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Buyback won’t Stop Crime, but May Prevent Tragedy
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Website: http://libertyparkpress.com
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Gun buyback programs, such as a one being proposed by the San Antonio City Council, aren’t the answer to America’s — or even San Antonio’s — gun problem. Whether we admit it or not, we have a gun problem. Never mind the political rhetoric, just focus on the body count. According to Gun Violence Archive, a D.C.-based not-for-profit group that fact-checks and logs information on gun-related violence, we’re up to 9,721 deaths nationwide as of early last week, not including suicides. |
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| 1) The term "buy back" is bogus. One who has never owned something cannot buy it "back". 2) Laws affecting fundamental rights, even peripherally, cannot be justified by what they "may" accomplish. They must serve a "compelling government interest", be narrow in scope, and affect the exercise of the right as minimally as possible. But the prerequisite for even their consideration is that there must be solid evidence that if enacted they will achieve their purported purpose. So-called "buy back" events are none of the above. |
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