Posted on 07/11/2022 4:18:56 PM PDT by rktman
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that even a ban on future purchases of guns would not reduce the number of guns in America and that reducing the number of guns in America would require something akin to an Australia-style gun buyback program. And that he has never understood why a gun buyback like Australia’s “is an affront to anybody.” Because it’s a choice whether to sell your gun back or not.
Brooks began by saying that the chance of the federal government taking further action on guns “Seems remote.”
He added, “I’ve never understood why an Australian-style gun buyback is an affront to anybody. It’s an open choice. You can sell your gun or not. But if we’re going to reduce 400 million guns, it would take something like that, not even just banning future purchases. I mean, we’ve got 400 million here.”
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If someone doesn’t want their guns any more, all they have to do is sell them on a place like Ammoland. They don’t need a govt buyback program to unload them. What a moron!
I'm glad he does not know how many guns are in private hands in the US. Saw an estimate of 19 million guns sold in 2020 (higher now) Read that in the month of April 2022 was the 3rd highest on record. And the idiots talk about gun buy backs? Totally Insane.
We will keep ours. Period. End Trans.
I looked into this “buyback” thing, and it looks to be a nonstarter.
The government has a long, long history of violence and domestic abuse. They need psychological evaluation, frankly.
So due to brooks’ mental shortcomings he might be a candidate for a red flag? 😁🚩
And that comment is IN THE V RING!
Not one single government bureaucrat is to be trusted with a firearm!
WHY? because the first thing they will do is turn it on you!
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