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CANTON – Organizers of the Community Gun Buyback started collecting weapons a half-hour early when vehicles lined up Saturday morning outside the Canton Memorial Civic Center.
The event hosted by the Canton Police Department, Stark County Prosecutor s Office and several other community agencies also ended early about noon. A total of 129 unwanted guns were collected and will be destroyed, according to Christian Ball, director of public relations and community initiatives at the Prosecutor s Office. This likely won t be the last one that we hold, she said.
It was the first gun buyback in Canton since the 1990s. People who volunteered to turn in guns were given a $100 gift card.
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buyback” the guns were never owned by the people attempting to buy them.
The initiative includes:
Community Gun Buyback from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 15 at the Canton Civic Center, 1101 Market Ave. N. It features $100 gift cards; no questions asked; no ID requirements.
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The gift cards are said to be for Walmart. There are few working firearms that are worth less than $100. The group hopes to collect 200, which would indicate about $20,000 available. The structure of the event has been designed to make private purchases of the guns being brought in difficult.
The initiative includes:
Community Gun Buyback from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 15 at the Canton Civic Center, 1101 Market Ave. N. It features $100 gift cards; no questions asked; no ID requirements.
Shorb crime watch meeting, 6:30 p.m. May 13 at Project Rebuild, 406 Shorb Ave. NW; to attend online RSVP to Jim Knight at jnknight@starkcountyohio.gov.
Stark NAACP online record-sealing clinic from 5 to 7 p.m. May 26. Advance registration required. Call 800-898-9454, or apply online at www.communitylegalaid.org/apply.
The Revs. Walter Moss, Raphael Ray Cox and Michael Pressley say they have delivered eulogies for people killed by gun violence.
A buyback event has not occurred in the Canton area since the 1990s.
Police Chief Jack Angelo has read the conspiracy posts on social media and none of them are true. There is nothing dark or shadowy about this (event), he said.
Here s what they say is true:
The buyback is completely voluntary.
The event does not target responsible gun owners.
The government is not attempting to violate anyone s Second Amendment rights.
Every gun turned in equals a $100 Walmart gift card. The guns must work.
The buyback event, Stone and Angelo said, targets unwanted or unsecured guns in Stark County households.