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The unstolen guns are melted down.

This concept does not address the 'crooked cops' issue.

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With the cost of one 'lethal incident' (i.e. Medical, law enforcement time, judicial cost, incareration, etc.), it would seem like if the take back' prevented just a couple 'events', it would be benifical to the city's fiscal bottom line.

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Not a complete solution, but in LA they have successfully held several 'Gun Take back days'.

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_15047451

The less guns we have in Los Angeles, the less homicides we'll have," said Police Chief Charlie Beck at a morning news conference in Boyle Heights, where six people were shot, two fatally, overnight.

Handguns, rifles and shotguns fetched a $100 prepaid Visa card or Ralph's gift card, and assault guns garnered $200 each.

About 1,700 guns were gathered at last year's buy-back, and officials hoped to hit 2,500 this year,

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