I knew someone with an old rusty double barrel shotgun.
They were going to give him $100 or so for it.
He went to a gunsmith, had it cleaned repolished etc etc
so it looked immaculate. cost about $150
He went back and got around $500 for it
and it got crushed
A lot of the guns removed as part of the buyback were
probably never really a threat,
and pretty much all the illegal guns are still out there.
What would be really interesting is to see is
if the general suicide/family murder rate has dropped,
vs the emotive "by gun" rate.
If people have just found other ways to do that,
then it really hasnt achieved much compared to the money spent.
Better off funding mental health in the first place????
Dunno the answer.
Andrew