Menino’s Gun Buyback Program A Complete Failure
by Matt Margolis, July 24th, 2006 at 10:44am
Menino accepted praise for his gun buyback program, which yielded about 1,000 firearms and was dubbed a success.
A success? How successful was thw program for those individuals who were injured in two separate shootings, or the woman who was “gunned down at the same spot, the same day and nearly the same hour that her brother was slain four years ago,” this past weekend.
With gun violence in the Hub the way its going, it is far safer to be in a Big Dig tunnel than on the streets of Boston. Now that’s scary.
Menino’s politically popular but ineffective program was supposed to get guns off the streets to help reduce gun-related crime, but gun-related crime seems completely unaffected by Menino’s quick fix “solution.” But, at least he got some good press out of it.
So, if 1,000 guns off the streets hasn’t done anything to stop or even reduce gun-related crime in Boston, where are the criminals who are behind the violence? I’ll give you one hint, they’re not at Target spending $200 gift cards.
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3 Comments
1. Knightbrigade | July 24th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
Until there is a CRIMINAL BUYBACK program, people are just going to keep getting killed by the dirtbags who KILL.
2. realtruth | July 25th, 2006 at 8:01 am
Menino is a complete failure. Why would any of his chameleon like programs be any different. The mumblin mayor of the hip hop roundtable is a complete and utter joke just like his city. Crime rate? Murder rate? We just bought back 1000 guns, there is no problem. We’re um teken bak duh um streetz.
3. Bruce | July 25th, 2006 at 9:15 am
KB, what are you trying to do? Introduce facts and logic into this debate? SHAME ON YOU! Now, sit down and just play along with the rest of the Meninions.
The buyback not be a complete waste of time and money, after all.
Did you see the cute little mini-manhole covers they plan on making with the melted down guns?
All we need to do is get enough of those for the people of Boston to sew them into their clothes for use as body armor.
It worked for Clint Eastwood in “A Fistful of Dollars”. And, given the fact that Menino’s reality has about as much credibility as that of the average Hollywood producer, this isn’t too far-fetched of an idea.