Surprise! New Zealand Gun 'buy back' didn't really work, so they're doing it again

[chuter]

Those New Zealand gov types are really smart. They found out that bad guys don't turn in their guns! Who knew!

Don't think it can't happen here.

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20210201/never-enough-new-zealand-set-for-second-gun-confiscation

In criticizing what he called “gun buyback 2.0,” New Zealand’s National Party Police Spokesman Simeon Brown stated, “The first gun buyback was merely a marketing exercise. After spending $103 million on the scheme, the Government couldn’t even confirm whether it had made New Zealand safer or if it had collected all prohibited firearms,” adding, “That’s because most law-abiding New Zealanders handed in their now-prohibited firearms, but gangs and criminals, those who pose the greatest risk to our safety, did not.”

 

[Judi]

Idiots.....

 

[druryj]

Will we have to clean our guns up real good before we turn them in?

 

[KOPBET]

All they will ever get from me is a stripped lower receiver and scuba gear.

 

[Snattlerake]

What guns?

 

[AKguy1985]

Sounds like the kiwis will not comply. Same here, will not comply.

 

[Profreedomokie]

I hoping everyone turns them in dirty, hot, and empty.

 

[dennishoddy]

It’s amazing that politicians are so ignorant they think criminals will turn in their guns.
It hasn’t worked with any country that has gone this direction so far.

 

[trekrok]

It’s amazing that politicians are so ignorant they think criminals will turn in their guns.
It hasn’t worked with any country that has gone this direction so far.

I think its just one step in a multi-step plan. Each step fails to give the 'desired' outcome, so need to do more and more.