior or worn out weapons. All the good weapons are still out there which foils the govt plan.