Newark to Offer Gun Buyback Program, But Will it Get Guns Off the Street?

Newark is the latest city in the Garden State to introduce a buyback program, which will begin next month. Philly.com points out that the homicide rate has actually fallen in recent years, but has crept back up this year, prompting the program.

It will be interesting to see whether this program, which will give $200 for each firearm, will actually reduce crime. As we’ve questioned all year, do gun buybacks actually get guns out of criminal’s hands and off the street? Or does it just get poor people to turn over potentially value items? You be the judge.