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CANTON – Organizers of the Community Gun Buyback started collecting weapons a half-hour early when vehicles lined up Saturday morning outside the Canton Memorial Civic Center.
The event hosted by the Canton Police Department, Stark County Prosecutor s Office and several other community agencies also ended early about noon. A total of 129 unwanted guns were collected and will be destroyed, according to Christian Ball, director of public relations and community initiatives at the Prosecutor s Office. This likely won t be the last one that we hold, she said.
It was the first gun buyback in Canton since the 1990s. People who volunteered to turn in guns were given a $100 gift card.
(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Gun “buybacks” are one of the most ineffective ways to reduce crime, but they’re a favorite tool of anti-gun politicians and elected officials who want to show that they’re doing “something” about the issue. The efficacy of a gun turn-in program matters less to these folks than the opportunity to get a positive headline or two, which is why, despite decades of research showing that compensated confiscation events don’t reduce crime, suicides, or accidents involving firearms, we still see these types of events on a regular basis.
In eastern Ohio, Stark County prosecutor Kyle Stone is putting together a turn-in program for later this month, but he’s letting it be known that he doesn’t want anyone’s legally possessed guns.