Another feel-good piece of idiocy. If they want to "stop potential killers from hitting the streets" try focusing on the parole board. Plus we have a new one - "300 children are victims of accidental shootings every year in Texas." And the "reporter" blindly accepts this.
http://www.wfaa.com/wfaa/articledisplay/0,1002,13598,00.html
Buy-Back Gets Guns Off the Street
Reporter: Eddie Lavandera
DALLAS Aug 26 -- North Texans are trying to stop potential killers from hitting the streets. That's the effort behind Saturday's gun buy-back.
In a downtown Dallas parking lot, any gun turned in brought $50, no questions asked.
Anthony Jones' young daughter is starting to snoop around the house. He says having a gun is just asking for trouble.
"These don't have a safety on it, and they are basically double action, once you load it the trigger is easy to pull, and it's really not a safe gun to have at home around children," said Jones, Dallas resident.
"We've taken five guns off the street and we haven't been open and hour yet," said Mike Haney, First Presbyterian Church of Dallas.
All day, a steady flow of people dropped in, each gun has its own story.
"I had a guy stay with me for a week and he had that in my house so I took it from him," said Tammy Schafer, Grand Prairie resident.
Tammy Schafer heard about the gun buy-back deal and she got rid of two weapons.
"There's just too much violence already and I just believe that we can self defend ourselves without guns, and the wrong kind of people are getting our guns and it turns back on us and it doesn't solve anything," said Schafer.
This is the second gun buy-back program the Greater Dallas Community of Churches has sponsored. The first only brought eight guns in one day. They've easily surpassed that number this time. And to the organizers, it's a sign their work is making a difference.
In all, 37 guns were collected. For the supporters of this project it goes a long way in saving a life. Especially when you consider about 300 children are victims of accidental shootings every year in Texas.
"I feel like we accomplished something today the Greater Dallas Community of Churches and this church made an effort to try to make this community safer and I think we've done our job today," said Mike Haney, First Presbyterian Church of Dallas.
All the guns collected today will be destroyed and melted down early next week.
Copyright: 2000 by WFAA-TV Co.
http://www.wfaa.com/wfaa/articledisplay/0,1002,13598,00.html
Buy-Back Gets Guns Off the Street
Reporter: Eddie Lavandera
DALLAS Aug 26 -- North Texans are trying to stop potential killers from hitting the streets. That's the effort behind Saturday's gun buy-back.
In a downtown Dallas parking lot, any gun turned in brought $50, no questions asked.
Anthony Jones' young daughter is starting to snoop around the house. He says having a gun is just asking for trouble.
"These don't have a safety on it, and they are basically double action, once you load it the trigger is easy to pull, and it's really not a safe gun to have at home around children," said Jones, Dallas resident.
"We've taken five guns off the street and we haven't been open and hour yet," said Mike Haney, First Presbyterian Church of Dallas.
All day, a steady flow of people dropped in, each gun has its own story.
"I had a guy stay with me for a week and he had that in my house so I took it from him," said Tammy Schafer, Grand Prairie resident.
Tammy Schafer heard about the gun buy-back deal and she got rid of two weapons.
"There's just too much violence already and I just believe that we can self defend ourselves without guns, and the wrong kind of people are getting our guns and it turns back on us and it doesn't solve anything," said Schafer.
This is the second gun buy-back program the Greater Dallas Community of Churches has sponsored. The first only brought eight guns in one day. They've easily surpassed that number this time. And to the organizers, it's a sign their work is making a difference.
In all, 37 guns were collected. For the supporters of this project it goes a long way in saving a life. Especially when you consider about 300 children are victims of accidental shootings every year in Texas.
"I feel like we accomplished something today the Greater Dallas Community of Churches and this church made an effort to try to make this community safer and I think we've done our job today," said Mike Haney, First Presbyterian Church of Dallas.
All the guns collected today will be destroyed and melted down early next week.
Copyright: 2000 by WFAA-TV Co.
