Lots of people are for the Gun buyback program. The gun buyback program is basically the government trying to buy YOUR guns for a certain amount of money. It started in Philidelphia from 1968-1974, there was only 544 guns bought during those years. Baltimore tried to do the same and staged a 3 month long buyback program in 1974. They were offering a $50 a gun payment. Baltimores buy back program took in 13,400 rifles and 8,400 handguns in 1974. Gun homicides and assaults actually rose during the to month program but the crime rate increased. In 1994 researchers looked at the 1992 buyback in Washington where 1,172 firearms were gave up. In the 2020 election candidates Cory booker, Bernie sanders, and Beto O' Rourke, have indicated support for gun buyback programs. In 2017 the most deaths from firearms are 59% from suicide, 36% from assult, 1% law enforcement,1% accidently, .85% undeitermined. So in the 2020 election alot of the democratic canidates were all in for the buy back program to try to help stop those deaths happening from firearms.
In my opionin this buyback program is a absoulute joke. The government is not thinking about the farmers/ranchers that have cattle and need to protect there calves. The right of having the 2nd ammendment is our right, the peoples right. Having this buy back program is invading our right. We should be able to own guns, and have the rights to buy them and bare arms. The gun buy back program is a terrible idea in my opinon people work hard to own guns because of the expense that it cost to own a gun. Keeping your family safe is important and owning a gun makes you feel so much safer.
Do you think they should try the gun buy back program again?
Do you think it is our right to own these guns?
What would you do if someone tried to take away your guns?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_buyback_program
https://journalistsresource.org/health/gun-buybacks-what-the-research-says/
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I don't think gun buy back programs would work plus they proabably wouldn't offer you up enough money for your guns. 50$ a gun back in the 70s might've been enough but now I don't think you could buy a whole lot of ammunition with that. That and if we did participate in gun buy backs you prolly wouldn't feel as safe.
I agree that the payment would probably be terrible.
No, I don't think that they should try the gun buy back program again. I do believe it is our right to own guns because it is our right. If someone tried to take away my guns, I don't know what I would do because it is my right to own and bare arms.
I don't think that they should bring back the gun buyback program because there is already a lot of crimes and we don't need anymore. I think that you should be able to have a gun if you don't have any criminal reocrds and you have experience with a gun. Lots of people use guns for hunting and if we didn't have them people would stop hunting.
I agree if you have a crime free background you should be able to own firearms.
I don't that they should start up the gun buyback program again, because 1.) people like to have guns to be able to protect themselves if a situation were to occur that they might need one (it also makes them feel safer). 2.) many people use them for sport such as hunting and yes there are other ways to hunt like with a bow and arrow, but it just wouldn't be as interesting.
I agree with you it makes someone feel a lot safer.
Yes, it is in the second amendment but gun laws do need to be stricter. I don't think they should bring back the gun buy program, UNLESS, they're taking a firearm from someone with a criminal record. We do have a right to own these guns, but if people aren't gonna use their guns safely, then they should be confiscated. If you do own a gun, the least you could do is lock it up to prevent suicide and other incidents involving firearms.
I don't think that they should start up the gun buyback program due to what our society holds today. In our society I think there will be many more crimes. I believe you should be able to protect yourself allowing you to have guns and also a lot of people like to hunt and they need guns to hunt with otheriwse hunting is useless and a lot of people would then lose interest. My family has guns and I think it's the best way to protect yourself and that right shouldn't be taken away from us.
I think the gun buyback program isnt a good idea to startup again but yet it is a good idea to startup it back up again. Towns in Mississippi could really use it and they dont need guns unless its to protect themselves or to go hunt, and they dont use it for either of those. My family has guns and I dont think they'd like if somebody just took them away.
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