Louisville activists offer perfect counter to gun "buyback" programs

Thanks in part to the billions of dollars in federal tax dollars doled out to cities as part of the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan, we’re seeing a number of gun “buyback” programs being launched across the country.

Despite the fact that there’s no real evidence that these programs do anything to reduce crime, they’re popular with Democratic politicians looking for some positive headlines, as we saw in Richmond, Virginia this weekend.

While cities like Richmond and Raleigh, North Carolina were handing out gift cards for “unwanted” guns, however, a group of activists in Louisville, Kentucky were teaming up with a couple of local businesses to put on an event that puts a positive and pro-Second Amendment spin on the whole guns-for-gift-cards idea. Instead of getting a gift card for turning in a gun, participants could get one after going through a simple gun safety lesson.