{"id":83581,"date":"2018-12-20T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=83581"},"modified":"2018-12-19T19:39:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T23:39:36","slug":"woman-plans-to-use-gun-buy-back-cash-to-buy-bigger-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83581","title":{"rendered":"Woman Plans to Use Gun Buy Back Cash to Buy Bigger Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reason.com. This woman plans to buy a bigger gun with gun buy back cash.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The “gun buy back” program. Police department purchases weapons from people willing to part with their weapons for cash. In theory, criminals and law-abiding citizens alike would turn their weapons in for cash. With “less weapons on the street”, the chances of gun violence goes down.<\/p>\n

But, how many criminals, not bashful about using a gun in the commission of a crime, would turn their guns in for cash? Would enough of them turn their weapons in, for cash, in order for the city’s investment to have an impact against crime?<\/p>\n

How about the people gaming the system? From Reason.com<\/span>:<\/p>\n

The program reportedly cost the city $250,000, but there is little evidence that buyback programs are effective in reducing violence, or even in reducing the number of firearms in circulation–as one woman ably demonstrated.<\/p>\n

Kathleen Cairns, a WBFF Baltimore journalist, tweeted a picture of a woman who was surrendering a 9mm. She hoped to use the money from the program to buy an even bigger gun.<\/p>\n

There are other ways to game the system as well. For example, the city is offering $25 for every “hi-capacity” magazine turned in. Some digging from Daniel J. Mitchell of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) discovered that such a “hi-capacity” magazine can be purchased online for about $12. The $13 in profit may not seem like much money to some, but it can be the difference between paying for food, rent, a bill, or even a Christmas gift.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read more at<\/span> Reason.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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One woman shows us the 9MM she is turning in for the Baltimore City Gun Buy Back program. But she says she is using the cash to get a bigger weapon! Story on FOX45 at 4pm. pic.twitter.com\/LlmCbezpU7<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kathleen Cairns (@CairnsKcairns) December 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n