Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

January 1, 2009

Organizers of a recent gun buy-back in Denver were disappointed when only 15 weapons were turned in to be melted down by the police.

A lack of funds made it impossible to pay the promised $50 for each gun turned in. About 40 people with a total of 120 firearms showed up for the event, but most refused to hand over their guns when told they wouldn?t receive the money they had been promised.

Anti-gun activist Alvertis Simmons complained that the lack of money shouldn?t have dissuaded people from turning in their guns ?to make a statement against gun violence.? But gun buy-backs actually encourage more gun-related crime by creating an incentive for criminally inclined people to steal guns and sell them.

Besides, if the objective were to protect the public from gun violence, a better approach would be to confiscate the government?s guns, rather than those in private hands.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.