Camden gun owners turn in record 1,100 guns after Connecticut shootings

[Playinghardball]

The New Jersey Attorney General’s office said on Tuesday that a record 1,137 firearms had been turned in as part of cash-for-guns program in just two days after last week’s shootings in Newtown, Connecticut.

At least five semi-automatic assault rifles were among the weapons collected at the “Guns for Cash” event held at two churches in Camden, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa’s office said in a statement.

“I am not suggesting that gun buybacks are some sort of magic solution to the complex and multi-faceted problem of violence in our society,” Chiesa explained. “But we have to keep forging ahead using all of the strategies at our disposal. And while we’re at it, we have to keep thinking about new strategies as well. Here in New Jersey, inaction is not an option.”


“We’ve taken more than a thousand firearms out of circulation here in Camden and throughout Camden County. The results of our buyback are collected here before you, and I’d submit that it was well worth the effort.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/19/camden-gun-owners-turn-in-record-1100-guns-after-connecticut-shootings/

[ManiacJoe]

1. Duplicate topic.

See the ongoing thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022031302

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Good, this photo has one infantry riffle in there.