More Gun Buyback Goodies

What is it with gun buybacks and homocides?

Among the hundreds of weapons that police collected in church parking lots as part of a citywide gun buyback this week were many that apparently hadn't been fired for years or even decades...
Officer Keith Dean, who was manning the buyback Thursday at St. John Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, said many of the 138 guns turned in at the site that day had been collecting dust, and their owners worried about having them around their children and grandchildren.

As stated in an earlier post, I have a real problem with a gun collection at a church, sponsored by the state (whatever happened to the "separation of Church and State"? - oh, I forgot, that doesn't count during election campaigning or when the state wants to exert some pressure), in a location where guns are illegal.

In the middle of the article, Detroit's Police Chief hits on the real problem:

"We see that most of our shootings have a narcotic nexus to it, and I have to be concerned.

...The department has redeployed some officers to focus on three hot spots around the city -- one in the eastern part of the city, one in the west and one in the northeast, Bully-Cummings said. In May, the department, together with the county prosecutor and federal law enforcement officials, launched Operation TIDE in the city's northwest district. Officials describe the program as an "intelligence-driven" strategy to better determine crime patterns and hone in on the worst offenders.

Gee, send officers to problem spots? Good thinking, Chief.