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No Questions Asked: Gun Buyback Event To Be Held In Westchester No Questions Asked: Gun Buyback Event To Be Held In Westchester
No Questions Asked: Gun Buyback Event To Be Held In Westchester To celebrate the beginning of National Gun Violence Awareness Month, authorities in Westchester will soon be holding a buyback event to take firearms from circulation and to keep residents safe.  The gun buyback event, hosted by the Westchester County District Attorney's Office and the New Rochelle Police Department, will be held on Saturday, June 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Shiloh Baptist Church in New Rochelle at 185 Lincoln Ave.  Participants who sell their firearms will be given the following in the form of pre-paid gift cards:  $250 for assault rifles; $200 fo…

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by Ben Crnic
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Number Of Guns Turned In At Westchester Buyback Announced Number Of Guns Turned In At Westchester Buyback Announced
Number Of Guns Turned In At Westchester Buyback Announced More than 100 guns were taken off of the streets following a successful gun buyback hosted by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in White Plains. Schneiderman announced that 120 firearms were turned into law enforcement officials during the buyback on Friday in White Plains, making it nearly 1,700 statewide since his office launched the gun buyback program in 2013. According to Schneiderman, his office “accepts, with no questions asked, working and non-working unloaded weapons in exchange for compensation on site.” The entire program is funded through criminal forfeiture fund…

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by Zak Failla