"You Said It"

The Chicago Defender sends a photographer to some parts of Chicago every week to get your opinion on an issue of the day. This week, the Defender wants to know if the city's gun buy-back initiative is effective in reducing violence.

No. Because they don't show them destroying the guns. They need to show a big picture of them destroying the guns and then that might make a difference.

-Michael

I don't think it's going to decrease violence. You have to do more than... just give a person $100 and think that it's going to be A-okor all-good. They can turn in one gun and still have two or three left. -Tyree

Yes. You have to start somewhere. Why not start somewhere and see where it goes? If it doesn't work, then at least you tried.

-Kevin

No. People have guns everywhere.

-Christophe

No. Because these little brothers out here... the only thing they think about is gang banging. The younger generation... is growing up with no morals, no sense. They only draw on what they see on TV and what these brothers are doing out the streets. -D'Antoine