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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sat Aug 10, 2013, 04:15 PM Aug 2013

NYPD Holds Gun Buyback Program In Brooklyn Church

NY1News

Police aimed to get weapons of the streets in Brooklyn with their latest gun buyback program in Flatbush.

NYPD officials at St. Paul's Church in the Village of Flatbush offered $200 bank cards for working handguns and assault rifles, no questions asked.

Rifles and shotguns were exchanged for $20 bank cards.

City officials said these events help make the city safer.

http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/186979/nypd-holds-gun-buyback-program-in-brooklyn-church

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