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BREAKING: PENSACOLA CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM
By Andrew McKay
Tonight, the Pensacola City Council unanimously approved moving ahead with a gun buyback program overseen by the
Pensacola Police Department
and funded by $10,000 from either the Mayor's discretionary fund or the Law Enforcement Trust Fund. Several of the details are yet to be decided, but based on conversation during Tuesday's Agenda Conference, the measure offered by Councilman Delarian Wiggins will pay $50 for pistols and $75-100 for long guns (rifles / shotguns). The weapons will be taken with no questions asked and will then be checked against weapons used in crime or stolen or else destroyed.
Although both Sherri Meyers and Casey Jones raised concerns that studies do not show any effect on gun violence, they were willing to try the program and find out what the results might be. The Council also seemed to be persuaded by scenarios such as elderly people getting rid of a gun because they didn't feel safe to own it anymore and also the prospect of saving even a single life with a $10,000 attempt to reduce gun prevalence.
By Andrew McKay
Tonight, the Pensacola City Council unanimously approved moving ahead with a gun buyback program overseen by the
Pensacola Police Department
and funded by $10,000 from either the Mayor's discretionary fund or the Law Enforcement Trust Fund. Several of the details are yet to be decided, but based on conversation during Tuesday's Agenda Conference, the measure offered by Councilman Delarian Wiggins will pay $50 for pistols and $75-100 for long guns (rifles / shotguns). The weapons will be taken with no questions asked and will then be checked against weapons used in crime or stolen or else destroyed.
Although both Sherri Meyers and Casey Jones raised concerns that studies do not show any effect on gun violence, they were willing to try the program and find out what the results might be. The Council also seemed to be persuaded by scenarios such as elderly people getting rid of a gun because they didn't feel safe to own it anymore and also the prospect of saving even a single life with a $10,000 attempt to reduce gun prevalence.