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Officials in the upstate city said they netted 751 guns within hours, the most ever for similar buyback programs in any state municipality and among the 3,076 weapons collected during Attorney General Letitia James’ latest initiative.. “Every single one of these guns represents a potential tragedy averted.
In Syracuse, authorities said 36 of the guns collected were assault weapons, with one city resident collecting $5,000 for turning in a cache of weapons,The buyback program set up shop in nine locations throughout the Empire State, including at Family Life Academy in the Bronx and All Saints Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn..
“There’s a lot of firepower on this table,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said Saturday, referring to his borough’s latest gun-buyback cache.The AG-sponsored program offered $500 for every assault rifle or ghost gun, $150 for each handgun, $75 for rifles or shotguns and $25 for every antique, replica or homemade gun, including 3-D printed guns.
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