EPISODE · Apr 5, 2022 · 17 MIN
Lightfoot's Million-Dollar Gun Grab
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has a new plan to cut crime; getting corporations and private donors to pony up a million bucks for two gun "buybacks" to be held later this year. The biggest problem with that idea is that there's absolutely no evidence that these compensated confiscation events actually do anything to reduce crime, suicides, or accidents involving firearms.
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has a new plan to cut crime; getting corporations and private donors to pony up a million bucks for two gun "buybacks" to be held later this year. The biggest problem with that idea is that there's absolutely no evidence that these compensated confiscation events actually do anything to reduce crime, suicides, or accidents involving firearms.
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