Amid a rash of shootings in New York City this summer, officials in Queens sponsored a gun buyback initiative on Saturday that collected 509 firearms.
Anyone who handed in a legal or illegal handgun at the New Jerusalem Baptist Church in Jamaica received a $200 gift card. 245 revolvers and 168 semi-automatic pistols were among the recovered guns as well as an AK 47, tec-9, and a Calico 9mm with a 50 round magazine.
Since the program’s city-wide inception, over 8,200 weapons have been recovered.
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This is a “buyback” program? I didn’t realize that Queens had sold the guns to begin with.
Only $200?! The city’s definitely getting the better end of the deal here. What store is the gift card for?