Editor,
On Saturday, Dec. 3, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, along with the law enforcement departments from Redwood City and Belmont, the city of San Carlos and Citizens for a San Mateo County Gun Buyback, will be sponsoring an anonymous gun buyback. The event will be held at 1000 Skyway Road in San Carlos. The buyback hours will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Attendees must transport their firearms unloaded and in the trunk of their vehicles.
Those bringing in nonfunctioning firearms will be paid $50, $100 for handguns and rifles and $200 for assault weapons and “ghost guns” as classified in the state of California.
Recent statistics have shown that the majority of gun-related deaths in the county are a result of suicide. It is our hope that these buybacks — that, to date, have resulted in over 2,000 firearms turned in — will help reduce the scourge of gun deaths in our communities.
Al and Joanne Comolli
Millbrae
The letter writers are with Citizens for a San Mateo County Gun Buyback.
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Al and Joanne Comolli – thanks for the notice. I have to wonder whether there is any evidence gun buybacks are effective? Stateline/Pew Trusts recently published an article on whether gun buybacks were effective (https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2022/08/30/gun-buybacks-are-popular-but-are-they-effective) with referenced links and include a number of people with varying conclusions and ideas on how to make buybacks more effective. An interesting read… We know that over 1 million guns were sold in the US last month, marking the 38th straight month of sales over one million guns per month.
I am interested in whether these buybacks provide other info… What are the statistics related to gun buybacks? For instance, what is the percentage of nonfunctioning guns, or those without serial numbers, or those used in crimes? Do these law enforcement offices perform ballistics on guns that were bought back to see if they match shootings in the files? Although these buybacks are “anonymous” and may not result in any arrests or follow-up, at least the guns can be documented as being “found.” Does the buyback pay for 3D-printed “ghost” guns, or only guns that can be fired more than once (else someone, as in the case of NY can “game” the system and turn in a multitude of printed guns for a multitude of bucks)?
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