Like you, I’m surprised that anyone thinks that the gun buy-back program will decrease crime.
I live near Chicago, and, in that city, it’s illegal for anyone, other than police officers and city council members, to own guns. During four of the last five years, Chicago had more murders than New York and L.A., although those other cities have more people than Chicago. Gang members buy guns in suburbs and take them to Chicago, knowing that the law-abiding people can’t shoot back and defend themselves.
Remember Dorothy "The Hat" Tillman waving her .38 around on TV a few years back? Talk about scary...
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