Your experience with gun buy-back programs

[Alan]

I watched someone turn in a rusty break-action shotgun worth maybe $50 and get a $200 gift card. Smart move on their part, questionable use of taxpayer money overall. These programs don't reduce crime but they do let people unload unwanted guns for more than they're worth. Make of that what you will..

 

[Killa_bean]

Seems like these programs are less about safety and more about accidental payday opportunities. That shotgun just hit the jackpot

 

[Kritpe]

If someone turned a $50 relic into a $200 gift card, that’s just good economics. I doubt criminals are lining up with their working inventory..

 

[Iceyy cold]

A guy near me traded in an old revolver that barely worked and walked away with a big store credit. From his point of view, that was the easiest upgrade possible.