Posted March 23, 2016 7:00 pm by Comments

By Dean Weingarten

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Less and less states and communities are holding gun “buy backs.” The gun-free paradise known as New Jersey is bucking the trend. From bergendispatch.com . . .

Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman John F. McKeon, Speaker Vincent Prieto and Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly that would create a statewide gun buyback program in an effort to reduce the number of firearms in New Jersey communities gained approval from the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Monday.

The bill would mandate nine “turn in” events each year, funded by the state (although private donations would be accepted). As is the common practice, guns would be turned in anonymously for monetary rewards. One third of the programs would be required to be held in high crime areas.

The author of Freakonomics summed up the academic view of gun turn in events the best (the term “buyback” is pure propaganda. The people buying the guns never owned them before.) From “Freakonomics” web site:

When it comes to gun buybacks, both the theory and the data could not be clearer in showing that they don’t work. The only guns that get turned in are ones that people put little value on anyway. There is no impact on …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns

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