Liberal San Antonio city council member John Courage (District 9) sponsored a gun buyback on Sunday, Nov.19, at Alamodome. However, typical of liberals, Courage and his buyback supporters believe guns kill people, not criminals or mentally unstable people.
San Antonio gun owners had the option of turning in any unwanted firearms this weekend in exchange for H-E-B gift cards as part of the city’s first-ever gun buyback. With $175,000 in donations – including $100,000 from his discretionary council district (taxpayer) funds -- the four-term liberal council member attempted to stop gun violence by buying them people.
Persons selling guns received $50 for a non-functioning or home-manufactured weapon, $150 for a rifle or shotgun, $200 for a handgun, and $300 for a semiautomatic rifle.
Unfortunately, because of the local liberal City and Bexar County leaders’ fixation on “social justice,” they refuse to hold an individual responsible for any crime. Instead, they blame social, economic, and political issues for a person’s bad behavior and, in this case, guns and gun makers.
Of course, the local Fake News applauded the event. They focus on the positive spin without analyzing the negative.
Instead of a gun buyback event that costs $100,000 taxpayer money, they should support local law enforcement to do their job to the fullest. They should also pressure the Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales to prosecute and jail criminals. Law enforcement officers ask, what good is it to arrest a criminal if they are released within hours by the liberal D.A. in the name of “social justice.”
This gun buyback was a backdoor assault on the Second Amendment. Liberals do not accept that guns do not kill people on their own. Someone must pull the trigger.