BooBooKittyChris1775 t1_is8cugn wrote on October 14, 2022 at 1:09 AM

Reply to comment by ColdJay64 in Police arrest second suspect in Roxborough High School shooting by atwork925

Buybacks are a JOKE, and a money maker for people with broken, unusable firearms, people with any machining skills, or people with a 3D printer.

Average buy back is $150-250 each gun. A buddy of mine in Arizona 3D-printed 25 pistols, and sold them all for $200 each this year. It cost him less than $200 to print them all, he made a $4,800 profit and bought 3 more rifles with the money, lol. 🤣

ColdJay64 t1_is8dirh wrote on October 14, 2022 at 1:14 AM

"Obviously the optional ones do nothing and probably just waste government money."

Maybe your friend is part of why Phoenix is getting so violent: https://ktar.com/story/5215561/recent-gun-violence-is-unlike-anything-phoenix-police-chief-has-seen-in-33-years/

BooBooKittyChris1775 t1_is8fmvy wrote on October 14, 2022 at 1:30 AM

Don't see how, seeing he's never committed a crime in his life aside from speeding, and had never shot someone outside of military duty when he did 3 tours in Afghanistan, but do go on with that assumption.

ColdJay64 t1_is8k7yh wrote on October 14, 2022 at 2:05 AM

Lol I was joking, I don't think he's responsible for that.

I also realize that buybacks the way we do them now don't work, when I lived in Baltimore people showed up with crazy things like used rocket launchers... and still got paid. I'm talking about the type of buyback they did in Australia. The only reason it wouldn't work in the US is because people are psycho about having guns, even though the current laws were crafted with 250 year-old guns in mind. Maybe if the national guard was knocking on people's doors...

BooBooKittyChris1775 t1_is8l4o1 wrote on October 14, 2022 at 2:11 AM

Gotcha, sarcasm doesn't always translate well here, and there are people that actually do have that train of thought.

People who own firearms here don't want to lose money, lol.

Like my co-worker just bought a Christensen 6.5 Creedmore rifle for $2300 before taxes. A buyback here wouldn't be a tenth of what he paid.

We HAVE had the NG knocking on doors, and even shooting and killing civilian college kids.

ColdJay64 t1_is8m03x wrote on October 14, 2022 at 2:18 AM

That's fair, they are definitely expensive.

My dad was law enforcement so I grew up shooting all types of guns, and I'm not against the reasons that most people want them. I've just read data on where crime guns originate, and they are often traced back to legal dealers which makes me think something should be changed.

BooBooKittyChris1775 t1_is8ml7u wrote on October 14, 2022 at 2:23 AM

I know a few years back, one of our local gun stores was robbed after hours. Stole over 50 firearms. Didn't go through the doors or windows though. They brought a cutting torch and cut a hole in the side of the metal wall, lol.

Criminals just aren't going to kowtow to society and rules, no matter how many laws are created, it's frustrating for sure.

While I'm sure, a few have been illegally sold over the years, I don't think most that are registered to dealers are dirty sales, I think most are stolen.