Tag: Gun Buybacks

Patrol
CA Department Buys Back Guns with Gas Cards
Firearms were exchanged for $50 gas cards and more than 100 members of the community turned in firearms at the event.
May 23, 2022
Police received 134 firearms during a weekend buyback that provided gas cards in exchange for guns.
Weapons
Gunbusters Firearms Pulverizer System Awarded Patent
Gunbusters LLC has announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 8,890,994 for its Gunbusters Firearms Pulverizer System. The system is designed to provide a safe, simple, and secure means to dispose of unneeded confiscated and surrendered firearms.
December 7, 2014
Photo: Gunbusters
Gangs
The Fallacy of Gun Buyback Programs
What you usually see in any gun buyback program is elderly people turning in old junk guns from some closet or garage where they have sat gathering dust for many years.
December 25, 2013
Weapons
Ariz. Law Requires Police to Sell Buyback Guns
Gov. Jan Brewer signed legislation Monday aimed specifically at halting Tucson's practice of allowing police to destroy guns that people voluntarily surrender through buyback programs.
April 29, 2013
These guns were slated for destruction at an LASD gun buyback event in 2010.
Weapons
Confiscated Guns Crushed for Art
Los Angeles law enforcement officials including Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck attended an event marking the crushing of 3,469 pounds of weapons mostly used in crimes. Pieces of the weapons will be incorporated into a "peace angel" sculpture at the Boyle Heights Tech Center. Photos courtesy of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.
November 29, 2010
Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca holds a replica of the 'peace angel' statue that will incorporate the crushed weapons, as well as a shotgun to be shredded.
Special Units
LAPD Gun Buyback Program Nets 1,700 Weapons
A gun buyback program that trades gift cards for firearms netted nearly 1,700 weapons in Los Angeles, including 40 assault-style weapons and a rifle with a grenade launcher, officials said Monday.
May 13, 2009
Weapons
St. Louis Police Board Nixes Gun Buyback Program with Tie Vote
Board President Chris Goodson said he was against the idea because last year's buyback didn't prevent this year's rising murder rate. "I'm trying to understand what the benefit is," he told Isom. "If it's to reduce crime, it doesn't seem to have an effect."
November 19, 2008
Weapons
Harlem Gun Buyback Program Nets 744 Firearms
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said New Yorkers set a new record for guns surrendered in one day when they carted 744 revolvers, semiautomatic pistols, sawed-off shotguns, assault weapons and rifles into the houses of worship.
October 30, 2008
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