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
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.”