Notes from the Resistance
In fact, the study said a 7.7% increase in crimes involving a gun occurred in those cities and counties in the immediate two months after a buyback. [More]
The Philadelphia Inquirer Iditorial Board has an about-damn-time epiphany of sorts, then wrings its hands and wails “Something must be done,” all the while clueless as to what that something needs to be.
[Via Jess]
Delaware offers cash to owners of newly illegal large-capacity gun magazines [More]
Coerced surrender is still theft.
Mike would have known what to do.
[Via Jess]
Together they created Richmond’s first drive-thru gun buyback program where people drove up with their unloaded guns in their trunks for officials to evaluate. [More]
If people like widows who know nothing about guns want to participate, how do they safely determine they’re unloaded? And as for the contention that “research into whether the efforts led to a reduction in gun violence remains unclear,” how many more decades and thousands of events need to be observed and analyzed before we have a testable hypothesis? And before proponents can honestly claim “success,” huge or otherwise?
On top of everything else, it appears you and I paid for it.
[Via Jess]
Will Richmond’s gun ‘buyback’ curb violent crime? [More]
No. Of course not. Any fool could see that it won’t.
Even the feds have admitted it.
But it gets headlines, giving kneejerk Democrat voters ignorant enough to give power to incompetent frauds like Stoney a false sense that they are “doing something.”
[Via Mack H]
Houston has banned 3D printed guns from buybacks. It was fun while it lasted and our hero cleared almost 3K in profit. [More]
So now, when government tells us what a great threat “ghost guns” are, throw it back that the “Only Ones” are rejecting voluntary agreements to “take them off the streets.”
[Via WiscoDave]
Firearms must be transported unloaded and inside a trunk or cargo are of your vehicle. Firearms should be either wrapped, cased or boxed. Magazines and ammunition must be in a separate area of the vehicle (such as the backseat). Firearms must be in working condition. [More]
So how is an elderly widow giving up her late husband’s gun and who knows nothing about them supposed to safely determine all that?
[Via bondmen]
Santa Fe Event Turns Guns Into Gardening Tools [More]
John Crump notes apparently illegal transfers to the cut-ups.
[Via Jess]
A felon caught with a gun near the city? No worries– just tell them you were bringing it into the “buyback,” didn’t understand the transport requirements, and you thought it was “No questions asked.”
Speaking of which: Are you a widow with absolutely no gun training so you don’t know how to check if your deceased husband’s gun is loaded, or anything at all about safe handling or transport? Well, come on down!
Any questions?
Hey, uh, everybody knows private sales are legal in Texas, right? Is that a public sidewalk I see in front of 3826 Wheeler?
[Via Lane]
UPDATE
DDS noticed something I missed:
