By
Chad Petri
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Published: Fri, August 10, 2007 - 3:27 pm
Last Updated: Fri, August 10, 2007 - 6:16 pm
It’s hoped this new program will prevent crimes before they happen. In less than a week’s time there have been two shooting deaths in Mobile. Brenda O’Neal lives in a home on Bankhead Place. That’s near the site of a shooting that took the life of a 16-year-old girl. She says the buyback’s a good start. ” Every one that they take out of someone's hands it could save someone's life,” Brenda says. She says more needs to be done. “I think we need to get the family structure together, know what's going on and take them to church.” Mobile’s Police Chief says he doesn’t know how big of an impact they’ll have.
“It's the first time we've ever done this I think we have to look at it as if we get one it's a success,” says Chief Phillip Garrett. “If we get 100 it's great.” Others are skeptical. Larry McCoy runs a Mobile gun shop. He says the buyback is a silly waste of time and resources.
“ You're spending $10,000 and all you're going to get is a load of scrap metal,” says McCoy. He says most people are going to bring in harmless guns that couldn’t hurt anyone. The buyback is Saturday. It runs from 10 AM to 4 PM at the corner of Spring Hill and Hemley Avenues.
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100.00 for a gun...hmmm. I will be right down to sell my 500.00 pistol. Why not spend the money to put cameras in high crime areas. If we can do traffic cameras why not cameras for crime?????
We want to be a big city, then act like one. Just visit a city like Dallas or Denver, cameras are every where. They have even solved crimes. Come on Mr Mayor, get a clue.
Sturgil