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…
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By John Miltimore Shortly before Christmas in 2018, a woman named Darlene voluntarily turned in a 9mm pistol to the Baltimore Police Department. It was just one of about 500 firearms the department collected that…
Gun buyback programs (GBPs), which use public funds to purchase civilians’ privately-owned firearms, aim to reduce gun violence. However, little is known about their effects on firearm-related crime or deaths. Using data from the National…