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Houston Democrats Hosted a Gun Buyback Event and One Clever Man Took Full Advantage
townhall.com ^ | 8/2/2022 1215 hrs edt | Spencer Brown

Posted on 08/02/2022 11:42:45 AM PDT by rktman

Over the weekend, Houston's Democrat Mayor Sylvester Turner held a gun buyback event in a church parking lot where residents could turn in their firearms and receive a gift card ranging from $50 to $200 with no questions asked. According to the Mayor's announcement, the funds provided to those turning in firearms came from the American Rescue Plan — aka American taxpayers — and the amount-per-firearm was $50.00 for a non-functioning firearm, $100.00 for a rifle or shotgun, $150.00 for a handgun, and $200.00 for a fully automatic rifle.

Heralded as a success by the mayor and hyped up by the liberal Houston Chronicle, the event on Saturday saw 845 guns bought back and some $100,000 in gift card payments given. But the alleged success isn't exactly what it seems.

The FAQ section for the buyback noted that there's no limit on the number of firearms that could be turned in by an individual, nor was there any restriction on the types of handguns, as long as they're functioning. Enter some creative and apparently entrepreneurial individuals who saw an opening and decided to make some extra cash.

Photos and videos from the event show authorities unloading boxes of... fresh 3D-printed firearms.

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; houston; localnews; sweet; texas
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To: rktman

It is illegal to manufacture, build or print firearms with the intent to sell them without first obtaining a Type 07 Manufacturer’s License, and then the firearms must be serialized. Firearms manufactured for personal use and which have not been serialized are NOT transferable, neither may they be bought legally.

So the guy who manufactured and sold these ghost guns committed at least two crimes and the mayor’s agent at the buy-back committed at least one.


21 posted on 08/02/2022 12:39:37 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Paal Gulli

Yes, but the deal was “No questions asked”


22 posted on 08/02/2022 12:45:19 PM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: Sarcazmo

Good point.


23 posted on 08/02/2022 12:50:30 PM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Sarcazmo
"Yes, but the deal was “No questions asked”"

Which matters ... how?

24 posted on 08/02/2022 12:52:04 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Paal Gulli

Houston ‘mare’ and PD declared “No questions asked.” Does that get anyone off the hook? Only if you’re a demokkkommie.


25 posted on 08/02/2022 12:54:48 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: rktman
[...] where residents could turn in their firearms and receive a gift card ranging from $50 to $200 with no questions asked

Can one use the gift cards to purchase firearms?

Regards,

26 posted on 08/02/2022 1:01:03 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: rktman; All

Anyone who uses the term, “buyback” in this context is a flaming moron. Why? How can you buy back something you never owned?


27 posted on 08/02/2022 1:03:54 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: Paal Gulli
It is illegal to manufacture, build or print firearms with the intent to sell them without first obtaining a Type 07 Manufacturer’s License, and then the firearms must be serialized.

He did NOT "sell" them.

He "surrendered" them to law enforcement authorities and was "awarded" a gift card as a "thank-you."

The LEOs promised "No questions asked," so presumably, one could hand in a blood-stained, still-smoking revolver and the LEOs wouldn't be allowed to ask, "Did you just use this firearm to murder someone?"

Regards,

28 posted on 08/02/2022 1:03:57 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Boomer; All

I don’t buy this. It said the weapon must fire. 3D ain’t gonna produce a gun ready to fire right out of the box.


29 posted on 08/02/2022 1:06:07 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: day10

That’s the price of a tax stamp on a Form 4. I doubt they know what full auto really is.


30 posted on 08/02/2022 1:07:46 PM PDT by fretzer
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To: rktman

How many fully automatic firearms do you suppose they got?


31 posted on 08/02/2022 1:27:07 PM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe o)
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To: arthurus

None. The cartels would never turn in a weapon.


32 posted on 08/02/2022 1:30:55 PM PDT by Texas resident ( Let's Go Brandon)
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To: Cobra64

They use the term “buyback” instead of “confiscation”.
That would not go over so well.


33 posted on 08/02/2022 1:31:58 PM PDT by Texas resident ( Let's Go Brandon)
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To: Texas resident

True.


34 posted on 08/02/2022 1:43:33 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: rktman

What was that old saying ... A fool and his money are soon parted?


35 posted on 08/02/2022 1:47:02 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: rktman

Aren’t fully automatic rifles illegal?


36 posted on 08/02/2022 1:57:21 PM PDT by Fledermaus (With Trans Republicans like McCarthy and McConnell do we really want them to win Congress in 2022?)
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To: rktman

Aren’t fully automatic rifles illegal?


37 posted on 08/02/2022 1:57:35 PM PDT by Fledermaus (With Trans Republicans like McCarthy and McConnell do we really want them to win Congress in 2022?)
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To: Sarcazmo

[Yes, but the deal was “No questions asked”]

I bet BATF will have a different opinion. That guy better have covered his tracks like a ninja.


38 posted on 08/02/2022 1:58:50 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

What makes it even better is the guy was screaming like a girl.

When he finally gets caught and the video associated with him that’s something that’s gonna dog him for the rest of his days.

Like that kid who screamed like a girl when he tried to mug a former Seal (or somesuch) and was thrown to the ground and disarmed in one quick motion (that was captured on someone’s door cam).


39 posted on 08/02/2022 2:02:11 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Paal Gulli

Of course there’s no enumerated power for that federal statute, not any enumerated power for the federal to require any license to be in business or manufacture in general.


40 posted on 08/02/2022 2:04:08 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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