Unfortunately so long as they border the US guns will be widely available. One of many reasons concerns about guns entering the US from Mexico are silly
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2025
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Would be too bad if there was one or more organisations in Mexico with the means to import arms from abroad to make big bucks with this. Bonus for using the money to fund illegal operations.
Generally buyback programs are a success because they reduce the amount of guns.
Sorry you would rather pretend in some made up situation that there is an infinite amount of guns and nothing can be done to stop the unlimited flow of guns.
Gun violence in the USA increases every year. Buyback programs have been happening for how long, since the 60’s?
Tell me more about how effective they are.
Also, until the manufacturing of firearms is eliminated… yes, there is essentially an unlimited supply.
To further compound the issue; the programs we’ve had in the US are voluntary. In the USA, there are more guns than people and firearms ownership is both engrained into the culture and a part of the constitution. In the hypothetical scenario that firearms manufacture were to be ended, and buy back programs were to become mandatory; which group of people are you going to task with rounding up all of the guns?
It’s a complex problem; maybe you need a pedant to understand some of the complexities.
Unfortunately, you have to be a citizen to take advantage of the deal. That’s a huge paycheck for an AK though.
I'm pretty sure you could make a deal with a local. Only trouble is getting an AK47 over the boarder.
I wonder how much gun running usually makes per AK.
Just thinking about this a bit more now; in the world we live in, and considering the number of guns in the USA... if Mexico allowed for this program to go on for a while the USA could potentially inadvertently bankrupt the Mexican economy in gun-buybacks. It's kinda funny in a scary as fuck way.
Surely they mean submachine gun? Or are there Brownings on the streets of Mexico?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive
This is the name for the concept which many commenters are describing
You can breed cobras but you can't breed guns.
In some places I heard they make AK47 clones in village workshops
You can manufacture them with a lathe and CnC machine, and thats if you want quality. There are some rather terrifying Sten and Grease gun "replicas" in my area which you shouldnt shoot under any circumstances because they were manufactured in a shed by a half crazed Redneck and/or veteran back in the 90s.
I'll pay $1400 for the machine gun. Let's do this.
Step 1. Buy ~$500 AR15
Step 2. Sell said AR15 for $1300 to the government
Step 3. Buy 2 ~$500 PSA AR15s
Step 4. Sell them to the government for $2600
...
Step11. Buy 32 ~$500 AR15s
Step 12. Sell them to the government for $41600
...
Step 25. Buy 16,384 ~$500 AR15s
Step 26. Sell them to the government for $21.3M
...
Step 39. Buy 2,097,152 ~$500 AR15s
Step 40. Sell them to the government for $2.7B
...
Continue until Mexico has run out of money
Step 1. Buy ~$500 AR15
From where?
If you're in Mexico it would make more sense as the seller to sell it for the $1300.
If you're in the states, are you going to travel to and smuggle to Mexico?
You always hear about these programs creating the wrong incentives. Soon enough, it’s easier to set up an AR15 factory and just start producing them so you can sell them to the government.
Georgia had program to try to cut down on the number of wild hogs that were overpopulated. So, they paid people a price per tail. Soon enough, you had people breeding wild hogs, so they could kill them and get the bounty.
Calm down, Mr. Soros
What’s the legal difference in Mexico between an AK and a machine gun? If the $1200 is for a semi AK, it’s only an extra $100 for a select fire one?
Fuck this autoplay video bullshit.
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