Amazing. What a mess this country has devolved into
without a lack of sensible regulation of deadly weapons.
I think the drugs being prescribed wantonly is even more of an issue
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And yet it’s only a US problem, these prescribed drugs.
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I don’t want to hear the “good guy with a gun” argument ever again after Uvalde. NINETEEN children murdered while a bunch of “good guys with guns” stood around doing nothing. Arming everyone like we live in the Wild West clearly is not the solution.
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Houston is having a gun buyback event pretty soon. Let’s see how many people are going to give up their guns
Zero, just a political stunt
I’m betting on July 30 there will be more than 0.
I’ll bet you $500.00.
Are you game ?
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Its a political stunt dont you agree?
Were you a defensive back in football? Because you sure know how to back pedal.
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It will get some of the guns off of the street , which is
a good thing. It will not make a measurable dent in America’s gun problem until assault type weapon access is much better regulated. The county is getting in on the event too, and they have several millions of dollars to spend on the program. $200 for semi auto
assault weapon turn in.
So I’m willing to double the bet if you are okay with
your zero returns claim.
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They will get a bunch of broken guns that don’t work
Jesus, this tweet is going to make me agree with first, those amounts make this little more than a nice gesture. You can’t reasonably expect folks to at least en masse turn guns in at those numbers.
I mean it’d be nice to have a great turnout, but that’s not realistic.
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I would imagine they could get more in the street. I would pay more than $200 for a modern sporting rifle
Obviously, but that’s all voluntary gun buybacks. It’s more about an appeal to the conscience, but at these amounts for the functioning weapons it’s asking for an awful lot of conscience.
Yeah, I wouldn’t expect someone to bring in a fully functional AR15/AK47 at those payouts. But you never know.
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Here is the thing, a lot of people purchased these semi-auto assault weapons out of fear, used
it a few times and realized it’s not a fun hobby , and put them away for months and years never
touching them again.
Now I don’t know what a pawn shop would give you for one, but I’m pretty sure the turn in
will be greater than zero. But I’ll make a wager with anyone that says it will be zero.
It’s better to have it and not need it rather than need it and not have it
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Shoots a British 303.
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The flyer for the buyback states “no questions asked” which is exactly what you would want to convey to appeal to people who acquired their guns without paying for them.
I want to get in on yalls wager too, with a twist, although theres no real way to know this, but, I bet a nonzero amount of guns will be exchanged at this event that as of right now havent even been stolen yet.