Summary

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has launched the nationwide “Yes to Disarmament, Yes to Peace” program.

The program offers cash to citizens who anonymously surrender firearms, including $430 for revolvers, $1,200 for AK-47s, and $1,300 for machine guns.

The weapons will be destroyed.

The program, expanded from a 2019 Mexico City initiative, aims to combat violent crime, with firearms responsible for 70% of Mexico’s 31,062 homicides in 2023.

      • frog_brawler@lemmy.world
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        17 hours ago

        Buyback programs were a piece of the Australian program; far from the whole thing. Requiring gun licenses and the creation of the firearms registry probably had more to do with it than the buyback programs.

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          16 hours ago

          I didn’t ask for a pedant.

          Gun buyback programs remove guns from circulation which is inherently a good thing if you want gun violence to decrease.

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            15 hours ago

            Well you got one because the tone that you use to speak with people lets them infer that you’re a complete asshole.

            Gun buyback programs on their own are incredibly expensive with almost no correlation to decreasing violence or gun crimes.

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        14 hours ago

        Buyback programs collect ancient, worthless and broken guns, funding people to buy better guns.

        Pictured: A bunch of crappy guns. Probably a shitload of antiques getting trashed because idiots, “Less means good!”

        Pro tip: Keep using “bootlicker”. It’s a simple burn that let’s everyone know you’re “right thinking” and the OP you replied to is a fascist. Gets lots up upvotes, makes you feel good.

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          11 hours ago

          Yeah because nobody would ever ever shoot someone with a stale gun.

          You are a dumb bootlicker. It means you suck the cocks of authoritarian strong men in absence of a real ideology.

          I hope one day you accidentally do mushrooms and discover self reflection.