This buy back future benefit program is an element of The Lev Deal . The president is obligated to protect the rights of the citizenry. Turning in a stolen gun is a good turn. It's one less unknown weapon for the police to worry about. In my book, one good turn deserves another, including an illegal left hand turn.
Hand guns are part of the american heritage.
But as long as hand guns are an element of our gross national product, there will always be too many guns around. When an otherwize reputable gun dealer knowingly sells a hand gun to a party, obviously fronting for someone else, there is a strong likelihood the gun dealer needs that questionable sale to pay his mortgage, etc. Any person using a gun in the commission of a crime will be liable to receive a sentence of ten years to life no parole in Trenchland , with Timmy McVeigh. Regardless how many gun restrictive laws we have, on the books, impeding the constitutional rights of the citizenry to keep and bear arms, the criminal is always able to obtain a weapon, either in the streets, or through the international black market. Our gun laws do not keep guns out of the hands of criminals.