That’s when the organizers of the “buyback” realized they hadn’t thought the whole thing through.
A man named “Kem” reportedly used a 3D printer to manufacture “firearms” to turn in at a Utica, New York gun buyback. New York Attorney General Letitia James wanted “unwanted” guns and paid up to $250 each for the guns
What Letitia James no doubt planned on was buying plastic blasters. Mr. Kem printed and gave them 110 “unwanted” firearms and they gave him 42 $500 gift cards for a total of $21,000. That’s a good day’s work, if ATF doesn’t crack down on Mr. Kem for unlawful manufacture of firearms.
It’s not the first instance of a brave individual printing guns on their 3D printer and turning them in at a “buybacks.” In Houston, the government changed the rules after one man nicked them $3,100. But this one, at $21,000, seems to set a new standard and sets a high bar to others to surpass.
By John Boch