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Want, a Buyback Program gives you a chance to get rid of it in a way that is safe and orderly and legal and calm. That gun in your life that you have not known what to do with, that you have been worried about, your friendly local Buyback Program gives you way to put your mind at ease. Get that unwanted gun out of your house. You hand over the gun. Usually in exchange you get a smallish amount of cash or a gift card. But the larger attraction here really is that the gun gets taken off your hands and safely destroyed. In political terms, buybacks are attractive because theyre not a new law. Theyre not a new regulation. There is no coercion involved. Theyre not really even an attempt at persuasion. Theyre just offering people a resource to rid themselves of guns they dont want without risk in a safe, orderly way. Its a totally voluntary thing. Since the mass shooting in newtown, connecticut, a month ago, Buyback Programs in cities like camden, new jersey, and los angeles have broken reco
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. The senator from maryland. Senator, good to see you. Thank you for joining us. What do you make of that quite unexpected News Conference today . It did seem Like Full Court press, agreeing with the fact there was interference, there is interference, and i wasnt as confident that we know exactly what were supposed to do about it, but it seemed like everybody in that room seemed to agree this is something we have to deal with. First, its good to be with you. Youre exactly right, it was very clear that russia interfered in our 2016 elections and it was acknowledged that it was mr. Putin, the russian government, that was behind that. They acknowledged that this campaign is continuing both in trying to influence how voters vote as well as we are concerned that they may even go into our election apparatus. No evidence that theyre doing that yet, but they are certainly exploring that. That was very clear. And they laid o