Given 400M+ guns in the US, seems a little like taking 100 cars off the road and expecting to see a reduction in accident rates.
Usually at the taxpayer's expense.It provides a little extra business for Amazon.
Naturally. Use our money to buy crap they shouldn't be trying to buy in the first place.Usually at the taxpayer's expense.
Some programs now record who the the "seller" is bringing it in and check at least the serial number for stolen, criminal use, etc., to prevent this. That said, that has been at least attempted before.I believe most gun buy backs are "no questions asked" and criminals can turn in murder weapons without concern.
Thus, buy backs protect criminals.