This, to me, is about as funny, and indeed heartening, as it comes.

Up in Seattle, the authorities decided to hold a gun buy back, which is one of those silly liberal feel good but do no good plans to "get the guns off our streets."  Naturally, the premise behind this whole deal ignores the fact that it is the person behind the gun that causes the problem, not the gun itself, which of course is an inanimate object.

Here, from the article, is what happened:

Police officers in Seattle, Washington held their first gun buyback program in 20 years this weekend, underneath interstate 5,  and soon found that private gun collectors were working the large crowd as little makeshift gun showsbegan dotting the parking lot and sidewalks. Some even had “cash for guns” signs prominently displayed.

Police stood in awe as gun enthusiasts and collectors waved wads of cash for the guns being held by those standing in line for the buyback program.

People that had arrived to trade in their weapons for $100 or $200 BuyBack gift cards($100 for handguns, shotguns and rifles, and $200 for assault weapons) soon realized that gun collectors were there and paying top dollar for collectible firearms. So, as the line for the chump cards got longer and longer people began to jump ship and head over to the dealers.

 So, the entrepreneurial spirit that drives American success took over, and individuals immediately outmaneuvered the stodgy, slow thinking state to keep those naughty guns "on the street!"

Simply awesome.