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Monday, September 14, 2009

Effective Gun Control – Buyback programs….

Gotta love gun buyback programs.  They cost us money, make gun control people feel good about themselves and, unsurprisingly, dont seem to affect crime.

Story at the BradentonHerald.

Though the sight of dozens of soon-to-be-destroyed guns might be comforting, multiple studies have shown that buyback programs probably don’t reduce gun violence.

And my favorite quote:

“It’s highly unlikely that a person who would use guns for violence would turn them in,” said Gary Kleck, a Florida State University criminology professor who studies gun control.

Really?  Who would have thunk?

posted by j k at 10:13 am  

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