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To: James Hutton who wrote (109178)3/11/2008 9:49:06 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favorRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
>>This is just a high-falutin' "we'll give you $50 for any handgun you bring to us" program.<<

I thought of it more as an IV drug abusers' needle exchange program.....<G>



To: James Hutton who wrote (109178)3/12/2008 7:45:28 AM
From: OblomovRespond to of 306849
 
>>This is just a high-falutin' "we'll give you $50 for any handgun you bring to us" program

Excellent analogy.

Instead of reducing the number of weapons being used in crimes, it prompts people to turn in their old, unusable weapons, or weapons that have already been used for crimes that they do not want to be linked to others. Then the cash is used to buy new weapons.


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