Over 500 guns were surrendered to Baltimore police within the first hour and a half of a citywide gun buyback program this week. Participants received anywhere from $25 to $500 for their unwanted firearms.
Mayor Catherine Pugh and Interim Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle announced a gun buyback program—the first in six years—last week. Pugh said that the program was intended to "get the guns off of our streets."
The program reportedly cost the city $250,000, but there is little evidence that buyback programs are effective in reducing violence, or even in reducing the number of firearms in circulation—as one woman ably demonstrated.
Kathleen Cairns, a WBFF Baltimore journalist, tweeted a picture of a woman who was surrendering a 9mm. She hoped to use the money from the program to buy an even bigger gun.
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It's a bull541t program that just costs the taxpayers a bunch and leaves guns in the hands of criminals. But that's Baltimore, folks!
ReplyDeleteAmerican capitalism at it's best.
ReplyDeleteImproving your position (even if it's your firing position).
How can ya knock THAT?
Go for it, babe!
ReplyDeleteDave T: Wow, a new kind of stupid. You spend $1000 to lawfully buy a gun, and they give you $200, a pat on the head, now good doggie. Go home and wait for your next command. Like sheep being herded and prepared for slaughter.
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