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.
They’re a great way to sell old junk guns for way more than they’re worth. Then use that money to buy more/better guns.
It says “functional firearms”. What guns are old, functional, and junk?
Cheap revolvers, guns with uncommon calibers, and guns with lots of rust/cosmetic damage that technically still work.
The gun deals subreddit has occasional super cheap sales on assorted guns that work but nobody wants.
I’ve heard of people going out and buying brand new cheap guns and selling them back to the state the same day for a profit.
Wait there’s a gun selling subreddit, but the alcohol one was banned?
Typical
A pipe gun is a functional firearm. They are literally made from junk.
But not old
Pipe guns have been around forever, so I’m sure old ones exist.
I disagree, they are a fantastic stimulus program for amateur gunsmiths to make their first shotguns. Or if you prefer professionally made guns, you can offer cash (or PlayStations, I guess) to people who are waiting in line and get a fantastic deal!
Do they still accept single shot 3d printed guns?
Tangentially related having the 3d model of a 3d printable gun is illegal here in australia.
Even if you design it yourself completely from scratch?
Reminds me of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number#Illegal_primes
Information should be free.
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.
Completely pointless? No. They reduce the ridiculous excess of guns in this country and reduce the odds of little timmy grabbing his dad’s assault rifle because the safe was too full. Or, because we pretend the real problem is black crimninals, Jamal robbing timmy’s dad and timmy’s dad never even noticing he is missing twelve glocks.
That said: it is indeed still something that only really impacts Responsible Gun Owners™ who generally only have two or three loaded firearms laying around the house rather than twenty.
That said: Buyback programs PLUS actual gun control would go a long way.
Shouldn’t be an issue for Timmy to grab the AR because the ammo is all locked up in the safe. Guns are big. Ammo is small and easy to lock up.
Two or Three loaded guns around the house? How about zero loaded guns? That seems a bit more responsible.
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?
So if I hand in a Playstation I get a gun, or the other way round?
That’s what they’re doing quite successfully, so I’m sure you could arrange it.
Critics argue buybacks have limited impact on crime
Australia kinda single handedly proves that wrong, but okay…
There’s an important difference: its harder to get guns in Australia.
In the US, people can just trade in a shitty gun and then go to a Walmart and buy more guns.
Australian “buybacks” were a confiscation. Lipstick on a pig.
for a playstation too? I’m stealing my dad’s gun the value exchange is worth it
“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”
Title makes it seem like I can give up my PS5 to get a gun, not the other way around.
That’s how I read it as well.
I’m sure that can also be arranged.
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.
That sounds like a good arbitrage opportunity. Is there a limit on how many guns you can trade in for PlayStations?
I didn’t see a limit mentioned in the article. Cops are low IQ, but I still think they would notice identical bargain basement new-condition models showing up.
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?
But video games cause violence
Circle of life, man.
What can someone get for trading a truck?
A turret.
If I dont like the games, can I return the PS5 and get the gun back?
It would be unintentionally hilarious if we actually managed real gun control by convincing people to trade in guns for video games.
They just need to gachafy it. One gun = one pull. Then people won’t stop after one gun. They’ll trade in all their guns and start stealing guns from their neighbours.
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.
Ps5s are about $500 still iirc.
You can totally get a used hi-point for less than that. Shit you can get a brand new one for less than $500. Police trade-in glocks go for about $400-$450.
They’re not nice guns, but they definitely work. I think this buyback program may very quickly run out of money, and if anything it encourages people to buy guns they otherwise wouldn’t have just to trade them in.
Of course. Otherwise people would buy guns to trade for a ps5. You want to have less guns, not more. It’s to encourage the trade in of guns already bought with a reward for doing so, not a way to meet the value of the gun.
Except they’re wrong. I literally just checked Sportsman’s Warehouse and there’s a ton of 200 dollar pistols available. That’s a cheap PS5…
I don’t think you’ve checked gun prices recently. You can absolutely buy a pistol for 200 dollars from a reputable retailer.
oh wait. you have to give them a gun? I just read the headline and I wanted to know what I could get for an original playstation.
Maybe you can 3d print a bunch of shitty guns and get a bunch of ps5s? Sounds like a good business model.
Cowboy hi point! and that’s not even counting printed liberators or four winds shotguns.
