For a mint-condition 1994 Colt Sporter HBAR, will the government pay market? Something like $2500?

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For a mint-condition 1994 Colt Sporter HBAR, will the government pay market? Something like $2500?

Author: NedoftheHill (46041 Posts - Joined: Jun 30, 2011)

Posted at 7:05 am on Dec 15, 2025

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Some rifles (the Ferraris of rifles) are over $10,000. What if the owners don't sell their rifles "back" to the government (which never owned them)? What kind of penalty would you impose?
-- No penalty, because this is 100% voluntary?
-- Misdemeanor, like a traffic ticket?
-- Felony with jail time?

What if, say, only 1% of rifle owners sell their rifles. What is the next step? Any proposals?

Will you try to find out who owns the guns you want? If so, how?

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I've noted before that "buy backs" are great for gun owners.
-- Police department announces it will pay $300 per gun, so gun owners dig out old non-working guns worth $5 to sell them for $300, and the police buy them up, no questions asked. Typical Democrat government program...wasteful and totally doesn't achieve the objective, so more legislation will be needed, so keep motivating your base!!
-- Also, gun owners set up tables on the sidewalks outside the police station, and offer to value the guns people bring. Some people bring guns worth much more than $300, so those private gun buyers offer to buy them for more than $300, with cash.
In the end, usable guns are not removed, but shooters get some great deals (and sellers get better deals than they would from the police). There is video of this happening; google it if you want. Granted, that wouldn't happen in NYC, but it would happen in, say, Houston. Totally worthless. How would you fix that problem with buy "backs?"

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Replies to: "For a mint-condition 1994 Colt Sporter HBAR, will the government pay market? Something like $2500?"

they won’t assimilate anywhere and take their hate everywhere [NT] [LINK] - WestCoastIrishFan - 1:04pm 12/14/25 (33) [View All]
- Another holiday, another attack. - AlbanyIRISH - 6:59pm 12/14/25
  - Thanks for saying that. My childhood friends mom said that in front of me when I was 5? She was my - Frankx - 11:22pm 12/14/25
- Hero amidst it all. He's ordinary. [NT] [LINK] - MAS - 2:25pm 12/14/25
  - His failure to shoot the terrorist came back to bite him - MarkHarman - 11:48am 12/15/25
  - He'd be charged with a hate crime in NYC. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 5:57pm 12/14/25
    - And convicted on 34 counts. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:41pm 12/14/25
    - Yep [NT] - Frankx - 6:14pm 12/14/25
- I wonder how they got those weapons. Australia has very strict gun laws. [NT] - Hensou - 1:48pm 12/14/25
  - Presumably that's why the hero who took the gun had no idea what to do with it. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 7:10pm 12/14/25
    - BTW, the hero's name is Ahmed al Ahmed...and he ended up suffering bullet wounds to his shoulder and - TyroneIrish - 5:06am 12/15/25
    - . [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:08pm 12/14/25
    - His mindset doesn’t lead him to kill unarmed people… - TyroneIrish - 9:19pm 12/14/25
  - Don't let Perfection get in the way of Progress...Australia's Mass Killings are 12X the U.S.'s... [IMAGE] - TyroneIrish - 4:12pm 12/14/25
    - Have you given any thought to what weapons you would ban, and how you would do it? - NedoftheHill - 1:37am 12/15/25
      - Start with the Federal Assault Weapons Ban...then add in "Buy Backs" and penalties for being caught [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 5:14am 12/15/25
        For a mint-condition 1994 Colt Sporter HBAR, will the government pay market? Something like $2500? - NedoftheHill - 7:05am 12/15/25
        Why do you cling to weapons that cause great harm, yet serve no societal benefit? - TyroneIrish - 7:18am 12/15/25
        OK. So you don't know how to go about this. Let me know when you learn how you want to do it. - NedoftheHill - 3:59pm 12/15/25
        We've actually banned assault weapons before, as I've shown you with the Wiki link...plus we have - TyroneIrish - 4:18pm 12/15/25
        I'm curious if you think this weapon should be banned? It was explicitly exempted from the 1994 ban. [NT] [IMAGE] - NedoftheHill - 5:19pm 12/15/25
        
        "Buy backs" don't work in the US like elsewhere, ∴ I figured you might want to do it differently. - NedoftheHill - 5:13pm 12/15/25
        You offer no suggestions as to how the U.S. can get anywhere near the gun death rate of Australia, - TyroneIrish - 5:55pm 12/15/25
        I will wait until you answer my easy questions before I respond. (I won't hold my breath, though.) - NedoftheHill - 9:15pm 12/15/25
        This reminds me of a prior "discussion" we had...you haven't changed a bit...always interjecting [IMAGE] - TyroneIrish - 1:23am 12/16/25
        This reminds me of how you are handling this discussion. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 3:44am 12/16/25
        The issue for this sub-thread on gun violence...that you joined in on...is America's 12X higher - TyroneIrish - 5:32am 12/16/25
        We started talking about your ban & buy back proposal. I get you don't want to talk about it anymore [NT] - NedoftheHill - 5:35pm 12/16/25
        It makes little sense to discuss details if you won't admit there's a problem. Do you see the U.S. - TyroneIrish - 5:19pm 12/17/25
        
        By "ban assault weapons," you mean only ban new sales of some semi-automatic rifles. - NedoftheHill - 5:11pm 12/15/25
        
        I love it. He's asking you very detailed, important questions and you are completely flummoxed - MarkHarman - 11:54am 12/15/25
        Remember back when you had trouble understanding the "Base Rate Fallacy"?...it appears that issue is - TyroneIrish - 6:15am 12/16/25
        
        When a retired Major General who commanded the Fort Benning Training Base calls for a Ban on [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 4:28pm 12/15/25

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