There's another gun buyback in progress. Have we not learned anything? Do we realize that these buybacks effect nothing and help no one???
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=688393
"Lawmaker Chris Higgins of Albany introduced a resolution Monday night to the County Legislature requesting Sheriff Jim Campbell and District Attorney David Soares to set up the buy-back and grant amnesty to those turning in illegal weapons."
The only thing these things ever do is clean crappy, broken guns that people would never use anyhow. They are a drain of real resources from the government and police agencies that could be used for real issues, like ummm, I don't know...school improvements, catching bad guys, giving teachers raises, and training police.
Even supporters of this say it's a bad idea: "However, she questioned the value of buying the handguns, saying she's been told that the ones turned in "are not valuable, they may be broken, or people don't want to be questioned."
The Sheriff stated, "We're hopeful that the program will be successful in that we will receive handguns from the streets," he said. "However, I would be surprised if that turns out to be the case."
Enough said...
