A pair of gun buy-back events in Los Angeles had good turnouts Saturday, police said.
In exchange for handguns, shotguns and rifles, $100 Ralphs grocery gift cards were available, and guns classified by the state as assault weapons were good for $200 gift cards, according to the Mayor’s Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development, a public charity.
One event was held in the San Fernando Valley at Facey Medical Group in Mission Hills and a second in South Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
The total number of guns turned in would be released later this week by Mayor Eric Garcetti, according to Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Section.
All of the available gift cards were handed out at both of today’s events, Eisenman said.
—City News Service