Baltimore offers money for crime guns...

One of the recurring problems the gun control movement has is simply being honest. They can't admit to what they really want to do, because no one would go along with that. Instead they peddle lies; they say things like "only this far, and no farther", and they claim to support gun ownership by law-abiding citizens while working to make it impossible for gun owners to remain law-abiding. That principle is in evidence here; the mayor is breaking a promise not to hold gun "buybacks":

In April 2000, the mayor -- who had taken office five months earlier -- criticized gun buybacks in general as a waste of money and promised Baltimore would not hold one. Later that month, the city's housing authority spent $286,000 to buy 710 guns, using money from a federal housing grant and drug treatment dollars.

O'Malley said at the time he would rather see the city buying guns that were used in crimes because the general buybacks tend to attract "a lot of garbage guns." He said he allowed the buyback to continue because it was scheduled prior to his election.

Of course, honesty isn't the only problem with this program.

Offering anonymity to everyone, the police will examine all guns turned in. Those that are stolen will be returned to their owners, and those used in crimes will help investigations, said Deputy Police Commissioner Marcus Brown. Otherwise, guns will be melted down.

This isn't about "taking guns off the street", it's about paying criminals to help them destroy evidence.

Posted on 2005-06-04 23:37:58.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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