Record Setting Weekend for Gun Buyback in Camden
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New Jersey officials bought back a record number of weapons in a recent gun buyback program held in Camden over the weekend. The buyback program brought in 1,137 guns, surpassing the previous record of 700 hundred from a 2009 Essex County event. The state had $110,000 in cash and $6,000 in gift cards that they could hand out, but they ran out midway through the second day. After running out of money, organizers handed out $40,000 worth of IOUs. Among the weapons brought in were scores of rifles, shotguns, pistols, sawed-off shotguns, and five fully automatic weapons. Camden, with a population of 77,000, has had it’s deadliest year in 2012 with a record 67 homicides.
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