It amazes me that these people actually believe this is an effective way of combating violence.
“The return of one gun means that an individual has decided that I will no longer participate in the downgrading or the degrading of my community,”
Another ineffective, liberal, feel-good program that will have no impact on crime. Heaven help us if a Democrat gets elected in ‘08.
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.