Posted on 11/11/2023 3:26:18 AM PST by marktwain
On Saturday, November 4, 2023, New Mexico held three simultaneous gun turn-in events, also known by the Orwellian term “buyback”. Items cannot be “bought back” if they were never owned by the entity purchasing them. The events were decided on by executive order from Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham. It is unclear where the money for the gun turn-in event came from. A query to the New Mexico State Police has remained unanswered. Several cities are using money created by the Biden administration in the American Rescue Plan for gun turn-in events, “buybacks.” El Paso has dedicated $300,000 for such events. The New Mexico events handed out about $73,200 in gift cards on November 4.
Many people were disappointed with the gun turn-in events, waiting in long lines, with the gift card running out in the first hour or two. At the Albuquerque event, from krqe.com:
Participants tell News 13 that the line to get into the event was like a parking lot. “You sit in your car for an hour and a half you know for 200 dollars for one pistol, {laughs}, and you burn a lot of gas while you’re waiting too,” Ledbetter said.
State Police told gun owners they could still leave their weapons even though the money had run out. “I wasn’t going to do that and nobody else was either. Cause everybody was heading for the gate and leaving,” Morgan said.
Some tell News 13 the event should have been planned better. “The governor sponsored this thing…It didn’t go smooth. They said it was. It was just a fiasco,” Morgan said.
In Las Cruces, a participant posted on Craigslist to report their disappointment. From Las Cruces Craigslist:
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In a somewhat roundabout way, one could characterize these events as “New guns for old!”
Guessing they didn’t check for stolen guns nor returned them to their rightful owner.
That is exactly my thoughts about most buy-back programs.
That’s what happens when you elect a Marxist Dem for governor. Suckers!
They claimed they checked the guns turned in, and found two guns which had been reported stolen.
The LEO never return guns the come across so just assume any gun stolen or taken by LEO gone forever.
Only Two ?
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Interesting
I have watched these events for 10 years. When the number of guns which were reported as stolen is mentioned, it is less than 1/2 of 1 percent.
Gasoline consumption while idling: 1/3 to 1/2 gallon per hour.
Spot on idiots never sell or give up your guns.
I knew a guy, 40 years ago, who made a really fine slam shotgun using seamless tubing produced for bicycle frames. He matched the inner and outer diameter of the tubes until the bottom was thick enough. He had to heat each outer layer to make them fit. He fabricated fixed firing pin and receiver from a block of aluminum aĺloy and mounted a stock.
No way do Americans own 1 trillion rounds of ammo. A VERY generous estimate might show 100 million gun owners, which would be an average of 10,000 rounds per owner, not remotely close to being realistic. Multiple billions yes, 1 trillion no.
I regularly scooped up plenty of .22lr, and some other calibers from 2015-2020, but sitting nowhere near 10,000 rounds.
When I was shooting competitively I shoot. 10 to 20 thousand a year.
Ten thousands is easy to have on hand.
Are we talking 10,000 rounds of each NATO caliber, or 10,000 rounds total ?
Buying habits have changed
After the last ammo squeeze most folks I know pick up a few thousand rounds any time they see a deal. Doesn’t take long to accumulate 10k rounds. Doesn’t make a big pile.
So we let the law depose of the murder weapons, brilliant!!
Saw pictures, it was the usual crap.
And for the past 50+ months, gun sales have been over 1 million guns a month. Not a single month below.
The Public knows something serious is wrong and are preparing.
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