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Robb

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3. I'm less inclined to want legislation that caters to the collector.

Reply to mainer (Original post)

Sun Jan 20, 2013, 12:13 PM

Jan 2013

Some of these arsenals amount to a great deal of wealth. I realize many thought of them as investments, but we don't need to be encouraging this country's predilection for protecting various investor classes at the expense of everyone else.

Investments go up, they go down. Diversification of their "portfolios" would protect them.

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Gun owners: is a TRUE federally sponsored gun buyback program feasible? [View all] mainer Jan 2013 OP

May work for aging gun owners. Pete Cortez Jan 2013 #1

The more you pay, the higher the compliance will be Recursion Jan 2013 #2

I'm less inclined to want legislation that caters to the collector. Robb Jan 2013 #3

+1, Something about funding a buyback program annoys me for similar RKP5637 Jan 2013 #7

I don't think so Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #4

Mentioned on C-Span yesterday: Most "buy-back" guns turn out to be unfireable junk 1-Old-Man Jan 2013 #5

A lot of people forget that firearms need maintenance. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #6

What #s 4 & 5 said. Gun "buy-backs" are media theater. Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #8

If the price offered is high enough it will eliminate a lot of guns Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #9

If its mandatory, the government has to pay fair market value from before the law ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #10

Fair market value = more guns turned in mainer Jan 2013 #11

I fully agree with fair market value. The NY law is unclear to me. I thought I read there was a ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #12

No grandfathering clause. That's what makes them steamed. mainer Jan 2013 #13

Right now is a great time to sell on big websites like gunbroker aikoaiko Jan 2013 #14

No thanks. Crepuscular Jan 2013 #15