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Originally Posted by Route_2
That's my bad. I read it as 'don't' instead of 'do' in my mind.
It's an apt comparison with rounding up undocumented immigrants. I wouldn't see the authorities going into homes and seizing weapons. The owners of such weapons would just be criminals going forward for possessing them. There would be a buy-back period and then after that it would be a secondary crime if found in possession.
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No worries on what you said, I have misread things plenty of times myself.
In theory I support a buy back program but in reality the government always bungles it up. They short change the person turning over the weapon often paying out notably less than that person paid for the weapon. They also just plain screw up common sense on them, they pay out say 100 bucks for a handgun or 200 for a rifle and people exploit it by bringing in pistols and rifles that were made like 100 years ago or weapons that will not fire so they are paying for either obsolete or non-functional weapons. If they could get it right I would support it but their success rate is not exactly stellar.
Lastly, we both know there are areas of this nation where the nearest police station is 15 to 30 minutes away (a lifetime if you are being attacked) so you are better off engaging the criminal at 50 yards with a few warning shots than you are waiting for an officer who will arrive to find you already dead and the criminal halfway into the next state.
I know I have a bias but I obey all the applicable laws and do not really understand why I should be penalized for the actions of some random lunatic.