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Mayor's Gun Buy-Back Scheduled for June 2nd

By Kenneth Macdonald

Buffalo, NY – Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown announced Wednesday that his gun buy-back program will take place on Saturday, June 2nd.

Brown said 4,200 guns were turned in during a recent buy-back in Chicago. He says his program will use some of Chicago's best-practices, such as having churches serving as locations where guns are turned in.

Police commissioner McCarthy Gipson says pre-paid credit cards will be offered in increments depending on the type of weapon turned in. He says $10 will be offered for antiques and replicas, $75 for handguns and a maximum $100 for assault-style weapons.

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