Even Newark’s Mayor Believes Gun Buybacks Don’t Get “Guns Off the Streets”

This week NewsroomJersey.com noted there was yet another buyback of firearms in the Garden State, but this one noted that among the guns actually turned in included automatic weapons. More impressive is that the media actually noted that these buybacks don’t really work:

 ”Cory Booker, Newark’s Mayor, said he was impressed and shocked by the program. Some people turned in AK-47s and automatic weapons this time around, according to the mayor, whereas gun buy backs don’t normally get the weapons off the streets that are crucial. Cory Booker, Newark’s Mayor, said he was impressed and shocked by the program. Some people turned in AK-47s and automatic weapons this time around, according to the mayor, whereas gun buy backs don’t normally get the weapons off the streets that are crucial.”

 The question to ask now is that if the mayor doesn’t think these are getting weapons off the street, then what is the point of holding these events?