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Pritkumar Patel – #000773086

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FRANK R. H. (2017, July 9). Taking Guns Off The Streets, $100 at a Time. New York Times p. 3

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Gregory, S., & Wilson, C. (2018). 6 Real Ways We Can Reduce Gun Violence in America. Time.com, 1.

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Gun violence still persists being a threatening issue to the society. More robust solutions like the one suggested by Gregory, S., & Wilson, C. (2018) – "Guns should be like buying a car", surrounded by rigorous laws.
With this, we can only hope better solutions come up in the near future.

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The discussed innovation is unfortunately inapplicable in Hamilton, since the majority of local gun owners either belong to a rich family or are gang members. This means a $100 sum is minuscule for them.
A different strategy needs to be established for Hamilton.

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Several innovative solutions have been tested in the past to diminish the aforementioned problem. In his article "Taking Guns Off the Streets, $100 at a Time", Frank (2017) divulged about a brilliant idea, which was initially suggested by Gun By Gun (the child of Ian Johnstone). The idea was to give a $100 gift card to everyone who surrendered their guns.

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The Gun Buybacks Group paid about $100,000 purchasing approximately 1100 guns from the public. Originating from an urge to augment the safety in the surrounding and the social lives of people, the solution seemed innovative.

However, Congress later declared figure of 310 millions guns still remaining not surrendered, leading to the downfall of the activity, till its extinction.

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Gun violence is increasing day by day, turning into a volatile and severe threat to the society. Cases such as injuries, robberies, and murders are reported in the news as often as daily. It's imperative for us to take robust steps to reduce the same.

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