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I screwed up - Firearms checked through NCIC in article, not NCIS!!
Please excuse my mistake....
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Source: The Raleigh News and Observer
Published: 05/14/00 Author: JOHN SULLIVAN
Posted on 05/14/2000 04:45:58 PDT by TC Rider
DURHAM -- Police here took in about two dozen guns as part of a weapons buyback program that seeks to take guns off the
streets and keep them out of the hands of criminals.
Throughout the day, gun owners carried weapons from the hot streets into the shade of the Armory Building downtown and
handed them over to police.
By 4 p.m., 23 guns had been collected. Four of the weapons were rifles, and 19 were small-caliber pistols homeowners kept in
attics or garages, police Sgt. Ray Taylor said.
"We are glad we took that many guns off the street, but we had hoped for a little heavier turnout," he said.
None of the weapons appeared stolen, Taylor said, and many of the people turning in the guns said they just wanted to make
sure the weapon was in a safe place.
"We know it's unlikely that a criminal will walk in and turn over a gun, but this keeps guns from getting stolen from law-abiding
residents and used in a crime," Taylor said.
The program is the first gun buyback operation in Durham and the city's latest effort to reduce the number of illegal guns in the
Bull City. It offers gun owners up to $50 in gift certificates to Kmart or Harris Teeter stores in exchange for their weapons.
As a condition of the program, residents are asked only to present valid identification, and police agree not to ask questions
about the weapons.
Saturday's collection in Durham was one of 20 buybacks taking place in cities across the nation and was funded by a federal
grant, said Ada Gregory, grants coordinator for the Durham police department.
At a back counter in the Armory lobby, officers bagged old nickel .22-caliber revolvers and placed bright orange plastic ties
through the cylinders where bullets are loaded to prevent the guns from injuring anyone.
Then police called a dispatcher who checked each gun's serial number with the National Criminal Information System. The guns
were sent to the police property room and will be sent, along with any additional guns police have collected, to the State Bureau
of Investigation's crime lab.
SBI ballistics experts will fire each gun into a water tank and record the unique markings the gun's firing pin and barrel make on
the shell and slug.
Weapons that are stolen will be returned to their rightful owners. Others will be destroyed.
[This message has been edited by TJ2 (edited May 14, 2000).]
I screwed up - Firearms checked through NCIC in article, not NCIS!!
Please excuse my mistake....
Have a great mothers day!
Source: The Raleigh News and Observer
Published: 05/14/00 Author: JOHN SULLIVAN
Posted on 05/14/2000 04:45:58 PDT by TC Rider
DURHAM -- Police here took in about two dozen guns as part of a weapons buyback program that seeks to take guns off the
streets and keep them out of the hands of criminals.
Throughout the day, gun owners carried weapons from the hot streets into the shade of the Armory Building downtown and
handed them over to police.
By 4 p.m., 23 guns had been collected. Four of the weapons were rifles, and 19 were small-caliber pistols homeowners kept in
attics or garages, police Sgt. Ray Taylor said.
"We are glad we took that many guns off the street, but we had hoped for a little heavier turnout," he said.
None of the weapons appeared stolen, Taylor said, and many of the people turning in the guns said they just wanted to make
sure the weapon was in a safe place.
"We know it's unlikely that a criminal will walk in and turn over a gun, but this keeps guns from getting stolen from law-abiding
residents and used in a crime," Taylor said.
The program is the first gun buyback operation in Durham and the city's latest effort to reduce the number of illegal guns in the
Bull City. It offers gun owners up to $50 in gift certificates to Kmart or Harris Teeter stores in exchange for their weapons.
As a condition of the program, residents are asked only to present valid identification, and police agree not to ask questions
about the weapons.
Saturday's collection in Durham was one of 20 buybacks taking place in cities across the nation and was funded by a federal
grant, said Ada Gregory, grants coordinator for the Durham police department.
At a back counter in the Armory lobby, officers bagged old nickel .22-caliber revolvers and placed bright orange plastic ties
through the cylinders where bullets are loaded to prevent the guns from injuring anyone.
Then police called a dispatcher who checked each gun's serial number with the National Criminal Information System. The guns
were sent to the police property room and will be sent, along with any additional guns police have collected, to the State Bureau
of Investigation's crime lab.
SBI ballistics experts will fire each gun into a water tank and record the unique markings the gun's firing pin and barrel make on
the shell and slug.
Weapons that are stolen will be returned to their rightful owners. Others will be destroyed.
[This message has been edited by TJ2 (edited May 14, 2000).]