Eric. Organizers say the goal is to get these guns off the streets and out of communities and for the most part it was a very successful day all across the bay area. First there was a vigil for gun violence victims at this church. A vigil at Third Baptist Church to remember lives lost to gun violence. Chase kowalski. Christine pelosi, daughter of nancy pelosi, read the names of 26 victims, most of them children from the sandy hook mass shooting in connecticut. Seven years ago today, Little Angels who have now been dead longer than they have been alive. Reporter in San Francisco, dozens of people traded in their unwanted guns for cash. There are no questions asked. You dont have to say where you got the weapon or if you have any more left. We just want to get the guns we can off the street. Reporter a Violence Prevention Group partnered with the sfpd on the buyback. 317 weapons twururned in, 93 ril rifles, 75 pistols. They are trying to save lives as opposed to being promoters of taking