THIS PICTURE TELLS IT ALL!
Deeply affected by the massacre at Sandy Hook, gun owners in Camden, New Jersey, America’s deadliest town, turned in a record number of weapons in a buy back scheme over the weekend.
1,137 firearms including an elephant-gun were handed in on Friday and Saturday at two churches in the crime-plagued town as the ramifications of the mass child killings in Connecticut seemed to inspire residents to give up their arms.
‘We heard that there were a number of gun owners on Saturday who had publicly said, in light of the situation that had just occurred in Connecticut, they wanted to turn in their weapons,’ Paul Loriquet, a spokesman for the Camden police, said in an interview with Philly.Com.
SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk
The problem with these “buybacks” is that only law abiding citizens would turn in the firearms. I would bet that none of these were turned in by criminals, nutcases, etc. It’s understandable that people are very emotional about the horrific, disgusting event in CT, but having law abiding citizens turn in firearms does nothing to get firearms away from bad people.
I just noticed it says people were given up to $250. – how many people turned in a firearm that’s non-functioning, etc. to get some quick cash?