LAPD Gun Buyback Was Totally Average -- Not The Most Successful Ever

By Gene Maddaus Fri., Dec. 28 2012 at 12:01 PM

Photo by Ted Soqui

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck trotted out a table full of guns on Thursday and proclaimed that this year's gun buyback was the most successful ever.

Turns out: no. The buyback brought in 2,037 guns. That makes it the third most successful event (out of five).

In other words, it was a completely average gun buyback. Here are the stats:

2010: 2,511

2011: 2,062

2012 (12/26): 2,037

2009: 1,696

2012 (5/12); 1,673

The LAPD claim that Wednesday's event was the most successful buyback ever has been picked up by media outlets, despite the ready availability of statistics showing otherwise.

Perhaps it would have been more successful if they hadn't run out of Ralphs gift cards.

They did, however, bring in some collectible rocket launchers.

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@dj_RTistic I heard about the rocket launchers being turned in to LAPD too. CJ from Grove Street must be a real dude.

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@laweekly what a shocker.

spatz

What exactly did the police chief say? If he did say that this YEAR's gun buyback has been the most successful, he's right. According to the figures in this article, there were 3,710 guns turned in this year. They should definitely keep the twice a year schedule for this program. It was a great improvement over past years.