Firing Back: My Guns Aren’t “On the Street”

Time and time again, politicians including my own mayor (Mike Bloomberg of New York City) talk about how tougher firearm laws get guns off the street. But let’s consider a few points. Nearly all my firearms are stored out of state, and I do this because it is the ONLY legal way I can keep these guns. So most of the year I have no access to these firearms. If I had them in New York City these would be safely locked away as well. Either way these guns would never be “on the street.”

There have been countless gun buy back programs across the country with the intention to “get guns off the street.” And the bigger problem is that the mainstream media continues to praise these events for helping “get guns off the street,” while at the same time labeling anyone standing up for firearm rights as a “gun nut.” The point that we’ve tried to make time and time again is that criminals probably aren’t handing in their guns for cash.

Worse, there have even been increases in thefts of firearms in the days leading up to such events. And why not? Most of these are events are cash for guns, no questions asked. Perfect way to score some fast money. Steal a gun, hand it in, and the evidence of the crime is melted down. The problem of course is that such firearms were never on the street. But something tells me that many criminals will continue to be on the streets and armed.

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