Summary
New Orleans’ gun buyback program, organized by nonprofit Unchained Realities, offers PlayStation 5 consoles in exchange for functional firearms.
Aimed at improving public safety amid Louisiana’s looser gun laws, the initiative collected 94 guns over six months.
The program ties gun removal to youth engagement by promoting gaming education and career pathways.
Critics argue buybacks have limited impact on crime, but organizers emphasize community engagement and believe even small successes, like preventing one crime, make a difference.
Louisiana’s relaxed gun laws and stricter sentencing have intensified debates on public safety strategies.
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Gun buyback programs without guns being banned are a completely pointless endeavour.
I’m not totally against them. I feel like if you’re willing to trade a gun for a Playstation, maybe that’s one extra gun we don’t need lying around. If nothing else, that’s one less gun some kid might stumble upon at home and accidentally shot themselves or a friend with.
The problem is the price. If I go to the gun store then straight to the buyback tent I can get a PS5 for less than half price.
Aren’t there any guns cheaper than a PS5? This is peak cobra effect.
Do you want cobras?? This is how you get cobras!!
I’ve consistently seen buybacks trolled with 3d printed liberators and four winds shotguns.
If turning in a gun with a silencer, do we get a PS5 Pro?
Critics argue buybacks have limited impact on crime
Australia kinda single handedly proves that wrong, but okay…
Australian “buybacks” were a confiscation. Lipstick on a pig.
Hi-point 9mm handguns can be obtained for under $200
Edit: this is actually a really bad idea because those guns are going to be ghosted, sold, then used for serious violent come.
“We sure wouldn’t want those people who can’t afford PlayStations to be armed”
- Ronald Reagan, probably
“Traded my gun for a Playstation. The gameplay and balance are much better, with cool powerups and ability to respawn. But graphics aren’t as realistic”
So if I hand in a Playstation I get a gun, or the other way round?
But video games cause violence
What can someone get for trading a truck?
Is that a Mauser in the thumbnail?
No, it’s a Yugoslavian SKS.
Do I get games for trading in ammo?
Yeah, but the exchange rate is awful.
We’re talking tonnage just for a AA game.
I don’t want a Playstation; I already have a PC.
I much rather keep my Glock.
Now if they were offering cars instead, then I’d gladly jump on the opportunity. Then sell the car and get another Glock.
People who agree to voluntarily give up their guns to police so that only police have guns are wild. Why would anyone want to voluntarily give up their only chance at protection against an oppressive regime?
Even most entry level guns cost more than a ps5. Unless you’re getting a price of crap pistol or something used, a gun costs more than a ps5
a gun costs more than a ps5
Not in civilised countries it doesn’t.
I don’t think you’ve checked gun prices recently. You can absolutely buy a pistol for 200 dollars from a reputable retailer.
Cowboy hi point! and that’s not even counting printed liberators or four winds shotguns.
