Studies Say Gun Buybacks Are Ineffective but Officials Sponsor Them Anyway

LINKS/ EVENTS/ BOOKS/ JOBS/ ARCHIVES & COMMENTS/ TWITTER/ THE BLUE PAGES / BACK ISSUES / WEATHER
ABOUT THE POLICE NEWS / FACEBOOK / PHOTOS & VIDEOS / SOFT SCRAMBLED EGGS / NEWS 92FM LIVE
The Police News - May 2013 Print Edition

More Today's News:

•	Galveston judge indicted on 8 criminal counts

•	Amber Alert issued for missing child

•	Blue Knights Texas VII assist in Texas Wounded Warrior VII

•	Citizen Police Academy Graduates

•	Galveston County Community Emergency Response Team Training

•	Oklahoma Death Count 24

•	DPS Increases Patrols for Memorial Day Weekend

•	Driver jailed in traffic stop dies in jail

•	Man Jailed in 24 Hour Fitness Theft

•	Your Help Is Needed Today

•	Child Nearly Drowns in Seawall Hotel Pool

•	Driver Sought Fatal Vehicle Assault

•	Man found dead in car with his dog

•	Services pending for murder victim

•	Two jailed in convenience store robbery

•	Wanted Fugitives

•	Galveston College Partners for Nursing Excellence

•	Police officers make midnight rescue from Gulf waters

•	55 lbs of Marijuana Seized in Drug Raid

•	As many as 91 people may be dead in tornado \| Photos

•	Charles Everett Lowrie, 71

•	City Council will vote to end long legal saga of a man who spent 10 months behind bars after police hid evidence

•	Court Approves Lower Bond For Murder Defendant

•	Duck Crossing Stops Cop Chase \| Video

•	FBI: Agents fell to deaths in training exercise

•	Fire Chief Paul Templin Stanforth, 79

•	Firefighter killed in six-alarm condo fire \| Video

•	Fort Bend County’s Memorial Day Celebration

•	Glitch in widely used polygraph can skew results

•	Man arrested, others sought in fatal shooting of woman, young boy

•	Man involved in police shooting had several weapons in apartment

•	One man arrested, 3 others sought in murder of woman, young boy \| Video

•	Police Association furious over bill restricting cell-phone tracking

•	Probe of slashing death continues \| Video

•	Registered Sex Offenders

Next >>

Search Archives:

Jan. 9, 2013

Seattle and King County leaders Tuesday said they've raised $100,000 to launch a gun-buyback program, despite studies - cited by both pro- and anti-gun groups - that buyback programs are largely ineffective.

"Bad guys don't turn in their guns," said Dave Workman, senior editor of GunMag, a publication of the Second Amendment Foundation.

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn was joined by four former mayors, police and community leaders at a news conference at Mount Zion Baptist Church.

Click here for the full article

Comments:

"Still, the mayor said that if the program averted one gun tragedy, it was worthwhile."

So if it didn't it was a waste of time and $$? Yes.

Posted by Lucas Jackson at 1/9/2013 3:20:06 PM

Printer Friendly Format

Send to a Friend

RSS Feed

1-888-788-8967     (409) 762-NEWS (6397)     (409)-632-0103 Fax     (409) 632-0082 Advertising/Distribution
Police News Publishing Co. L.L.C.
Email: Editor@ThePoliceNews.Net