From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 12/02/2024 18:50, Scott Alfter wrote:   
      
   >   
   > "Buybacks" are nothing of the sort.  The government can't "buy back" that   
   > which it never owned.  Be honest and call it what it is: confiscation,   
   > usually at nowhere near what the firearms involved are worth.   
   >   
   Well no, confiscation is generally free of any cash reward.   
      
   'Compulsory Purchase' is the more commonly used euphemism.   
      
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