I see New York state Attorney General Leticia James is going to hold a statewide gun “buy back” on Saturday, April 29, 2023.
The pricing schedule caught my eye.
The attorney general’s office will provide $500 per assault rifle or ghost gun turned in on-site at each event, $75 per rifle or shotgun and $25 per non-working, replica, antique, homemade or 3D printed gun. The office is offering $150 per handgun, and $500 will be given for the first handgun turned in per person.
Two things jumped out at me. The first, “assault rifle” seemed a bit odd for something run by the state Attorney General, the top lawyer for the state, who should presumably know something about her state laws. So I turned to the official announcement. After all, maybe that was just the usual authorized journalist sloppiness.
Nope. She’s offering to buy select-fire assault rifles, not assault weapons as defined in New York Consolidated Laws, Penal Law – PEN § 265.00.
I wonder how many idiots would actually turn in a select-fire assault rifle worth $10,000-plus, for a mere five hundred bucks.
Assault rifle or ghost gun $500
Now the second odd point: “ghost gun” and “3D-printed gun” are listed separately, with differing prices. Regular readers here know that for the past several years, in an effort to demonize homebuilds –especially supposedly “undetectable” 3D-printed guns — like to conflate 3D-printed jobs and commercial builds with obliterated serial numbers, in order to drive up the apparent number of homebuilda used in crimes.
And yet, she also distinguishes “ghost gun” from general “homemade” gun. What definitions is she using?
Ghost gun does not equal homemade does not equal 3D-printed? It matters. It’s a of $500 versus $25.
I’ve asked the Attorney General’s office for clarification, but have not received a response.
The AG’s event FAQ raises more questions.
Can I transport the firearm in a car?
Yes. It must be unloaded and in the trunk in a plastic bag, paper bag, or box.
Funny that. Transporting a firearm in a vehicle, unless you’re properly licensed, is a crime in New York. So is possession of an unserialized firearm. Seems to me that a less than ethical cops could stake out the approach to one of these “buy backs” and make quite a few busts, before the sucker gets to the turn-in point.
Again James is the state’s top lawyer. Surely she knows she’s telling people to break the law.
You know what else is illegal in New York? Disposing of a licensed firearm “without first notifying in writing the licensing officer.”
Funny how James fails to mention that part. Entrapment, anyone?
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