Mandatory Gun Buyback

[wannabeagunsmith]

Is this really going to happen? Your thoughts and concerns. Personally I think it would be a BIG mistake on their part.


http://washingtonexaminer.com/sen.-...-buyback-of-guns/article/2516648#.UNXD5280WSo

 

[Aries-]

How can it happen ?.

ive seen reports of the number of guns in the states being set between 80million and 300 million. even with a throw a dog a bone of $200 the united states is so badly in dept how could they afford it ? even down to a dollar it would be out of the question. 300 mill could be much better spent elsewhere.

 

[skeeziks]

Sorry Diane & Andrew...my guns are Not for sale.

 

[cbrgator]

HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY unlikely for a multitude of reasons, but as a legal matter, I point you in the direction of the Takings Clause of the 5th Amendment:

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

If Congress can claim a legitimate "public use" for the guns they are taking and pay us their fair value, it would theoretically be constitutional. This doctrine is known as Eminent Domain.

 

[PRM]

Nutts

 

[Bohemus]

With no registration? Impossible.
It would end up just like registration of pump-shotguns in Austria or percusion revolvers in Czech Republic - only small fraction gets found.

 

[Grassman]

Sorry, I don't own any guns sir. Sold em.....

 

[k_dawg]

SCOTUS ruled that 'for public use' also meant 'for private use'.

They could easily do some schennanigans again.

 

[Aries-]

even if they had a way of finding them. the general consensus on the # of gun owners is around 80 million in the states. even if 10% of 10% of 10% of the gun owners were willing to shoot someone coming to take their guns (likely be higher) thats still 800,000 people likely a mix of police, military, national guard. thats more people to fight against than the military fought in Afghanistan.

 

[straightShot]

They made people register their 'sporter' SKSs in California. Once that was done, they changed the rules so that people either had to turn their registered guns in for "just compensation" or they could get around this slightly by sending them to someone else in another state...

 

[Kiln]

You can take my rifle if you don't mind taking my life.

 

[jakk280rem]

http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/oba...ain.com&utm_medium=internal_outb#.UNZHRPdZ75Y

when i clicked on the link to read the story, this headline was at the bottom of the page. it describes Obama's creation of a panel to study the issue as a classic delay and diffuse tactic. I believe in the need to remain vigilant in the face of high emotion, but let us ourselves not succumb to hysterics.

 

[109Hammer]

Good luck with that mandatory buy back thing......it will be interesting to see how it works out.

 

[kwguy]

That C-SPAN video is disturbing, when she said that they are considering registering these weapons as NFA items or doing a buyback program. Piers Morgan showed a "slidefire" stock on TV yesterday, and said that is why these weapons are easily made into machine guns. And I know in my gut that will be the "logic" behind the NFA portion of their proposal. There have been other devices (that does what the slidefire does) in the past that the ATF had approved, and then changed their ruling on.

 

[sota]

$200? hell no.
$500? hell no.

$500,000 plus my own full time security guards for myself, my wife and my kid paid for by the gov't and maybe I'll let you have the gun and all my ammo.

for that much I can put in one impressive anti-personel system in and around my house. not to mention, aren't crossbows legal?

I can be bought, but the price will be pretty darn expensive.

 

[ManBearPig]

I'm pretty sure the bill DiFi is introducing has a grandfather clause; even she knows confiscation isn't happening....and she's the craziest anti-gunner in Congress next to Carolyn McCarthy.

 

[kwguy]

The AWB bill she kept trying to pass (the last one I was able to pull up in '07) has a grandfather clause, but the CSPAN segment on her response to the NRA said that they were looking at NFA registration or a buy back program, neither of which were in her older proposals.

 

[beatledog7]

Some people are quite willing to give their guns to all comers after them--ammo first.

 

[Ms_Dragon]

Hi there folks!

An Australian here.
Don't for one second get suckered by government buy back schemes.
We here in Australia did with the governments talk of offering gun owners "market value" for the guns they handed in and we got screwed over. Royally.
We got mere cents in the dollar of the guns actual worth and they were all destroyed.

There is no way, with the way your economy is, that you'll get anywhere near market value either.

Don't be fooled.
Don't believe them.
They're lying to you.

 

[somerandomguy]

Hi there folks!

An Australian here.
Don't for one second get suckered by government buy back schemes.
We here in Australia did with the governments talk of offering gun owners "market value" for the guns they handed in and we got screwed over. Royally.
We got mere cents in the dollar of the guns actual worth and they were all destroyed.

There is no way, with the way your economy is, that you'll get anywhere near market value either.

Don't be fooled.
Don't believe them.
They're lying to you.

They spent boatloads of money destroying the guns too, though I don't remember the correct number.

 

[mastiffhound]

A price can not be put on freedom, or the 2nd Amendment. They could tell me I will give you $10 million. I would say no thank you. I'll die poor and free, thank you very much.

 

[kimbershot]

charles krauthammer was asked the question last week and his response--armed insurrection.

 

[MrTwigg]

The country is on the brink of economic collapse and they want to confiscate all guns ???

Cold.
Dead.
Hands.

RIP Mr Heston.

 

[kwguy]

There is no "moderate" tone to Feinstein. I just saw this quote

""She sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi asking that $200 million in any fiscal cliff deal be set aside to buy back assault weapons: "I want to get the ones that are already out there and get them off the streets.""

 

[Kim]

There is a article on Free Republic under News and Activism just posted from some CBS station (probably out of NY) where the Police Top Dog Kelly states they are wondering if the police will needed to confiscate the firearms. I am NOT lying. Do not know how to link.