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Obscene.
Cleveland GRE Daniel White asked why not resell confiscated guns the other day. As long as you've taken them off a violent convicted criminal, cannot return them to their legal owners and use the proceeds toward victim restitution/helping to pay for predator containment, I've got no problem with that.
[Via Jeffersonian]
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
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David,
You should observe - and perhaps post - what the Virginia General Assembly does tomorrow. They will attempt to overide his many vetoes.
Virginia's Marxist (Progressive) governor, Tim Kaine, has vetoed more pro-gun bills than any other governor in state history.
One bill he vetoed was HB2548.
I'll let our state NRA-affiliate describe the rest:
Kaine Myth - "I veto House Bill 2528, which unnecessarily interferes with the operations of local governments. Specifically, the bill prohibits local law enforcement from choosing to conduct voluntary gun buyback programs and then destroying the weapons. Some localities have found this program to be effective in reducing the number of illegal firearms in their communities. It is not a mandatory program, and law enforcement in each locality have made the decision whether such a program is desirable in their own county or city. There is no compelling reason for the General Assembly to take this decision out of the hands of local law enforcement."
Fact - HB 2528 does not prohibit localities from conducting compensated gun confiscation programs nor does it prohibit localities from destroying the guns. The final version of the bill made it clear that one option for localities is to sell the guns to a federally licensed gun dealer. The important part of the bill that did remain is that localities have to pass an ordinance allowing them to operate one of these schemes (which by the way Governor there is not empirical evidence that they reduce the number of crime guns in communities), thus alerting taxpayers that their money is being used for a scheme that has not measurable impact on reducing crime.
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