Virginia “voluntary gun turn-in” program runs into predictable problems

I never get tired of the seemingly endless series of stories about communities where they decide to combat gun violence by having voluntary gun turn-in or “buy back” programs. It’s not that I object to seeing them try… everyone is free to do what they wish under the law. But all of these stunts seem to wind up defeating their own purpose or simply devolving into parody. There’s another of these programs taking place in Virginia and, as usual, word got out about it