Chicago Buyback Program Duped By Gun Rights Group
August 1st, 2007
Last week, a gun buyback program sanctioned by the city of Chicago became the scene of a delightfully ironic event that embarrassed gun control advocates and was hailed as a victory for those of us who care about our right to keep and bear arms.
When members of a group called Guns Save Life, also known as the Champaign County Rifle Association, heard about plans by the city to host a gun turn-in at 23 church locations and pay $100 in the form of a prepaid MasterCard for each firearm, they came up with an ingenious plan. Since the organizers of the gun buyback did not place any restrictions on the type or functionality of the firearms they would accept (they only needed to look like “real” guns), the Guns Save Life members pooled together a pile of 23 old, rusty, and practically useless guns estimated to be worth less than $100 actual market value and sold them off for a cool $2300. The details of exactly how all of this transpired are quite hilarious and are described in this forum thread at TheHighRoad.org. The full thread is now five pages long, but I would encourage anyone who believes in the basic rights of self-defense and firearms ownership to read it if you have the time.
