Good day all. One of the brilliant ideas that the Progressive liberal Moonbat class has regarding firearms are something they like to call “Gun By Backs.” Recently, there was one of these buy backs in Houston, Texas. It didn’t go exactly as expected.
The buy back was done a couple of weeks ago under the auspices of the city’s Progressive Liberal Democratic Communazi mayor. People who turned in guns would get a gift card valued between $50-$250 per gun. It seems some enterprising individual found a loophole in the program and expolited it to the max. Here are the details from Townhall:
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, the funds provided to those turning in firearms came from the American Rescue Plan — aka American taxpayers — 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.
What a moment. $200 for a fully automatic rifle? As in, machine gun? Those firearms are heavily regulated and are collectors items. They generally start in the 5 figure range. If someone turned in a full automatic M-16 or AK-47, then it was either stolen or had been smuggled into the United States. However, it doesn’t look like anyone turned such an item in.
Heralded as a success by the mayor and hyped up by the liberal Houston Chronicle, the event on Saturday saw 845 guns bought back and some $100,000 in gift card payments given. But the alleged success isn’t exactly what it seems.
The FAQ section for the buyback noted that there’s no limit on the number of firearms that could be turned in by an individual, nor was there any restriction on the types of handguns, as long as they’re functioning. Enter some creative and apparently entrepreneurial individuals who saw an opening and decided to make some extra cash.
And just what did the entrepreneurial individuals do?
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.
FOX 26 caught up 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.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to have sunk in to the cement headed progressive mayor.
Still, Houston’s mayor thinks his buyback program will convince criminals and gang members to hand over their firearms for as little as $50.
This shows another problem with these buy backs. This is a great way for criminals to get rid of “Hot” guns and make some money off of the process. If one of these guns was used in a murder, there is no way for the Police to track it back to whoever committed the crime. Any finger prints on the gun that lead back to a potential suspect would be considered as “Fruit of the poisonous tree”. The chain of custody could not be established, so a murderer could get away with the crime.
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’re 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.
I believe the term here, in politically incorrect words would be, “Indian Giver.” The Mayor and his minions were made fools of by someone with a 3D printer, some time, and the various CAD/CAM templates that are out on the Net. Instead of learning their lesson, they plan to screw over the taxpayers yet again at some point.
If people want to donate to a program like this, fine. It’s their money, and, as the old saying goes, “A fool and his money are soon parted.” Forcing the taxpayers to fund something that, I suspect, most of the residents don’t support is nothing more then the usual Progressive “Feel Good” program. It makes the Progressives feel good, therefore it is good. A tip of the hat to the people who dumped dozens of 3D printed guns on these idiots.
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