More Than 150 Guns Collected In Police Gun Buyback Program
Friday's Connecticut school shooting weighed on the minds of those that gave their guns to police in Prince George's County.
Prince George's County Police and Laurel Police collected more than 150 guns Saturday during a buyback program in Laurel, The Washington Post reports. Residents handed guns over to law enforcement officials in exchange for gift cards. Though the program was planned before Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, many of those that turned weapons over to police said they didn't want the firearms to fall into the wrong hands, according to the paper. The massacre in Connecticut left 26 students and staff at the school dead, including 20 young children. Two previous gun buyback events in Prince George's County have collected more than 300 guns, police said. Read the full story at The Washington Post.
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Jerry Kline
1:09 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013
I have no strong feelings either way with respect to gun control issues. All I know is I have on old shotgun that was examined by an expert, and he told me not to ever fire it because it's damaged internally. I'd like to find a gun buy back event, just to get rid of it so no one gets hurt. So I think buy back events are good for that reason. more ›