RTV6 Participates In Gun Buyback Program
You Can Turn In A Weapon For $20, No Questions Asked
Posted: 6:04 p.m. EST August 22, 2001
Updated: 6:11 p.m. EST August 22, 2001
INDIANAPOLIS-- Ryan Williams' life was taken in 1994 when he went to a friend's house to play. He and his friend found a gun and because of an accident, Ryan's life ended.
Ryan's story is just one of the reasons that RTV6 is participating in a gun buyback program this weekend.
Ryan's mother, Patty Williams, supports the idea of gun buybacks, but never intended to be an advocate until her son died.
"My son Ryan, who was 13, went to a friends house to play on Mar. 28, 1994,"
That day, Ryan's friend was playing with a gun and accidentally shot and killed him.
"Every day, anything that occurs, you always think, 'Gee, what would he be like today?' He would be 21 next month, and I just think about him being in college. What kind of young man would he have turned out to be? I'll never forget that day, never," Patty Williams said.
Williams now speaks publicly about her son's death and about gun safety.
"If we can save one child's life by a buyback, by storing your guns safely, that’s a big improvement right there," Patty Williams said.
More than 200 guns were turned in two years ago at the buyback.
"With us doing this, we'd be doing what he would want us to do and that would be to turn this around to help somebody else out," Patty Williams said.
Patty and her husband started an organization in Indiana called Gun Responsibility In Every Family In Indiana.
The gun buyback is Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the government center at 300 East Fall Creek parkway. If you turn in a weapon, you'll get $20 cash and firearms safety information with no questions asked. RTV6 is one of the gun buyback sponsors.
http://www.theindychannel.com/ind/news/stories/news-92992920010822-180846.html
You Can Turn In A Weapon For $20, No Questions Asked
Posted: 6:04 p.m. EST August 22, 2001
Updated: 6:11 p.m. EST August 22, 2001
INDIANAPOLIS-- Ryan Williams' life was taken in 1994 when he went to a friend's house to play. He and his friend found a gun and because of an accident, Ryan's life ended.
Ryan's story is just one of the reasons that RTV6 is participating in a gun buyback program this weekend.
Ryan's mother, Patty Williams, supports the idea of gun buybacks, but never intended to be an advocate until her son died.
"My son Ryan, who was 13, went to a friends house to play on Mar. 28, 1994,"
That day, Ryan's friend was playing with a gun and accidentally shot and killed him.
"Every day, anything that occurs, you always think, 'Gee, what would he be like today?' He would be 21 next month, and I just think about him being in college. What kind of young man would he have turned out to be? I'll never forget that day, never," Patty Williams said.
Williams now speaks publicly about her son's death and about gun safety.
"If we can save one child's life by a buyback, by storing your guns safely, that’s a big improvement right there," Patty Williams said.
More than 200 guns were turned in two years ago at the buyback.
"With us doing this, we'd be doing what he would want us to do and that would be to turn this around to help somebody else out," Patty Williams said.
Patty and her husband started an organization in Indiana called Gun Responsibility In Every Family In Indiana.
The gun buyback is Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the government center at 300 East Fall Creek parkway. If you turn in a weapon, you'll get $20 cash and firearms safety information with no questions asked. RTV6 is one of the gun buyback sponsors.
http://www.theindychannel.com/ind/news/stories/news-92992920010822-180846.html
If you turn in your gun, they'll give you firearm safety information. Well, if I turn in the gun, why do I now need the information? 