Posted on 06/08/2021 2:37:30 PM PDT by rktman
On May 27, 2021 the New York State Attorney General was celebrating a successful gun“buyback” program in Rochester, New York on their official Facebook page. Cam Edwards previously covered this story, but I was compelled to follow-up after over five thousand comments were on the AG’s post online.
So-called gun “buybacks” hardly do anything to curb any type of violence. In fact, there is an argument that these no questions asked events are harmful, as they are a handy way for criminals to dispose of evidence. Quoted in an article, Sgt. Steve Ward of the Rochester Police Department stated the following:
Anonymity is very important. We’re not going to record any information regarding the individuals turning in the gun…
Everything about these programs is questionable, starting with calling them a “buyback”. Often stated by Second Amendment advocates, how can the government buyback something that was never their’s in the first place? I’ll revert to Cam’s nomenclature in calling buybacks what they really are, “compensated confiscations.”
In the Facebook post, the AG quips:
We collected 270 guns, including 20 assault rifles, at our gun buyback event in Rochester last night.
As gun violence continues to plague communities throughout our state, it is essential that these dangerous firearms are now off our streets and out of our homes.
Looking over the pictures provided by the AG, nothing on the table of their booty really screams out to me as “dangerous”. A few old break action revolvers, one half of a break action long gun, and other pieces of junk. At best, many of the firearms displayed could be cleaned up and hung up on the wall of a kitschy restaurant as a decoration. How’d that be for some Shenanigans? Comments on the post range in opinion and intensity, some of which include:
(Excerpt) Read more at bearingarms.com ...
Similar to the phrase “giving back.”
And some really only “used to be” guns. They would not function in that capacity today.
I’m insulted. I have one of those old break action revolvers, .38S&W caliber...yeah one of those with the “short cartridges”. It’s probably now an antique but I don’t consider it junk.
Might be worth something on the collector market.
LOL, ROTFL Payments for the following types of guns will made by gift cards at the site:
$25 – non-working or antique firearms
$75 – rifles and shotguns
$150 – handguns
$250 – assault weapons ......................... Sell them out of the trunk of your car in certain neighborhoods and really get some cash! NY IDIOTS, with their King Mario Jr..
I have a Carcano I paid $30 for plus tax and background fee. I have about $45 in it. I think I’d part with it.
I inherited two what can only be described as Saturday Night Specials. I wouldn’t dare fire either one. I’ve been waiting for a buyback rather than simply trashing them.
They picked up 20 AR’s. Who turns in an AR? A vengeful ex?
Yeah, but some people got rid of useless guns and got down payments for shiny new ones!
https://freakonomics.com/2013/02/14/how-to-think-about-guns-full-transcript/
I waited and waited for one of these gun buyback programs but it never came, so I finally threw away an old pellet gun that didn’t work anyway without compensation.
Seriously, I wonder if they would’ve given me something for it at one of these buyback programs.
I could have made some dollars on a few part outs that don’t have any value. I’m not in Rochester though. Looks like some people got rid of junk for a lot more cash than scrap metal value.
Oddly there is not a single photo of just one jof the "assault rifles."
Sounds like some folks pocketed the cash...
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I have 2 break top S&W 5 shot revolvers in .38 S&W (short cartridge). They are made in the late 19th century. I reload and shoot these in side matches in cowboy action shoots. Work fine. A lot of fun.
Cuomo made "assault rifles" illegal in New York in 2013. Not everyone turned them in. (About 3% were turned in.) Some probably don't think it's worth the legal risk, when there are plenty of non-scary-looking alternatives.
Mine is an H&R Model 925, which I don’t think is as old as yours. Serial # starts with AD. But it’s in good shape and I have it as a backup if I can’t get to my Mossberg. :o)
How do they know if it’s non-working? Attempting to fire a few rounds into the air?
This is all attributable, at least in spirit, to the illuminating genius of Beto O’Rourke. A man without portfolio, so to speak. Idiots sometimes get their way, and here we have one of those times.
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