Here we go again.. Boston Gun Buyback

[EddieCoyle]

City plans a retooled buyback of guns

Exchange may offer gift cards instead of cash

The City of Boston and community groups plan to launch a gun buyback program as early as next month that may offer gift cards instead of cash to people who turn in weapons, community leaders and a police spokeswoman said yesterday.

The buyback program, the first such effort in a decade, is being designed to avoid some of the problems a similar program faced in the mid-1990s....

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[71Commander]

criminologists found that some people used the buyback money to buy newer guns.

That's funny.

 

[Manedwolf]

Some of their "seized weapons" on display in 1996. How much would you be willing to bet that they snuck in some things from evidence lockup like the front two...and...is that a Ruger, left front? ...to pad the display. They'd not want to show the pile of broken Lorcins, Brycos, Ravens and Jennings they mostly got.

Bet that one in the right front went home with some official, too.

 

[Sistema1927]

How can you "buy back" something that never belonged to you in the first place?

Of course, their use of this flawed terminology exposes their flawed mind-set. Since they believe that only the "right people" should own guns, they "buy them back" to their "rightful" owners. Any student of history would know that all gun control has its roots in racism, since they don't want "those" people to own guns.

 

[Erebus]

''We're not talking about the high-tech guns that criminals are going to be using," Martinez said. ''We know we won't get those folks to turn in their guns. That would be foolish. We're talking about mothers who find guns, youths who know where guns are."

They didn't mention the complaints that they got last time because they had kids taking their parents guns(not that I have sympathy for the parents if the kids could get them) and turning them in for the cash.

I guess that's a mixed bag because the gun wouldn't be used for a crime but a horrible accident could happen. If the kids could get them to turn them in apparently the parents didn't have them very well secured. Maybe losing a gun or two this way would teach a parent to keep them put up well enough the kids can't get to them.

I would like to know what people think about this as I have found since I started on this board that many opinions I have held were honest but either misguided or misinformed. Just wondering if there could be an aspect of this I am missing.

 

[Maxwell]

Why cant these people figure out when something is NOT working and come up with a new plan?
Its like their stuck in a rut.

 

[NickEllis]

Erebus,

Its an honest question, so I'll give you my shot at an honest answer.

I doubt these "kids" turning in guns were seven year olds. Rather, we are talking about teenagers, highschoolers, right? Well, in my home, I would want my firearms accessable to precisely people like my wife, my responsible children, if the need should arise. What is the point in having a weapon for self defense that is not quickly and easily accessible? If I'm not home, and someone comes into my house, I don't want my wife raped and killed while my kids are trying to figure out where "daddy hid the bullets".

I guess I am much less concerned with a "horrible accident" happening with kids who are trained and responsible, than with an even greater horror if the people who needed my guns couldn't gain access to them.

 

[Standing Wolf]

On the proverbial "bright side," I guess this proves beyond all reasonable doubt that New York doesn't have a monopoly on stupidity when it comes to firearms.