New Jerseyans Surrendering Guns At Record Pace
Nearly 10,000 guns have been turned in across the state since the December shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Authorities say the massacre prompted residents to rid their homes of guns.
The doors of two Camden churches swung open shortly after daybreak on Dec. 14, with law enforcement officials inside hoping a two-day cash-for-guns program might help put a dent in the crime rate in one of America’s most violent cities. But just 90 minutes after people began to trickle into the churches, a troubled 20-year-old named Adam Lanza shot his way into an elementary school in a small Connecticut town as idyllic as Camden is gritty. As the scope of the school massacre came into focus that afternoon – 20 children and six adults lie dead – the trickle of people with guns to surrender grew into a stream and, by the following morning, a torrent. Officials collected 1,137 firearms during those two days in Camden, the most successful gun…
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jesscott
10:29 am on Thursday, April 11, 2013
I know they record the serial numbers before they destroy them, but a serial number won't show them as being involved in a crime and they sure aren't going to run ballistics on everyone of them. Once again...waste of time and money that should be spent on proper enforcement of current laws. more ›