PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) Amid the growing violence in Philadelphia throughout the pandemic, organizers say two gun buyback events this weekend were successful.
People turned in a total of 156 firearms Saturday, including a semi-automatic assault rifle. In return, each person received a $100 gift card to Browns ShopRite stores.
It s part of the city s yearlong 2021 No Gun Campaign organized by Philadelphia City Council, the Father s Day Rally Committee, the Philadelphia Police Department, and community leaders. That could be potential guns in the street because a lot of these guns could end up in a robbery, said Bilal Quyyum, who is the president of the Father s Day Rally Committee.
Philadelphia police have charged the father of a 9-year-old girl who was shot and killed inside a home on Wednesday. I don t want my grandkids to come in playing one day, you know, it s put away in a closet, back of the closet, but children get into everything, Wilson said.
Hundreds of people in Philadelphia did the same, turning their guns into police stationed at the Yesha Ministries and the Greater Exodus Baptist Church from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. There s a difference between just asking folks to come and turn in guns, which we had done last year in our efforts, but when you have an incentive, it shows that it works, said Bilal Qayyum, the president of Father s Day Rally Committee, one of the organizers.
Philadelphia police have charged the father of a 9-year-old girl who was shot and killed inside a home on Wednesday. I don t want my grandkids to come in playing one day, you know, it s put away in a closet, back of the closet, but children get into everything, Wilson said.
Hundreds of people in Philadelphia did the same, turning their guns into police stationed at the Yesha Ministries and the Greater Exodus Baptist Church from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.. There s a difference between just asking folks to come and turn in guns, which we had done last year in our efforts, but when you have an incentive, it shows that it works, said Bilal Qayyum, the president of Father s Day Rally Committee, one of the organizers.
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