This weekend’s Gun Buy Back Program at the Johnson Stewart Community Center on Martin Street resulted in getting 21 pistols, 26 revolvers, three rifles, five shotguns, two derringer pistols, and one flintlock pistol out of the community. Two of those firearms had been listed as stolen in the National Crime Information Center.
Deputy Chief Brian Foley says that this was the first of many local gun buy back events in the area.
The next one will be on August 23, 2014 at the Pope Park Recreation Center from 10am-3pm. Another is scheduled for September 27, 2014 at Hartford Communities That Care, 2550 Main Street.
Saturday’s program was a collaboration between Mothers United Against Violence, Hartford 100 Man Movement, Hartford Communities That Care, WeWorks Coalition, Hartford Police VIN Division and the Hartford States Attorney’s Office.