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Over 280 Weapons Collected in English County Amnesty
5 June 2013
BBC News
More than 280 weapons have been handed in at police stations in Derby during a month-long amnesty.
A Derbyshire Police spokesman said the weapon amnesty will help to make the city's streets safer.
Among the weapons recovered were illegal handguns, a World War II firearm and a crossbow.
All of the weapons will be destroyed, police said, except the World War II weapon which will be offered to a museum.
Fourteen swords, eight machetes and 230 knives were surrendered at... (GunPolicy.org)