I just heard that the Austin police are currently buying back guns ......
for $50.00 cash cards. About 20ft away are people offering cash to get the "good" ones first. Often at more than $50.00.
Also mentioned in the KUT piece is a story from a larger eastern city (I forget which one) that says that while they could still get records they discovered that two out of three handguns involved with in crime were part of a gun buy back that a criminal or someone else bought at a police gun auction.
Personal story: when my stepson and his best friend from childhood got back from Iraq and mustered out (with an extra 11 months 'stop loss' hitch for my son) within several months the friend committed suicide with my son's shotgun. After the investigation Miami PD asked him to pickup his gun. My son specifically asked it be tossed in the furnace.
About eight months later ATF called my son regarding his shotgun, it had been used in some sort of crime or been confiscated in a raid. He explained how he no longer had any control of the gun and ATF said they would check out his story and they'd be after him if there was any problem with it.
How do police departments get public money to buy back guns to get them off the street and then auction them off to provide another cheap gun to the streets?
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