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  • Taking Guns Off the Streets, $100 at a time

    Claire Martin

    July 10, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    As professor of medicine and gun-violence researcher Dr. Garen Wintemute notes, gun buyback programs have "struggled against the perception" of ineffectiveness: attracting only older and non-violent gun owners, for instance, and in some cases leading people to use the cash to buy superior firearms. But after Gun by Gun—a gun violence prevention non-profit—successfully raised and invested prodigious sums through a customized online funding campaign, this perception has changed; partnering with several California cities, this national non-prof has used more than $100,000 of nationally-sourced individual donations to create demonstrably sustainable, more successful buyback programs across the state.

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  • Rentals That Let You Fly the Coop

    Claire Martin

    October 26, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Urbanites who want farm fresh eggs may not know what they're getting themselves into with a live chicken purchase—and wind up offloading their animals. A Pennsylvania couple began a sharing company called Rent the Chicken, which provides chickens, a coop, some feed, and coaching for urban farmers.

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