Dozens of New Orleans residents exchanged firearms for video game consoles through a city-supported gun buyback program aimed at improving public safety. Over two hours, city police officers received and dismantled 32 guns, including revolvers, shotguns, and semi-automatics. This initiative is part of a larger effort by the city to reduce gun violence and engage young people through gaming.
A local nonprofit, Unchained Realities, organized the exchanges as part of its Nola Grown gaming program that engages young people in the city with gamingDozens of cars lined up outside a New Orleans church parking lot this week as residents flocked to exchange firearms for video game consoles through a city-supported gun buyback initiative meant to improve public safety as
“If my inbox is filled up with people who say they want to do this, I just felt a necessity to go out and try to raise some more money,” said J.D. Carrere, co-director of the gaming program. Tuesday's event was paid for mainly through donations from two private businesses.Carrere said the buybacks came in response to Louisiana's more relaxed gun ownership restrictions and harsher sentencing for violent crimes.
Critics say buybacks only collect a fraction of the guns on the streets, fail to reach the people most likely to commit crimes and come with lots of loopholes. During a statewide gun buyback in New York in 2022, a man claimed $21,000 in gift cards by mass-producing 3D printed guns.
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