Commission Says No to Gun Buyback, Yes to Task Force
Commissioner Kevin Beckner’s plan to curb gun violence was met with a lukewarm reception during today’s meeting in downtown Tampa.
Hillsborough County taxpayers won’t be on the hook for a gun buyback program – just yet at least. Commissioner Kevin Beckner’s proposal to launch an annual buyback program was heard by the full board Wednesday and was shot down. One part of his proposal – an idea to create a task force to look into gun violence – was approved, however, according to The Tampa Tribune. That task force, the Tribune reports, could make a recommendation to enact an annual buyback, but for now that particular idea is on ice. "The premise is very simple," Beckner was quoted by the Tribune as saying. "Every gun that's removed from the home or streets and taken from public circulation is one less gun that can be used in an incidence of gun violence." Beckner made …
Katy
2:42 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013
Gun buy back programs will get some unwanted guns off the streets and that may prevent one being pointed at an officer or being played with by a child. The buy back program will not prevent a mass murder situation like the one in Newtown where a registered gun was taken from the home of a gun collector. It does seem as though the mental health aspect has had more to do with these types of attacks… more ›