The Futility of Chicago's Gun Turn-ins

[The Real Bingo]

The Futility of Chicago's Gun Turn-Ins - Reason.com

Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck noted in a 1996 book that when St. Louis did a gun buyback, those participating "were commonly middle-aged and 80 percent white, while those involved in gun violence in that city were mostly young and black."

Criminals will have trouble finding any appeal in this offer. In the first place, their weapons may have cost far more than $100, as handguns and long guns of good quality usually do.

In the second place, thugs practice a trade in which a weapon is essential for doing business. A pistol used in the course of armed robberies will pay for itself many times over. A $100 gift card won't.

The experience elsewhere offers little hope that the program will make a noticeable difference. After a successful 1974 buyback in Baltimore, the firearm homicide rate jumped by 50 percent. A study of a Seattle effort found it "failed to reduce significantly the frequency of firearms injuries, deaths or crimes."

This is the pattern wherever turn-ins take place. A 2004 study by the National Academy of Sciences concluded that "the theory underlying gun buybacks is badly flawed and the empirical evidence demonstrates the ineffectiveness of these programs."

Stimulate the economy, Chicago...offer $1000 per gun!

[Whir]

Quite sad, really.

[pickel]

With or without serial #'s

Edit : Fingerprints ??

Can you wear a "Hoodie" when you turn them in ???





No checks or bank cards, PLEASE....

[Steve R Jones]

The buyback is a nice idea.... I have 8 firearms in my house...two of which are an AK47 and a scoped SKS... If my house got robbed, there would be more arms in the hands of the bad guys.

[mad1]

The Futility of Chicago's Gun Turn-Ins - Reason.com

Stimulate the economy, Chicago...offer $1000 per gun!

Sneed hears the Chicago Police Department, which is battling a recent rise in homicides and violent crime, has new marching orders this weekend.

Provide security for a private wedding!!!!!

How about them apples!

In the midst of a recent homicide spike and prediction of a weekend weather scorcher, Sneed is told somewhere between 100 to 200 police officers will be dispatched to help “secure the perimeter” of a high-profile wedding in Kenwood.

How high-profile?

At least 100 city cops to help secure high profile wedding - Chicago Sun-Times

This high profile wedding is for Laura Jarrett, daughter of Valarie Jarrett. Another waste of taxpayer money in Chicago.

The streets of Chicago are officially more dangerous than a war zone: Homicide victims in the Windy City outnumber U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan this year.

While 144 Americans have died in Afghanistan in 2012, a whopping 228 Chicago residents have been killed, and the murder rate is up a staggering 35 percent from last year. That’s a rash of homicides quadruple the rate of New York City’s, and police and crime experts fear it may only get worse.

WILD WEST IN CHICAGO - The Daily

Through May 13 this year there have been 185 homicides in the city, according to the latest police figures, up from 116 during the comparable period last year. Chicago's murder rate has outpaced New York City, which has more than twice the population.

Ten die in Memorial Day weekend Chicago shootings - Chicago Tribune



The gun ban is working real good.

[The Real Bingo]

Just like the stimuli weren't big enough to benefit the economy...we need more gun control!

[Whir]

The buyback is a nice idea.... I have 8 firearms in my house...two of which are an AK47 and a scoped SKS... If my house got robbed, there would be more arms in the hands of the bad guys.

If you want to get rid of your guns (I assume your statement here is a little tongue-in-cheek considering your armaments), you will get more for them on eBay than selling them back to the city for $100.

Just sayin', just in case.

[Mikev2.0]

In some cities in California, they offer $100 gift cards to local grocery stores, so it's no longer just cash.

The buyback is a nice idea.... I have 8 firearms in my house...two of which are an AK47 and a scoped SKS... If my house got robbed, there would be more arms in the hands of the bad guys.

Your statement makes sense. Turns out the majority of handguns and rifles on the streets in Oakland are stolen from out of state. From where you're located, it seems more likely that they'll head to Mexico to be a part of the drug cartel war.

They found middle school kids buying handguns for $35 on the street, and one of the guns seized already had a couple bodies on it.

[Whir]

The gun didn't have bodies, the previous shooters did.

[Steve R Jones]

If you want to get rid of your guns (I assume your statement here is a little tongue-in-cheek considering your armaments), you will get more for them on eBay than selling them back to the city for $100.

Just sayin', just in case.

Yes it's a nice idea...but as you pointed out - $100 ain't enough