Posted on 08/31/2022 7:42:05 AM PDT by John Semmens
Over the last three years Philadelphia's gun buyback program has removed more than 1,000 guns from the hands of private citizens. None of these weapons were linked to the commission of any crime.
Philadelphia Police Capt. Frank Palumbo admitted that "we never expected any returns from criminals. Guns are the tools of their trade. Without them they'd be out of business. It'd be like a buyback of saws. No carpenter could afford to turn in these tools for the measly amount we have to offer. The $50 ShopRite gift card we give is easily dwarfed by the $1,000 in cash that can be had by selling these guns to criminals."
"Though the number of guns we've retired has only made a small dent in the 400 million guns currently in private hands, on the bright side, taking guns away from law-abiding people prevents them from using these weapons to commit crimes," Palumbo pointed out. "In my mind, that's still a big plus for our program."
The buy-back program was started in 1968 by then-Mayor Frank Rizzo who said, "guns don't belong in the home. Ordinary citizens aren't qualified to use them properly. If anyone needs to be shot, the police will do the shooting."
Decades of research has found little evidence that buyback programs have reduced crime. Government officials stage these events for the public relations benefit despite the absence of any impact on violent crime.
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It’s not satire or even “semi-satire” when it is true.
the govt can’t ‘buy-back’ mine because I didn’t buy it from them in the first place. if they’d like to purchase it from my, my asking price is $2-million
Satire is a means of clarifying the truth.
I get that. My comment wasn’t directed at you. I was just making the point that the truth more frequently seems to be satire these days. It’s must be difficult trying to be absurd when most of the news is absurd.
It’s not so hard. The actions of these leftist portray their real motives that their public statements are meant to disguise. I merely pierce this disguise to show what their true thoughts are.
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