Orlando to Hold “Kicks 4 Guns”

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is using seized drug money to fund its “Kicks 4 Guns” buyback program reports The Orlando Sentinel. As with other buybacks the goal is to “get guns of the streets,” and of course the media goes along with this charade.

The paper noted that this program was, “a Central Florida event aiming to take illegal and unwanted firearms off the street.” So again, we ask whether it actually nets any actual “illegal” guns.

13 News also bought into this hype, posting:

“By collecting guns, no questions asked, no background checks, anonymously dropping off a gun, anti-crime activists say they can get illegal and dangerous guns out of the hands of children.”

If only these guns were really illegal or in the hands of children. More likely they’re just guns sitting harmlessly in closets. At least in this case it is drug money that is being used to fund the event instead of taxpayer dollars.