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.
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.
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
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.
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.
“We sure wouldn’t want those people who can’t afford PlayStations to be armed”
- Ronald Reagan, probably
But video games cause violence
Circle of life, man.
What can someone get for trading a truck?
A turret.
Now do trucks
YES
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
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.
Cowboy hi point! and that’s not even counting printed liberators or four winds shotguns.
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.
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…
Maybe you can 3d print a bunch of shitty guns and get a bunch of ps5s? Sounds like a good business model.
Do I get games for trading in ammo?
Yeah, but the exchange rate is awful.
We’re talking tonnage just for a AA game.
If I dont like the games, can I return the PS5 and get the gun back?
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?
Is that a Mauser in the thumbnail?
No, it’s a Yugoslavian SKS.
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.
