Chastised by Marshal Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit" for missing a shot at an outlaw and instead killing the badman`s horse, the Glen Campbell character says, "Fewer horses--fewer horse thieves." This is the philosophy behind big-city firearms "buyback" programs: fewer guns--fewer gun crimes. To these dubious programs, in which municipalities pay people for every gun they turn in to be destroyed, Del. Mark Cole, R-Spotsylvania, hopes to apply--horse sense.
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