Posted by
Mike Bates on Saturday, May 08, 2010 12:18:47 PM
On Fox Chicago News Friday evening, reporter Tera Williams did a
piece
on Chicago's gun buyback program scheduled for today. The city
gives prepaid credit cards for weapons turned in. This year it's paying
$100 for each assault weapon, $75 for guns and $10 for BB guns, air
guns and replica guns.
Williams questioned several residents on the effectiveness of the
program. One man told her (at about 1:47 of the video), "It's a good
way to start." Williams replied: "Something's better than nothing,
right?" while nodding her head affirmatively.
Chicago's been trying to do "something" about guns for years. Since
1982, it's outlawed
hand guns. The gun buyback scheme has
run since 2006. Yet, as of two weeks ago, homicides for the year hit
113 and two Democratic lawmakers recommended National Guard deployment
to quell the violence.
The gun turn-in program is no more successful than the many "stop the
violence" marches that gun-grabbing Chicago mayor Richard Daley and his
police chief participate in. In asserting that something's better than
nothing, reporter Williams revealed her own bias.