Late last month I wrote about how so-called "gun buy back" programs may be illegal as a consequence of Colorado's new gun control laws concerning background checks. Here's another instance of the same. This post is from "1 Million Moms Against Gun Control, INC" on their Facebook page.
What seems typical of gun control laws, this probably wasn't a foreseen or intended consequence of the mad rush for "universal background checks".
I am interested in that $5 background check fee though. The ones I've priced all cost between $25 and $50. In many, if not most, places, Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) are able to charge whatever they want for the mandatory service. Maybe the gun control crowd would be a little more successful if they'd reduce the very real costs of their initiatives for consumers. I wish I could find a $5 background check! Plus, they just might have found a few more supporters for more background checks if they'd made it easier, simpler, faster, more accurate, more effective, etc. You know - dealt with real issues instead of just "controlling" legal firearms.
But back to the topic of "gun buy back" programs - they're completely ineffective in reducing gun violence or crime involving guns, of course. They're just another feel-good measure used to distract people from the real issues.
"1 Million Moms Against Gun Control, INC
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August 8, 2013
Another lost soul. Not lost to death - just to a meaningless and ineffective use of time and money that may also be illegal in the name of 'greater good'. Past friends used a phrase jokingly - 'if only I could use my powers for good'. Here are a couple guys trying to use their powers for good but who are hopelessly misled and believe their own nonsense and that of outspoken gun control advocates.
So-called gun "buy back" programs do little or nothing to reduce crime; may be illegal under state law because they're not completing background checks with each "transfer" of the firearms and because they may be considered "straw purchases"; and do not get guns "off the street". The guns turned in come out of closets and bedrooms and basements and garages. They're unwanted guns, not the tools of criminal behavior. I hadn't considered before this article that these programs may also encourage criminal activity - the theft of firearms to turn in "no questions asked". It has been previously mentioned that this may also be a method of disposing of guns used in crimes "no questions asked".
The "crowdfunding" (crowdsourcing) element of this is new to me. Programs I've read about have so-far been funded with public funds or private donations. Public funds should never be used for several reasons that I won't go into here. I understand they've been successful in raising more than $10,000. I wonder how long their success will continue. Eventually, even the well meaning people donating have to do the math in their head, right? There are over 300 millions firearms in the United States and MOST of them will NEVER appear in one of these programs. It's an exercise in futility, among other things.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Crowdfunding-underwrites-gun-buyback-4715672.php
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