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500 Guns Exchanged for Cash in Harlem Churches |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
500 Guns Exchanged for Cash in Harlem Churches NEW YORK - In New York, 5 Harlem churches collected hundreds of weapons in exchange for cash this past weekend. Rifles, handguns and shotguns were handed over on Saturday with no questions asked. Each person who brought a firearm was handed a $200 bank card. By late Saturday, more than 500 had been collected. BB guns and air pistols were accepted in exchange for a $20 bank card. Two weeks ago, churches in Brooklyn collected more than 400 firearms. The buyback program is sponsored by New York Police and the Manhattan district attorney's office.
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