Gun Buyback on Saturday, Feb 2, 2013

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An operable handgun or assault rifle will net you $200 if you bring it—in a plastic bag—to a gun buyback event in Vinegar Hill this weekend.

But rifles and shotguns will only fetch $20 at the Church of the Open Door at 201 Gold Street, where weapons will be accepted between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday.

http://www.bkbureau.org/guns-cash-brooklyn-church?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+citylimitsorg+(CityLimits.org+News+&+Investigations)

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Seems like today's event was a success:

NEW YORK - (AP) -- A gun buyback program sponsored by the NYPD and Brooklyn District Attorney's office has netted 113 weapons including an assault rifle.

The buyback was held Saturday at a church in Brooklyn. Police say 56 revolvers, 34 semi-automatic pistols and three shotguns were recovered, along with BB guns and eight rifles. One of the pistols contained a high-capacity magazine.

Police say since the program's inception there have been more than 8,100 firearms recovered.

http://newyork.newsday.com/news/new-york/brooklyn-gun-buyback-nets-113-weapons-1.4552978