So Oakland County being now Democrat-dominated, wants to do a gun "buy back" to show they're doing something.
The Detroit Free Press: Oakland County cops want to buy your gun
Those who turn in guns are to receive generic Visa-type gift cards. The amounts are $100 in exchange for a handgun, $200 for a long gun and $300 for an assault rifle, according to a news release. Those who turn in firearms will need to provide ID. The "gun buyback" is scheduled for Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at these sites:That's certainly below market rates for just about any firearm.
Since the County never owned these firearms calling this a "gun buyback" is an abuse of the English language and a word choice to suggest only the state should have firearms.
So this is basically a nice County-run crime-gun laundering scheme, using $45,000 of our tax dollars, to let criminals get rid of guns they've stolen or used in a crime, and it also nicely encourages people to go out and steal guns for cash.
Really great incentives there.
Or, even worse, it is an attempt to swindle people who are ignorant of the value of the firearms to give them up for a pittance in the name of social justice and "getting guns off the street" -- guns that aren't on the streets now.
There's certainly some potential free market opportunities here to go to the locations listed in the article and offer a tad more than what the County is offering. After all, form looking a the guns they have displayed on the table all of them are worth more than the County's offering price.
