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- The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. will participate in this Saturday’s Anonymous Gun Buyback event. Alameda County 1225 Fallon St.
- Perata hopes gun buyback will cut violence. 'ONE LESS GUN' BUYBACK PROGRAM. What: The Alameda County Public Health Agency will offer $250 cash for each.
Florida Gun Buyback Program Down 8. Percent. We’ve been arguing against gun buyback programs since day one (three years come mid- Feb). They’re a really bad idea on every level—save feel- good political grandstanding.
If nothing else, these “no questions asked” cash- for- guns initiatives destroy evidence that could be used to solve crimes. And waste taxpayer money.
And . . . don’t get me started. In an ideal world, gun buybacks would die from a confrontation with common sense. In the real world, they may peter out on their own. Residents looking to get rid of unwanted firearms at an annual gun- buyback event today trickled into the drive- through style dropoff site at the. Lake County Sheriff’s Officesubstation off State Road 5. People were invited to exchange their unwanted guns for a $5. Walmart at the no- questions- asked event as part of the annual Central Florida Kicks for Guns collection.
. state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata on Friday announced a gun-buyback program that he. Oakland gun-buyback. the Alameda County.
The “One Less Gun” buyback program attracted so many eager sellers that the money. Tabarrok is the editor of the Independent Institute books, Entrepreneurial. . will participate in this Saturday’s Anonymous Gun Buyback. The Alameda County District. CSAC’s annual statewide program honors innovation in county.
The event is sponsored by Central Florida Crimeline, a service that collects crime tips by phone and online for law enforcement, and Real Radio 1. The event proved to be much less popular than last year, when the Sheriff’s Office collected nearly 4. Central Florida, and distributed more than $1. By late this afternoon the agency had collected 5.
I make that an 8. It’s also worth noting that there are millions of guns in Florida, both legal and illegal. What are the odds that the buybacks’ organizers let the Florida gun buyback program die? Slim to none. In other cities the people in charge simply raise the exchange rate, increasing the likelihood that criminals will steal guns from lawful owners to feed the market. When it comes to gun control, you can’t fix stupid.