Gun Policy News
Brooklyn Pastors, NYPD Pay $200 for Each Illegal Weapon in Gun Buyback
16 July 2008
NY1 TV News (New York)
A group of Brooklyn pastors joined forces with the NYPD and the Brooklyn district attorney's office Wednesday to get guns off the streets.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes announced a one-day gun buy-back initiative for Saturday, July 19.
Gun owners who possess illegal, functional guns can drop off the weapons at one of six Brooklyn churches in exchange for a $200 bank card. Hynes says he hopes the program will successfully... (GunPolicy.org)