Cash bounties brought in almost 8,500 guns in 1991–most were melted down to make a sculpture of a shooting victim (above). Still, St. Louis hit a new high in gun-related homicides in 1993.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has sponsored four buybacks since April, netting 1,700 weapons. (A similar SCLC deal in Dayton, Ohio, yielded 1,000 arms In one day.) Given a choice of $35 cash or a $50 food coupon from local stores, most people took the money.
Boasting “Real Cowboys Don’t Carry Guns,” the Dallas Cowboys are offering preseason game tickets. Apparently there aren’t many real cowboys: only 30 guns have come in.
A guns-for-seats swap by Ticketmaster and Bass Tickets pulled in 1,000 arms in L.A., San Francisco and Albuquerque. One big draw: Lakers games.
