2015 Boston Gun Buyback Program Could Fill An Entire Holster

By Bob Owens

We’re kidding… the one gun collected through 8 1/2 months of Boston’s 2015 gun buy-back could be a long gun.

The Walsh administration’s much-touted gun buyback program has taken in just one firearm so far this year — a stunning drop from the more than 400 that came in last year, putting police woefully behind last year’s pace in the overall number of guns they’re removing from the street, a Herald review found.

Boston police say the program is still active and funded — though a spokesman couldn’t say to what level — and Mayor Martin J. Walsh yesterday renewed his call for residents to turn over firearms in exchange for gift cards valued from $100 to $200.

But police officials couldn’t say why they’ve taken in just one gun in 2015 after claiming 410 last year.
“There’s no question why the total number is down: The gun buyback’s numbers clearly aren’t on the same level as the guns taken a year ago,” police spokesman officer James Kenneally said. “As long as there’s funding, it’s an option we can provide to community members.”

So-called “crime guns” are almost never collected at gun buy-backs, which instead are typically opportunities to turn in junked, often inoperable …read more

Source:: Bearing Arms