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In reply to the discussion: A $100 billion, one-time program aimed at buying back 200 million firearms at $500 a pop. [View all]krispos42
(49,445 posts)33. This program would net a shitload of .22 rifles...
I paid $200 for my Ruger 10/22, and I have an old Mossberg .22 that i got for free and a cheap .22 pistol that I got for $110. I'd trade all three of those in, buy a 9mm handgun, a really nice .22 pistol and then re-buy a new 10/22. And I'd have money left over.
The idea is not workable; too many guns are worth less than $500. And taking bolt-action or break-action .22 rifles off the market is not going to make any dent in any crime rate. Neither is taking off single-barrel break-action shotguns.
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A $100 billion, one-time program aimed at buying back 200 million firearms at $500 a pop. [View all]
Robb
Dec 2012
OP
Agreed, (and I think we're pretty much on the same page with regard to gun control).
11 Bravo
Dec 2012
#177
What standards do you use? The rate of shooting crimes in LA is dropping, while Chicago, at half
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#85
It was a one time cash infusion into the economy that allowed people dump
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#79
you want to take positions against gun buybacks and against liberal ideas, take the heat for them
CreekDog
Dec 2012
#105
Maybe. Although I sure hate to reward people for their bad habits and macabre interests.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#89
Yeah, because selling a $1200.00 gun for $500.00 is such a *GREAT* return on investment....
Ghost in the Machine
Dec 2012
#159
Some OPs have stated that these buybacks would clear most guns from the nation.
NutmegYankee
Dec 2012
#165
Ok, so I can go buy several High-Point 9mm's, that run about $109.99 brand new, then sell them for
Ghost in the Machine
Dec 2012
#175
Should have thought of that when you bought them. You lose your "investment" in guns -- tough.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#163
If transfer/use/perception/ammo of/for damn things are banned/restricted, market value will plunge.
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#170
Government action damages the stock market, housing values, etc. Good luck with your and NRA's suit
Hoyt
Dec 2012
#172
We already do. Alcohol & tobacco is taxed heavily, and cars require insurance.
JaneyVee
Dec 2012
#12
Hmmm, I suppose that we could cut Social Security to buy back guns to provide Social Security
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#7
What if we pass a law making numerous guns illegal to possess 1st? THEN $500 a piece
jmg257
Dec 2012
#13
Exactly! I got in on the 2008 Mosin Nagant M44 blowout (5 M44's shipped for $200), cleaned them,
kelly1mm
Dec 2012
#34
Arbitrage is not fraud. There were no exceptions in the OP for guns valued at less than $500
kelly1mm
Dec 2012
#53
It's probably because handguns are used far more often in crimes. There are many "dirty" handguns...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#42
Gun buyback programs work best in densely populated areas in which you have crime in the
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#149
Says the person freaking out at the equivalent of a pair of scabbards? (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#161
I'd just sell my 3 guns for 1500 dollars and then rebuy them for like the 700 I originally paid
Kurska
Dec 2012
#91
$500 is more than a lot of guns are worth. And some guns are worth a hell of a lot more than that.
backscatter712
Dec 2012
#114