Studies have long shown that gun buybacks don't actually have any kind of impact on public safety here in the United States. The people you're trying to disarm with a buyback are rarely the people who take advantage of one. If they do, it's to dispose of a gun that could connect them to a crime. AdvertisementBad people who want to do bad things aren't going to give up their guns anymore than good people who take their personal protection seriously will. Israel is less than thrilled by this, by the way, but not because a buyback with Hamas is stupid.