{"id":1672773,"date":"2022-10-04T17:34:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T21:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1672773"},"modified":"2022-10-04T17:36:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T21:36:16","slug":"punk-kid-plays-democrat-ag-to-the-tune-of-21000-in-gun-buyback-mocks-her-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/punk-kid-plays-democrat-ag-to-the-tune-of-21000-in-gun-buyback-mocks-her-office\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Punk Kid\u2019 Plays Democrat AG To The Tune Of $21,000 In \u2018Gun Buyback,\u2019 Mocks Her Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpunk-kid-plays-democrat-ag-to-the-tune-of-21000-in-gun-buyback-mocks-her-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1672773&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/letitia-james\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letitia James<\/a>\u2018 taxpayer-funded so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/guns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gun<\/a> buyback event last month was made a mockery of when a self-described \u201cpunk kid\u201d earned $21,000 for printed-off gun parts.<\/p>\n<p>A man who wishes to only be identified as \u201cKem\u201d has boasted about using his $200 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/court-lifts-ban-on-blueprints-for-3d-printed-ghost-guns-as-biden-promises-crackdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D printer<\/a> to make dozens of lower receivers and frames so he could cash-in on James\u2019 buyback, eventually landing him 42 $500 gift cards from the Democrat \u2014 or, rather, New York taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it ended with the guy and a lady from the budget office finally coming around with the 42 gift cards and counting them in front of me,\u201d Kem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wktv.com\/news\/local\/man-claims-he-was-paid-21-000-for-3d-printed-guns-at-new-york-ags\/article_8e3be6fc-3eac-11ed-976b-7399515a1395.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recalled<\/a> to NEWSChannel 2. \u201c$21,000 in $500 gift cards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The man said he printed off enough parts for 110 firearms and then drove six hours to Utica to participate in the program, which Kem has ridiculed as noneffective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe sees the tote and says, \u2018how many firearms do you have?\u2019 And I said, \u2018110,\u2019\u201d the man explained.\u00a0After a back and forth with the AG\u2019s office, Kem received the $21,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting guns off the streets and out of our communities is one of the many ways my office is working to protect New York families and combat rising crime rates,\u201d James <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2022\/attorney-general-james-announces-172-guns-turned-onondaga-county-gun-buyback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bragged<\/a> about the gun buyback in a\u00a0statement\u00a0issued\u00a0September 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy working closely with our partners in the Camillus Police Department, we were able to organize this successful event and remove 172\u00a0guns from the local community,\u201d she said. \u201cI will keep working to protect New Yorkers from gun violence and ensure that our state is a great place to live, work, raise a family, and retire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kem ruthlessly mocked the braggadocious\u00a0AG.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure handing over $21,000 in gift cards to some punk kid after getting a bunch of plastic junk was a rousing success,\u201d he told NEWSChannel 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGun buybacks are a fantastic way of showing, number one, that your policies don\u2019t work, and, number 2, you\u2019re creating perverse demand,\u201d he continued. \u201cYou\u2019re causing people to show up to these events, and, they don\u2019t actually reduce crime whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gun buyback programs have been criticized by opponents as publicity stunts, and studies have found \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/system\/files\/working_papers\/w28763\/w28763.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no evidence<\/a>\u201d to show that the programs reduce crime at all.<\/p>\n<p>James\u2019 office was not pleased with being publicly worked over by Kem, though the office seemingly knew about the 3D printed guns at the time of the AG\u2019s boastful statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s shameful that this individual exploited a program that has successfully taken thousands of guns off the streets to protect our communities from gun violence,\u201d a spokesperson for the office said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have partnered with local police throughout the state to recover more than 3,500 guns, and one individual\u2019s greedy behavior won\u2019t tarnish our work to promote public safety,\u201d the spokesperson added. \u201cWe have adjusted our policies to ensure that no one can exploit this program again for personal gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kem is apparently not the first person to exploit the dubious program. Someone reportedly made $3,000 in August from printed-off gun parts turned over at a gun buyback in Houston, Texas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/akee4e\/someone-made-dollar3000-selling-3d-printed-guns-at-a-gun-buyback-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to Vice. And rumors of accounts of others similarly cashing-in often go viral online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bill-barr-reveals-what-he-thinks-will-happen-next-in-letitia-james-civil-lawsuit-against-the-trump-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Barr Reveals What He Thinks Will Happen Next In Letitia James\u2019 Civil Lawsuit Against The Trump\u00a0Family<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James\u2018 taxpayer-funded so-called gun buyback event last month was made a mockery of when a self-described \u201cpunk kid\u201d earned $21,000 for printed-off gun parts. 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