When WarOnGuns last visited the beautiful city of Racine, WI, we found an alderman so hysterically against the right to keep and bear arms that he wanted to keep coloring books out of the local schools.
Now we have the story of Project New Life, a "gun buyback" program designed to get guns "off the street" and out of the hands of everyone except the criminal predators.
We're evidently supposed to be inspired by the story of a 17-year-old former gang member who turned in his "protection" gun. But funny thing--he doesn't want the gangs to find out he's unarmed now. That's another way of saying he feels safer if they think he's armed.
Nope, no disconnect there.
Nor is there cause for pause when we learn "some as young as 15, turned in guns, rifles and grenades to the church."
15-year-olds? With grenades? Live ones? And the church was qualified and equipped to handle those without clearing the place out, closing the place down and calling in the bomb squad? And BATFU wasn't notified?
And apparently, when they guarantee "no questions asked," they mean it.
So much for keeping them safely locked and secured. But what can you do when the thieves are part of the "buyback" team? Still, this opens so many questions:
Who stole the guns?
Were they returned because the thieves had a sudden attack of conscience, or did the church make it known they were going to be reported if they didn't?
Was a police report filed?
Can we expect an investigation, arrest and prosecution? Or was--as this sounds--a deal made to just turn a blind eye to everything after the weapons were returned?
Again--was BATFU notified of these multiple federal felonies, and are they going to do anything about them?
I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. I asked them years ago about a sawed-off shotgun transfer at another "buyback" and got nothing but the runaround.
And here's one last question--why is the only place highlighting this a relatively obscure gun rights blog? Where are the government-recognized "real journalists"?
Now we have the story of Project New Life, a "gun buyback" program designed to get guns "off the street" and out of the hands of everyone except the criminal predators.
We're evidently supposed to be inspired by the story of a 17-year-old former gang member who turned in his "protection" gun. But funny thing--he doesn't want the gangs to find out he's unarmed now. That's another way of saying he feels safer if they think he's armed.
Nope, no disconnect there.
Nor is there cause for pause when we learn "some as young as 15, turned in guns, rifles and grenades to the church."
15-year-olds? With grenades? Live ones? And the church was qualified and equipped to handle those without clearing the place out, closing the place down and calling in the bomb squad? And BATFU wasn't notified?
And apparently, when they guarantee "no questions asked," they mean it.
The program ran into a snag in the first week of September when some of the weapons collected were stolen by a person or persons close to the buyback organizers. Cohen said the last of the guns taken from Project New Life's office were returned last week.
So much for keeping them safely locked and secured. But what can you do when the thieves are part of the "buyback" team? Still, this opens so many questions:
Who stole the guns?
Were they returned because the thieves had a sudden attack of conscience, or did the church make it known they were going to be reported if they didn't?
Was a police report filed?
Can we expect an investigation, arrest and prosecution? Or was--as this sounds--a deal made to just turn a blind eye to everything after the weapons were returned?
Again--was BATFU notified of these multiple federal felonies, and are they going to do anything about them?
I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. I asked them years ago about a sawed-off shotgun transfer at another "buyback" and got nothing but the runaround.
And here's one last question--why is the only place highlighting this a relatively obscure gun rights blog? Where are the government-recognized "real journalists"?