Another Gun Buyback, With Rules
Posted by FirearmsTruth on December 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Ashville, North Carolina Police Department is the latest to hold a gun buyback. For trading in a handgun or rifle individuals will get $50, and for an assault rifle the police will offer $100. There are some strange rules with this one:
“Money will be paid for guns that are fully functioning.”
“No black powder firearms will be accepted.”
Are the police going to test fire the guns? And why wouldn’t they want black powder? According to the Ashville Citizen-Times Web site “the is aimed at reducing accidental injury, suicide, domestic violence and gunfire in the community.”
It would seem to us that a non-functional firearm, as in one in need of repair could cause accidental injury. And what about black powder? Those could be used in any of the unfortunate scenarios. There seems to be another motive with these buybacks, but we won’t go there.
