{"id":46658,"date":"2022-08-03T11:23:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T15:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=46658"},"modified":"2022-08-03T11:23:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T15:23:24","slug":"the-correct-response-to-a-gun-buyback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=46658","title":{"rendered":"The Correct Response To A Gun Buyback"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, Townhall<\/a> posted an article about a recent gun buyback event in Houston, Texas. One resident made very clear what he thought of the event.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, Houston’s Democrat Mayor Sylvester Turner held a gun buyback event in a church parking lot where residents could turn in their firearms and receive a gift card ranging from $50 to $200 with no questions asked. According to the Mayor’s announcement<\/a>, the funds provided to those turning in firearms came from the American Rescue Plan \u2014 aka American taxpayers \u2014 and the amount-per-firearm was $50.00 for a non-functioning firearm, $100.00 for a rifle or shotgun, $150.00 for a handgun, and $200.00 for a fully automatic rifle.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The American spirit of entrepreneurship was present:<\/p>\n

One man showed up to the buyback with dozens of 3D-printed firearms, and Houston authorities had no choice but to accept them and hand over gift cards in return. The real kicker: it only cost the man $3 to print each firearm, of which he made 62, and received $50 per 3D-printed gun for a total of nearly $3,000 in gift cards.<\/strong><\/p>\n

FOX 26 caught up<\/a> with the man, who remained anonymous, and asked him why he 3D-printed a bunch of firearms to sell back to Houston authorities. “The goal was not personal profit, but to send [Houston leaders] a message about spending $1 million tax dollars on something that has no evidence of any effect on crime,” he said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The city has evidently learned from its experience.<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Before others think of taking advantage of Houston’s latest attempt to get firearms off the street, FOX 26 reported that Houston’s mayor won’t allow 3D-printed firearms at future buyback events. “We\u2019re going to exclude those next time around,” the mayor said. “This is a program designed for people who want to voluntarily relinquish their guns,” he emphasized, despite that technically being what the creative 3D firearm maker did.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You have to love the creativity of the American people!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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