Queens Gun Buy-Back Nets 1K Firearms
Program paid $200 to anyone who turned in a gun
Updated 3:30 PM EST, Tue, Feb 24, 2009
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New York City officials say 919 guns were collected during a one-day buy-back program at six Queens churches.
The program paid $200 to anyone who turned in a gun. A pellet or BB gun was worth $20. The officials say they paid a total of $158,880.
The weekend buy-back results were announced Tuesday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Since last summer, similar programs in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island _ plus the Queens effort _ have netted more than 3,500 guns. More than half of them are handguns.
The goal is to reduce crime and tragic accidents.
First Published: Feb 24, 2009 3:18 PM EST
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