Chicago again to offer gun-buyback program
GATEHOUSE NEWS SERVICE
Published Wednesday, July 18, 2007
CHICAGO — City officials again will use the carrot approach to reducing the number of guns in Chicago, by offering a $100 pre-paid gift card for each weapon turned in this weekend.
Mayor Richard Daley said no questions will be asked Saturday of people who visit one of 23 locations designated as drop-off sites. The surrendered handguns, shotguns and rifles they leave behind will be destroyed by police.
“One of the best crime-fighting strategies at our disposal is very simple — getting guns off our streets … and out of the hands of people who, unfortunately, would misuse them,” Daley said during a news conference at a Near North Side church.
Some 4,300 guns have been collected through the annual “Gun Turn-In” events, according to Vance Henry, director of the police department’s Chicago Community Policing Alternative Strategies. CAPS and religious leaders serve as sponsors, with corporate support.
Chicago prohibits residents from keeping handguns unless they were registered with police before 1983. Nonetheless, guns are involved in 80 percent of the city’s murders, Daley said. To date, there have been 225 homicides in Chicago, the police department said.
Proponents of the gun-amnesty program emphasized the toll that gun violence has taken on young people. So far this year, several Chicago students have perished in gang-related shootings.
“Every gun turned in is potentially another life saved,” said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who joined Daley on Tuesday.
Drop-off sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. For information about locations, call (312) 744-5000.
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225 murders, kids perishing in drug shootings....gun control works, huh???
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So they are expecting gang members to turn in guns here?So far this year, several Chicago students have perished in gang-related shootings.
“Every gun turned in is potentially another life saved,” said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who joined Daley on Tuesday.
Again.... They expect people who intend to "misuse" guns to turn them in?“One of the best crime-fighting strategies at our disposal is very simple — getting guns off our streets … and out of the hands of people who, unfortunately, would misuse them,”
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Already been done. Several years ago in Sacramento, CA they did a buy back for $50 a gun. A pawn broker in the bay area loaded up every cheap POS gun he had taken in for $10-$20 over the last 15 years and drove out there and cleaned out all there funds for the buy back. Apparently they did not put a restriction on how many guns one person could turn in.Russian wrote:It's only a matter of time before an enterprising FFL holder trades in huge quantities of Ravens and flips the gift cards for 90 cents on the dollar.
I still have an old beat up Ortgies .25 acp that is waiting for a buy back close to me. That is if I don't use it as a throw down gun first
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