A $100 billion, one-time program aimed at buying back 200 million firearms at $500 a pop.

[krispos42]

146. I'm not. I'm letting you know that "assault weapons"...

the 75 guns that the LAPD collected, were either rifles, shotguns, or handguns. Because of secondary features, they were collectively put into a 4th group.

In reality, the LAPD collected 901+x handguns, 698+y rifles, and 363+z shotguns. x+y+z=75, the number of guns that could be classified as "assault weapons".

x = number of handguns that are also assault weapons. y=number of rifles that are also assault weapons. z= number of shotguns that are also assault weapons.

By California's definition of assault weapon, of course, which may or may not be the same as other states, or the now-expired federal definition.

Since a rifle that would be classified as an "assault weapon" generally costs a minimum of $600 and generally in the range of $1,000, I'm saying I doubt people turned in 75 AR-15 rifles.

I find it far more likely that what was turned in were old TEC-9 pistols that would be classified as "assault weapons". I could be wrong, but they were the hip thing for gang members to have back in the 80's and 90's, so finding some of them and getting cash for them seems to be a reasonable theory.



You seem to think that the definition of "assault weapon" applies only to rifles. A lot of people share this belief, which is understandable because most of the controversy surrounds rifles like AR-15s and AK-47s and such. I'm trying to disseminate knowledge.