A group of New Orleans Episcopal churches, led by St. Anna’s, is working in cooperation with Bishop Jenkins and the New Orleans Police Department on Horns for Guns, a gun buyback program that could take up to 300 guns off the streets of New Orleans.
On November 1, 2008, the Horns for Guns program will allow youth to trade firearms, no-questions asked, and select a musical instrument or photography equipment in return.
While they may make the sponsors feel, well... good, gun "buy-back" programs do little actual good. Most of what gets turned in are non-functional pieces, or junk, or those that are "hot" - able to connect someone to a shooting. That gang-bangers would willingly trade in their real hardware for a chance to become Winton Marsalis or Annie Leibovitz is naive in the extreme.
However, I will offer this: I'll gladly donate a new digital camera for a restorable M1911A1. I've been looking for one for years.
UPDATE: See edit above. I meant my Diocese. My church is Saint Luke's, Baton Rouge; not Saint Anna's, New Orleans. Sorry for the confusion.
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