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Chicago is going to pay gun owners $100 each to turn in their guns
http://www.businessinsider.com/chicago-is-going-to-pay-gun-owners-100-each-to-turn-in-their-guns-2015-10Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a new $250,000 effort to take guns off the city's streets.
Under the new program, churches and neighborhood community organizations can apply to hold their own buyback events (with police help), as opposed to previous buybacks which were single, city-run events.
"We're going to try everything we can to bring a level of security and safety throughout the city of Chicago so that our families and our children have the opportunity to grow up free from violence," Emanuel said, according to CBS Chicago."
Chicago is going to pay gun owners $100 each to turn in their guns"Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a new $250,000 effort to take guns off the city's streets.
Under the new program, churches and neighborhood community organizations can apply to hold their own buyback events (with police help), as opposed to previous buybacks which were single, city-run events.
"We're going to try everything we can to bring a level of security and safety throughout the city of Chicago so that our families and our children have the opportunity to grow up free from violence," Emanuel said, according to CBS Chicago.
Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy explained that buyback attendees will be able to anonymously turn in a gun, no questions asked. Participants will earn a $100 cash card for returning a gun, meaning that the budget could fund the return of 2,500 guns. The money for the program will come from the Chicago Police Department's community policing program, according to ABC 7 Chicago.
Gun-rights groups have already come out against the program.
Richard Pearson, of the Illinois State Rifle Association, said that "Many of the firearms that they take in are often used in crimes and so, that's a great place to dump firearms," according to ABC 7.
One group in particular is using the opportunity to mock the program.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the Illinois gun-rights group Guns Save Life intends to repeat a stunt it pulled during a 2012 buyback, which brought in around 5,500 guns.....""In anticipation of the announcement, The Christian Science Monitor pointed to research that suggested that buybacks may be ineffective. Not only do they remove a relatively small number of guns from circulation, but the people who return them are often not the type who would have committed crimes with them, according to Michael Scott, director of the Center for Problem Oriented Policing." 
