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7 January 2001

Associated Press

FRANKFORT, Kentucky — A Western Kentucky legislator wants to block law enforcement agencies from participating in gun buy-back programs, often used in urban areas to get guns off the streets. Rep. J. R. Gray, D-Benton, has filed two bills to stop agencies and to make it more difficult to destroy guns. "I'm just pro-gun," said Gray, who filed both bills on Thursday, along with co-sponsor Rep. Gary Tapp, R-Shelbyville. "We don't go crushing and destroying $50,000... (GunPolicy.org)

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