Over the weekend, Houston’s democrat Mayor Sylvester Turner held a gun buyback event in a church parking lot where residents could turn in their firearms and receive a gift card ranging from $50 to $200 with no questions asked.
This from townhall.com:
According to the Mayor’s announcement, the funds provided to those turning in firearms came from the American Rescue Plan—aka American taxpayers—and the amount-per-firearm was $50.00 for a non-functioning firearm, $100.00 for a rifle or shotgun, $150.00 for a handgun, and $200.00 for a fully automatic rifle.
Heralded as a success by the mayor and hyped up by the liberal Houston Chronicle, the event on Saturday saw 845 guns bought back and some $100,000 in gift card payments given. But the alleged success isn’t exactly what it seems.
The FAQ section for the buyback noted that there’s no limit on the number of firearms that could be turned in by an individual, nor was there any restriction on the types of handguns, as long as they’re functioning.
Enter some creative and apparently entrepreneurial individuals who saw an opening and decided to make some extra cash.
Photos and videos from the event show authorities unloading boxes of… fresh 3D-printed firearms.
This is a look at the The City of Houston’s gun buyback event in Wheeler.
The event brought out hundreds of people with lines wrapped around the block! @KHOU pic.twitter.com/GL4DTbBp0T
— Brittany Ford (@BFordKHOU) July 30, 2022
One man showed up to the buyback with dozens of 3D-printed firearms, and Houston authorities had no choice but to accept them and hand over gift cards in return. The real kicker: it cost the man only $3 to print each firearm, of which he made 62, and received $50 per 3D-printed gun for a total of over $3,000 in gift cards and a handsome profit of $2,914.
FOX 26 caught up with the man, who remained anonymous, and asked him why he 3D-printed the firearms to sell back to Houston authorities.
He said:
The goal was not personal profit, but to send [Houston leaders] a message about spending $1 million tax dollars on something that has no evidence of any effect on crime.
This man must certainly be a conservative patriot.
3d printed guns will no longer be accepted at Houston area gun buybacks after one man sold several during a recent buyback event. The man who sold the $3 3d printed guns claims to have sold 62 at $50 each. Profiting approximately $2900. ???? https://t.co/X94HQ8dWIV pic.twitter.com/S725HMrALY
— John Curtis (@Johnmcurtis) August 2, 2022
A foolish liberal not to be deterred, Houston’s mayor thinks his buyback program will convince criminals and gang members to hand over their firearms for as little as $50 apiece.
However, foolish yes but apparently not fully stupid, the city will not accept 3D-printed firearms at future buyback events, as reported by FOX 26.
We’re going to exclude those next time around. This is a program designed for people who want to voluntarily relinquish their guns.
God Bless Him
For showing the STUPIDITY if the communist Left!????
If you are STUPID enough to turn in your gun, you deserve what happens to you when the crooks and Govt come after you.
The “Tree of Liberty”
The “Tree of Liberty” is now on the FBI’s domestic terrorist symbol list.
Communism and the UniParty want us to share everything…especially
death and despair. Gun confiscation is always followed by genocide.
We’re not going to vote our way out of this. We need a bucket brigade
for that Tree and then figure out a way to scrub the nation clean of
treasonous parasites.
Prime example as to why not elect a liberal Democrat. They have no common sense and spend taxpayer money for useless projects. Like this one. Don’t they have anything better to do? Make policy that helps their cities, states instead of wasting time and money.
I would have printed a lot more than 62 toys… I would have cleaned out the buyback idiots… The mayor is still stupid if he really thinks criminals are going to turn in the “tools of the trade” for a gift card…
All i have to say is just this, LO F-N L
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What a bunch of maroons these democraps are!!! Kudos to the ingenuity of a citizen patriot ???? ???? ????
govt employee labor unions
are todays biggest criminals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB_c5FVjdx8
seth rich coulld not be reached for comment
THEY SPENT MONEY ON GUNS,money that could have helped a LOT OF HOMELESS IN HOUSTON,but the chinese will attack TEXAS because they know their demonrats and are unarmed,NO one will believe till the day comes when china thinks americans are down for the count,and that will be the day the BIG ASTEROID hits,and NO ONE will be warned its coming,Many sites are hearing from whisleblowers about they can now see them coming in the space,DON’T WORRY TEXAS,the chinese will send you to meet GOD,and your new daddy LUCIFER…
Unfortunately they don’t do those “buy back” of guns they never owned where I live anymore. I have acquired some real trash guns specifically so that they can waste their $ buying them. Anything I pocket is more than I paid for them.
I’ve also been waiting for the next “buy back” so that I can outbid what they pay to the folks in line. I doubt granny has used her husbands AR15 for rob a liquor store, but I can have the LGS run the serial number to see if it’s stolen.
Brilliant!
Perfect stick not to them a bunch of yokels and Buffoon democratic wimps.
It boggles the mind the rationale people use in making decisions. Some of the better ideas are you don’t need 100 rounds to kill a deer. I think that’s my favorite. Some of these geniuses would because they wouldn’t be sure which end the bullet came out of. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that they really know why they want to eliminate guns from the population. It’s not to restrict hunting either. They want to take your guns away but keep theirs and increase their stockpile.