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Federal Way Police collected nearly 200 firearms in its gun buyback program last month — making it the latest city in an ever-growing trend across Washington to reward gun owners with gift cards and cash for depositing unused or unwanted guns.

A third of the guns Federal Way collected were pistols, while rifles and shotguns were the second- and third-most common. A total of $25,000 in gift cards, funded through the police department鈥檚 budget, were handed out, according to Mayor Jim Ferrell.

Federal Way police even claimed they ran out of gift cards 30 minutes before the event was supposed to end. Several people still chose to turn in firearms without receiving compensation.

Federal Way鈥檚 gun buyback runs out of gift cards early

This trend is reaching national levels, as gun buyback events in Texas and Wisconsin late last year netted approximately 1,350 guns in total.

But while many cities are implementing buybacks to prevent gun violence, research has shown it has led to little reduction in both homicides and suicides in their respective communities.

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,听, and聽聽published a study with the聽聽backing Pew Research’s claims that gun buyback programs are ineffective.

“Using data from the National Incident Based Reporting System, we find no evidence that gun buyback programs reduce gun crime,” their research read. “Given our estimated null findings, with 95% confidence, we can rule out decreases in firearm-related crime of greater than 1.1% during the year following a buyback.”

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Part of the debate on its ineffectiveness comes from the voluntary aspect, meaning these buyback programs have been used as a way to spring-clean old junk. A small percentage of turned-in guns are not even operable.

This has led to some Democratic candidates embracing the idea of mandatory gun buybacks, pushing for legislation requiring Americans with high-capacity assault weapons to trade them in. Most recently, former U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Senator Corey Booker have all expressed their support for this. All three ran for president under the Democratic ticket in 2020.

Most Republicans and even some Democrats immediately voiced their disapproval of this idea, including Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who聽, 鈥淚 can tell you one thing: Beto O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 not taking my guns away from me. You tell Beto that, ok?鈥�

There are no government estimates on what a national gun buyback program might cost, but an聽, a national news outlet covering guns, estimated a mandatory nationwide buyback program would cost at least $1 billion.

罢丑别听聽estimated the cost of a national buyback program for handguns most often used in violent crimes would cost approximately $7.6 billion, with the estimate failing to account for labor costs for law enforcement and other government personnel.

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