Some gun fun - buybacks

A couple of links. From the New Jersey news aggregator NJ.COM:

Editorial: Trenton $100K gun buyback program is money well spent

From USA Today:

Gun buybacks popular but ineffective, experts say

Lots of nice facts -- no 'talking points'. And lastly, from the People's Soviet of New York comes this two-fer: From Campus Reform:

Bloomberg urges Obama to defy Congress, implement gun control by executive action
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday told a group of John Hopkins students that President Obama ought to sidestep the wishes of Congress and order swift new executive gun control measures.

�There are steps that President Obama can take without congressional approval at any time he chooses with just one stroke of the pen,� Bloomberg told the mixed audience of students and scholars, speaking at the �Gun Policy Summit� at John Hopkins University.

Bloomberg�s remarks came hours before President Obama argued in a rare press conference that executive privileges afforded him the power to implement some federal gun control measures without the permission of Congress.

Nice job of protecting the Constitution there Michael. And lastly, from the NYC, NY CBS affiliate:

N.Y. Assembly Speaker Silver: �We Are Going To Ban Assault Weapons�
The New York State Legislature was poised Tuesday to pass the first gun control measure following the Newtown school massacre. This as the vice president was set to unveil federal proposals to end gun violence later in the day.

Albany lawmakers ironed out the kinks Monday, allowing them to propose in writing new gun control measures in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting. Assuming the new bill passes � it was approved by the Senate late Monday night and will go before the House on Tuesday � it will turn into the toughest set of gun control laws in the country.

And this new law will:

Limit ammunition clips to seven. It�s now 10
Force gun owners to renew their licenses every five years
Stiffen penalties for using a gun in the commission of a crime
Stiffen penalties for bringing a gun on school property
New restrictions on the assault weapons already owned by New Yorkers

These are not assault weapons. These are defense weapons. And BTW, a clip is a lot different than a magazine -- they both hold the magic booolets but that is it. Anyone making this mistake does not know what the fsck they are talking about, should realize that and gracefully bow out of the conversation.