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Thursday, May 26, 2022

A raging success - 69 guns in a city of how many millions of people?

NEW YORK - A gun buyback program has netted dozens of weapons in New York City, where authorities are battling a wave of gun violence. 

Police and prosecutors said 69 guns were turned in anonymously on Saturday at the event at a Brooklyn church, no questions asked. In exchange, people received $200 gift cards - paid for with drug and gambling forfeiture - and iPads donated by the owner of the iconic cheesecake maker Junior’s restaurant.