A recent gun “buyback” in Ohio proves once again that politicians will do anything to make their constituents “feel” safer, whether they really are safer or not. Over the weekend, Columbus leaders held a so-called…
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The wheels are coming off of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s gun confiscation program (“buyback”). As proposed, the confiscation of firearms and devices that were banned as “prohibited” by Trudeau’s Liberal government over four years…
In the last few weeks, we’ve covered a lot of news where it was clear that government officials had no intention of even trying to do the right thing. Let’s review a few of those…
If there’s any better way to start a new week than bathing in anti-gunners’ tears, we’re not exactly sure what that would be. So aside from watching the Cowboys utterly dismantle the Eagles last night…
A gun control group in New Mexico recently announced yet another gun “buyback” event. This time, though, there’s a twist: no 3D-printed guns are allowed. We’ve seen this before, but this time the group managed to…
A Peoria pastor has organized a gun “buyback” event on Saturday, November 19th at four locations in the city starting at 10a.m. Do-gooder organizers will trade $200 gift cards for any “functional” handguns, rifles or…
By Salam Fatohi Recently, Pew Charitable Trusts explored gun buyback programs and their ability to reduce crime. A “gun buyback program,” or GBP, is a local government program that purchases unwanted firearms. The premise that the government…
There’s an old expression about stupid. Specifically…you can’t fix it. Such is the case on the Left Coast of America where some Californians are trading tools with which they could defend their homes and families…
A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found gun buybacks are “ineffective at deterring gun crime.” Researchers offered several reasons that gun buybacks could fail to reduce gun violence, including: The gift cards aren’t priced…
An I-Team investigation finds some of the weapons taken off the streets during Chicago Police Department firearm turn-in events are very old, rusty and damaged. Others are fakes. But, those trying to stop Chicago violence…