In Chicago, where anti-gun politicians have turned the Second Amendment into a punching bag, a woman was shot with a firearm that was supposed to be destroyed after being surrendered at a city-run gun “buyback” event.
That’s right, this wasn’t a “ghost gun” or a firearm purchased with the so-called gun show loophole. . . This was a Glock 21, handed over in December 2023, tagged for destruction, and locked away under the “watchful eye” of the Chicago Police Department.
Yet somehow, in the magical world of government incompetence, it “vanished” and resurfaced months later in the hands of a 16-year-old thug—linked to at least three violent crimes, including the near-fatal shooting of an innocent woman.
Gun Control in Action: Criminals Win, Innocents Bleed
Instead of being melted down, the buyback gun was stolen from right under CPD’s nose. The officer in charge? Slapped with a one-day suspension. That’s the kind of “accountability” you get when the same government that wants to disarm you can’t even keep track of its own guns.
According to her lawsuit against CPD, this is a lesson Twanda Willingham learned first hand. Her life, and the lives of at least two others, was put in jeopardy simply due to the incompetence (and even malfeasance) of the Chicago Police Department and their hamfisted gun buyback scheme.
And this disaster isn’t a fluke, it’s the logical outcome of a gun control agenda built on virtue signaling and empty promises. Chicago politicians spend decades demonizing lawful gun owners while funneling taxpayer dollars into flashy “buyback” stunts for the cameras. Meanwhile, their streets run red with the blood of innocent victims, and their own turn-in guns are back in criminal hands.
Gun Buybacks Banned in Texas, thanks to Texas Gun Rights
“This is exactly what happens when politicians put optics over safety,” said Chris McNutt, President of Texas Gun Rights. “Government gun ‘buybacks’ don’t take firearms out of criminal hands, and in this case they actually placed them back in their hands.”
Last session, the Texas Legislature actually banned local governments from instituting gun “buyback” programs (House Bill 3053).
“Thank God we were able to ban these disastrous “buyback” programs,” continued McNutt. “In no short part, this win was due to tireless efforts of TXGR members.”
Chicago’s tragedy is a warning to every state: gun control doesn’t stop crime, it fuels it. When the government can’t even protect the guns it collects, they have no business telling you how to store, carry, or defend your own.
Texas Gun Rights will keep fighting to ensure that kind of dangerous incompetence never takes root in the Lone Star State.
