York, PA Gun Buyback Netted A Whopping 36 Guns

By Tom Knighton

Gun buybacks are generally a ridiculous waste of taxpayer dollars. They give gift cards worth a fraction of a firearm’s worth, often asking no question and doing no searches on whether or not the guns were used in crimes, which has got to lead to dead ends on criminal investigations.

However, they’re even more pointless when practically no one goes.

Jim Sebright brought a .22-caliber Ruger pistol from his home in Springettsbury Township to the Goodwill Fire Company in York Friday night and turned it over to police.

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“I have no use for it and I just wanted to get rid of it,” he said of the Ruger. Plus, he said, he has two grandchildren and figured turning in the gun was the best way to eliminate any chance they could access the pistol.

That handgun was one of 36 guns York City Police collected over a two-hour period Friday night.

A whopping 36 guns. Wow.

Dean Weingarten has seen some photos of the event, and those do not make the number more impressive by any stretch of the imagination.

There were at least a dozen long guns. I looked at privately owned pictures of the event that are protected by …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms