Silicon Valley Wants Your Guns

BuzzFeed writes, A prominent VC raises money for his own firearm buyback program. Venture capitalism meets assault weapons. In recent years cities across the United States, from Los Angeles to Detroit to Camden, have held gun buyback events, where gun owners anonymously trade weapons for cash or gift cards. In most places, the buybacks are run by police departments, and with public funds — but Silicon Valley, true to form, is going its own way. Roger Lee, a venture capitalist at Battery Partners whose investments include Groupon and Angie's List, was moved by the Sandy Hook shootings. "We struggled with how…

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