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At an August 2012 buyback, the Detroit Police Department paid $16,820 for 365 guns, including six assault weapons and a few sawed-off shotguns. The guns were collected at a church where participants could receive $50 to $100 for unloaded, operational weapons.
After multiple attempts to retrieve the firearms back from the police department, his lawyer requested in October 2015 that the guns be returned to Edward. Two months later, the firearms were returned. Shortly before getting the guns back, Edward sued the City of Cranston and the police department for violating his 4th Amendment rights.
Police say Shaffer temporarily fell through the cracks of the department’s bureaucracy when she tried to get the guns back, leading to delays. For Shaffer, the experience left a bitter taste.
The Police Department and Kaiser Permanente will provide a $50 Amazon gift card in exchange for functional firearms from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Kinney Police Facility, 3550 Marysville Blvd.
The only place where the guns used in any crime nationwide can be traced back to their original buyer is inside this unassuming government building in the mountains west of the nation's capital.
State Police said all of the guns collected would be destroyed. The gun buybacks began at 8 a.m. and were set to run until 2 p.m. By 9:20 a.m. State Police had run out of gift cards at the events ...
Police first perform a check of the applicant on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), an electronic database maintained by the FBI. Grounds for disqualification include a conviction for a felony or for an act of domestic violence, a conviction for assault or battery within the last five years, or being the subject of an ...
The father, who initially lied to police about the gun, received a year of probation. In other cases, incidents resulted in no charges. In 2017, the 3-year-old son of the police chief in Elroy got ...