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Gun buybacks take weapons out of circulation, but experts say there's no evidence the programs reduce violence | CNN
Chicago officials annually take in hundreds of guns through buyback programs. But decades of research shows such programs don't reduce violence, in large part because they don't result in guns being taken from people who aren't supposed to have them.
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But decades of research shows such programs don't reduce gun violence, in large part because they don't result in guns being taken from people who aren't supposed to have them. One recent study found "no evidence that (gun buyback programs) reduce suicides or homicides where a firearm was involved."