I agree with you Valley Forge, it does establish a price floor. Thats irrelevant to the fact that handing guns over to the gov't is never a good idea no matter how much they want to pay you. The more volunteers they get, the easier it would be (in their eyes) to make it mandatory.
I actually heard a local liberal anti gunner say once: "it would be in your best interest to turn your guns in now for $100 a piece rather than have them confiscated in the future and face fines and/or jail time."
I believe that is the mindset of most of the people behind these buyback programs. Let the buyback serve as a price floor, and nothing else. Unless its a stolen gun, please don't take it to a buyback. And if it is stolen, take it back to the rightful owner. Now there's an idea!
I wanna see some pictures of this gun too! We have talked about its mystery enough!