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First Week of Boston Gun Buyback Collects 136 Firearms
31 March 2014
Boston Globe
The first week of Boston's gun buyback program has led to the recovery of 136 firearms, including 129 pistols, the type of firearms most likely to be used in a crime, police said.
Police Sergeant Michael McCarthy said the guns have been handed over to police in nearly every neighborhood, by people of a wide variety of ages.
"We have had just about every type of community member bringing them in," said McCarthy. "And in just about every location, we had somebody... (GunPolicy.org)